joey_martin

Add the frieze board....take an elevation view...select the frieze...break it at the windows and make it a different height above the windows.

You actually want that dim from an interior wall as an extra check for the framers. If the openings string goes from outside wall to outside wall, theres no real break for the framers to back check the opening. In other words if one of their openings is off somewhere, they have to backtrack all the way to the exterior wall to double check themselves, or do the math for themselves. Of course it's entirely possible that I am too picky, but I have been doing this way for since I started in the late 80's

Not as slammed with work as I have been the last couple of months. Ready to schedule some individual training sessions. My email is joeymdp@gmail.com if interested.

As Perry said, Chief does not locate your beams and piers for you, you need to do that yourself. And I might add...if Auto foundations is on, you just need to draw the floor plan and the foundation will build itself, then fine tune and add the structural elements.

Add the insulation layer to the foundation wall defaults. It won't put the layer on top of the step back though.

Everything you are describing is set up ahead of any drawing in the preferences and defaults. It can be done after the fact...but then you are chasing your tail. For the piers...in the defaults you tell Chief that you want an 8"x8" conc. pier (or what ever you are using) with a 24"x24" square footing pad You perhaps need to spend a little more time familiarizing yourself to how Chief Architect work.

You would most likely need to stop the stair and the first notch and use single steps up through the notches. In other words, your single staircase is actually a series of different width "staircases" similar to how you would have to build them.

Chief is not going to do stepped foundations and other options Automatically.....like some think it should.....so it takes a little time and training to figure out the software. I have been using Chief since leaving AutoCAD in 2004....would never go back, and have never felt the need to "branch out" with other software.

Sorry...left out a step. After you turn off AUTO ATTIC WALLS delete the little triangle attic walls on each side of the lines. Then pull the exterior wall over.

You need to turn off the AUTO ATTIC WALLS and pull the exterior wall over each direction. The lines are caused by the different walls intersecting at the same point.

I see that a lot. Does it go away when you zoom out?

I can tell from looking at the picture that your staircase is installed incorrectly. It's backwards, and if it is meant to come from a basement below you should take a section through it, because I am almost certain it will not meet the 80" headroom requirement.

No...the actual Chief file, not pics. When you placed the room dividers did you name the kitchen? I don't see on there.

Where exactly do you need to create them? If you have a room, and the floor is set to slab, you don't need to create it. Having said that, should you need to create a slab of an odd shape, simply draw lines into the rough shape, make sure it closes, and convert the shape to a slab.

FWIW...I use layer sets to show the foundation as hidden lines (which is proper drafting technique). As far back as I can remember, working for a couple different firms, and on my own, showing what is below grade has always been standard operating procedure.

The only way to convert any file from ".xxx" to a Chief ".plan" file, is to redraw the plan. There is no "conversion". You would either have to pay someone to re-draw your plan, or re-draw the plan your self in your software.

If there are multiple segments, you need to draw the line across all the segments, open the line and check the arrows at each end, then simply double click the break line tool and start breaking the segments into multiple pieces. The arrow at both ends will then adjust to the new segment lengths.

Draw a line and open the DBX. Add arrows to each end of it.

No need to hi-jack this thread anymore. I could probably find just as many that think, like me, that those tools are complete overkill for the Chief market.

As long as I have used Chief. I Started with v8. I do residential & commercial with the MEP tools.

Not true but...... You can add the amps/load to the label and it will show in both the materials list and the schedule.

I'm only jumping in here because, I started my design/construction career in the late 1980's and can remember dealing with this provision on city lots where the homes are generally closer together. Out in the sticks...not so much. I have a 1988 UBC that says similar wordage as the 1997. What's interesting is, could it be that we were ahead of Cali at one point in the last 30 years, when it comes to codes?

Here is some text from 1997 UBC.

This section from the '88 UBC covers projections, but I can't find the specific texts. UBC Section 705 regulates the construction of eave overhangs. The requirements in this section are specific to projections beyond the exterior wall. An eave is only required to be rated when required by this section. General building code requirements only regulate things within the boundries of the exterior walls. UBC Section 101.3 states that when the is a conflict between a general and a specific requirement, the specific requirement governs.

This is from the 2000 IRC SECTION R302 LOCATION ON LOT R302.1 Exterior walls.!--$$tag:upar,,chapter> Exterior walls with a fire separation distance less than 3 feet (914 mm) shall have not less than a one–hour fire–resistive rating with exposure from both sides. Projections shall not extend beyond the distance determined by the following two methods, whichever results in the lesser projections: 1. A point one–third the distance to the property line from an assumed vertical plane located where protected openings are required.!--$$tag:upar,,chapter> 2. More than 12 inches (305 mm) into areas where openings are prohibited. Projections extending into the fire separation distance shall have not less than one–hour fire–resistive construction on the underside. The above provisions shall not apply to walls which are perpendicular to the line used to determine the fire separation distance. Exception: Tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar structures exempted from permits by Section R105.2 are not required to provide wall protection based on location on the lot. Projections beyond the exterior wall shall not extend over the lot line.!--$$tag:upar,,chapter>