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I liked Mark's approach, but I thought I'd see if if inverting the curtain wall approach would work well. I used a wall type that was aluminum, adjusted my windows to match glazing only, and used cad reference lines to develop equal spacing representing the aluminum framing. This way the windows will show up in a glazing schedule. I also used framing posts set to be steel columns laid out on a grid.

It's helpful to enter some of those elvations you'd like , then close the dbx to see what Chief actually does with it. In this case, change the SWT height and garage floor height on FLOOR 1, then go to floor 0 to change the stem wall height. You should have no issue... TFE from itch4ADJ.plan

and / or "Foundation Defaults" where you can specify the chamfer measurements of the footing.

For the curtain wall, I'd probably start by using a wall type defined with 1 layer representing the aluminum framing. Then, windows can be placed. You'll need to define a window type that works within the aluminum framing, and I'd be using cad reference lines in elevation / section view (as well as plan view) as a guide for placing and sizing the windows.

no offense taken...just wanted to make sure you knew that help on this forum is not guaranteed, but may be available only as people have time.

And you may want to add the "swing side" column to your schedule.

It'd help if that wall was part of a room, which would create an inside and an outside.

Did you try using a ceiling plane for each side of the room? It looks like that should work simply enough. Obviously just drag the sloped ceiling plane to the interior of the cheek walls.

I didn't suggest any method for that and there's no 'we' on this project. But you could make a schedule of windows or a custom schedule using notes, as one example.

You can also try using a ceiling plane in that room. If the roof is built with rafters, just delete the structure layers from you ceiling plane, making it drywall only.

Please post an image which will show up in the forum. For even better help, post the plan!

Yes, there are several ways one might go about this. It would be a good idea to start by examining the exterior wall definitions as they relate to the structure. Some of the details of the curtain wall would need to be modeled using 'manual' tools like solids, moldings, material regions, etc... I would need to see more of the plan for your structural connections before I could suggest anything further. Feel free to post a screenshot or detail drawing showing your proposed exterior wall assembly...curtain wall relative to columns...interior finish around columns...connections and finish at platform junctions...you get the idea.

Columns would not automatically transfer to a new floor, however you can easily select them all and copy them in place on other floors. Ctrl-c, switch floors, ctrl-alt-v.

A simple rectangle, or with a cap and base? Either way, you can do this quite easily using the polyline solid tools. Start to drag out a polyline solid, before letting go of the mouse, hit tab, enter your 360 x 250 dimensions. Then open the object, and specify its height, elevation relative to floor, layer, and material.

On the plans, I call for 2x4's embedded flatwise @ 24" o.c. to the exterior face of the concrete foundation wall, which provides a simple attachment point allowing the wall sheathing to be extended down. But what to do when (not if) the foundation crew says 'forget that noise' and doesn't bother to follow the plan? Powder Actuated Fasteners to fasten the 3/8" OSB to the foundation wall! That kinda works to staple stucco wire onto (the staples hit the concrete and mash up into the OSB), but for fiber cement siding??? And yes, that's how it often goes around here.

It would be pretty cool to bring GOOGLE MEET to this forum, with screen sharing!

Well, shoot...egg on my face! It was your emoji that got me...

it was a joke

Good problem to have! Keep digging!

Okay. I've got the fix...no 12" jogs when using brick. Bricklayers don't like those anyway!

Chief and it's walls...sigh! Normal: 12" away is too close:

That did not work for me.

There's no question, this is a crappy issue. Here's a re-creation: interior wall aligned: interior wall moved 1" to the left: connections adjusted:

If / when you have time, I wouldn't mind seeing some examples. I'm currently using an elevation marker in plan view, and in elevation view. The elevation view is simpler as I don't need to type in or reference the data... the %height% macro does this. I'd certainly consider using a note type for this if I could simplify the plan view referencing of those elevations.

FWIW, they can be copied from older plans and they still work in X12. I'm curious, what does everyone else do to relay height information of footings, piles, or other items? Here's an example...the pink text is using a special use arrow on a layer that does not appear on the printed plans, but I use it for quick reference.