joey_martin

Because notice the ceiling and floor areas in the structure tab have a FINISH area to specify the color. If you added a thin paint layer to the walls, it would show as well I think. I always remove them so that my schedule only displays the drywall size I am using.

See if this helps. Click on the CEILING FINISH tab...

You can place invisible walls in that corner and specify no ceiling in the large space, but leave the ceiling in the area bordered by the invisible walls. It will create "attic walls" up there, but simply change them to railings.

Go to the structure tab for the floor, look under CEILING STRUCTURE and you will notice a thin layer of paint for the ceiling structure...delete that and you are good to go.

Not sure if this helps, but when I show both upper and lower level roof planes on one plan, I hatch fill the upper planes and notes that the "hatched areas are resting on the second floor plates"

Use a railing or half wall, one side is specified as open to below, the other side is specified as a hall, or whatever you need for it to be.

Or create a custom schedule using the RICH TEXT feature and turn on the table lines.

Ross is his name. Find him here...https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/user/58-rosco2017/

Even simpler....paste a new dim over any existing dims. If this is a complete set of plans, and the change was last minute, paste and go.

Graham that's what I'm talking about. Mine is checked to automatically fill that line in for me. I can't find where I set it though.

Mine is (X6) is checked AUTO. I either did that in my template plan, it's changed in X7, which I haven't installed yet, or we are all missing the setting somewhere.

Perry that blanket statement can be confusing. I can count on one hand how many basements in the 10 + years I have placed on level 1. Why is your method better than mine? We don't build the same way here, and my guess is Mass is closer to my construction techniques than yours. I would tell him....hands down...why my method is better than yours.

https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/4611-hello-agan-and-x7-basement-wall-question/ See post #25 I have an ANNO SET with associated LAYER SETS for basement floor plan, and for foundation plan. Same level, different views in layout.

It depends. If we are just talking about a walkout, then I would leave it all on level 0, if it were a "terrace level" and there were going to be additional structures like in the examples above, then that would be level 1 and the stem walls and footings on level 0.

Then in that example you are correct. I do homes in one community here in Indiana on a very nice golf course...many walkout lots. In your example, we call those floors the terrace level or ground level, which I would put on level 1 even though the front part of that structure may very well be poured concrete wall. Only we would have pool houses on mono slabs located on the terrace level, or maybe a small secondary garage. I think we both win in these cases.

they are auto right now. If a change is made to the plan the foundation will keep up. Once you start changing any specifics that auto features will turn off. Foundations.plan

Wait a minute here. I think the original request is a little un-reasonable. We are now thinking that Chief should be able to "read our minds" as to number pages based on how we print them, and not on how we arrange them in the layout provided?!?! I have struggled with this post since it came up, but have waited to see if I missed something? If I arrange the pages in a specific order...any order...and then print those pages out of order...why/how would Chief know what numbers I wanted on the page?!?! I put them in the order I saw fit, but now I am going to print them in a different order and ask my software to know that without me telling it. Do any other programs provide that? I am not trying to be flippant here either, I am sincerely struggling with this concept. Help me out here. And Lew. A "workoround" is using CAD lines for staircases to get the look we are all after. other than that, you are simply using the tools provided.

Not trying to win, just trying to learn. I know our areas can be vastly different to build in, but I have not yet run across a situation that would cause me to want my foundation on any level other than 0.

You mean like this?

Anno Sets.....

Basements ARE foundations. 95% of the homes I do have basements, and I have no issues at all with my basement being level 0. You slab guys out west are overthinking this. Layer sets can be used with no problem at all to differentiate between the foundation plan and the basement plan. The attached pics are of the same LEVEL 0 plan. Accomplished with layer sets.

Are you using a different anno set when you switch back and forth. Could be the anno set is right and you didn't notice.

You just draw a custom countertop and set the height to what you want it to be. You can use the half wall tool underneath it.

As some of you know, I also teach High School...and it SPRING BREAK!! I am in the design office all this week and can set up training sessions for those that have contacted me, or have been thinking about them. These are for intermediate users that are looking at taking their modeling and production to the next level.Drop me an email. joeymdp@gmail.com

Isn't that the "old" ChiefTalk? I thought it was disabled?