ClarkeThrasher
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On 2/12/2020 at 9:31 PM, mtldesigns said:
I hope I was understanding your dilemma Clarke. Could you build a wall type with the CMU/air space/brick, place the walls then on the interior side use a wall niche to delete the block?
Anyways, I figured I'd help a ex 757-VA brother.. lived in Suffolk for many-many years.
Thank you my 757 Bro! OK, I opened up your plan and get what you did. I have never known or used Wall Niche Specification before, but good to know for sure. In your suggestion the niches are essentially subtractions of block from a block/brick wall to create piers by omission. If the bond of the block can be changed to be a simple grid, the verisimilitude would be better but still a bit of custom work to accomplish if I may so petty as to critique.
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Thanks mtldesigns and GeneDavis I think you both understand what I am needing and have probably solved my problem. I’ll start experimenting in the morning. Thanks again!
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4 hours ago, GeneDavis said:
Thanks. Always interesting to see the regional practices when it comes to foundations.
I'm sure! We have it pretty easy here in Norfolk, VA -- no hills, no rock to blast away, mild winters.
Two questions and a comment. Where is finished grade in your scheme, relative to top of footing?
Grade a minimum 4" above an 8" thick footing or bottom of footing must be 12" below grade
Is a rat slab poured and if not, what is done to stop moisture from coming out of ground and affecting floor frame structure?
"Rat slab" had to look that one up , funny it is just what it says it is -- no rat slab is required, I've crawled through many a crawl space in my time and have never seen one. Insulation subs customarily will install a 6 mil poly vapor barrier on the crawlspace floor although I'm not sure whether that is a code requirement.
And the comment: seems unusual for 3-5/8" brick "veneer" to have no backing other than the periodic piers.
Yep, unusual but true, thousands of homes are that way here. I do have my mason install ladder wire reinforcement in the brick courses and tie into the block and fully grout the block.
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2 hours ago, GeneDavis said:
Piece by piece, huh? Are your block piers made of individual solids each the size of a modular block? If so, do you really need that level of detail in construction documents?
No, but sometimes it's fun to, even complete with mortar but I will merge parts together to make duplication faster.
Which of your elements, footings, brick wainscot, piers one way, piers rotated 90, do you model a piece at a time, instead of using Chief wall and foundation tools?
Auto tools: will use Foundation tool to place footing and apply brick skirt as a wall. One at a time: girders, piers, extra pier footings for rotated piers and/or piers supporting girders away from skirt area.
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Yes, for the sake of simplicity for concrete subs, the piers and brick skirt rest on a continuous 20" x 8" footing.
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Common practice in Tidewater VA (Hampton Roads, 757) for crawlspace foundations has been 8x16 CMU Piers approximately 6' on center supporting 6x6 Treated Girders with continuous Brick Veneer Skirt Wall that is flush with the exterior frame walls -- the floor joists cantilever the short distance from their girder bearing to rim joists to be flush with the veneer and support the exterior walls. I guess in the parlance of CA these are Stem walls. But after exhausting all the Online Help Foundation Videos I haven't been able to arrive at an automated method that will produce this type of foundation wall. In the past, I have just built these in CA plan piece by piece, object by object but that is a huge hassle. Anyone have any suggestions? If so, thank you for your consideration!
Screenshot attached is view from most recent plan for an addition, code here will no longer allow solid 6x6 girder so this shows a triple built up 2x8s.
Your truly,
Clarke Thrasher
CA Premier X11
MacOS Catalina
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
Processor 4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
Memory 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4 GB
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8 hours ago, Kbird1 said:
You can rotate Plan Views I am not 100% sure about Sections or Elevations though ( no?) ..... BUT send a CS or Elevation to a CAD Detail 1st and you can.....
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Well alrighty then, Kbird1, thank you, looks like you have successfully rotated an elevation but i'm not quite sure what you mean by: "send a CS or Elevation to a CAD Detail." I'm going to see if a pure Elevation from outside the structure without text will rotate, it doesn't so your approach sending to a CAD Detail must be the way to go.
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2 minutes ago, solver said:
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4 minutes ago, solver said:
Posting a image or 2 and the layout and plan files will help others help you.
Surely you understand what I am saying, solver? Honestly, I felt as if anyone who had ever taken a plan to layout would understand. Plus, I felt sharing my work content could just extract unwanted, irrelevant, tangential critiques. But if I have to, I’ll get up and do it, yet as I think it through, how does one show what is not there, the little triangle thingy? Screen shots I guess, so I’ll have to learn how to do frigging screen shots!
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31 minutes ago, Ridge_Runner said:
Pardon my ignorance, but would this not be confusing to the trades to have some views oriented one way and others oriented 90 degrees on the same page? Maybe I don't understand what you are trying to do.
Not to this trade it wouldn’t be. Seriously, we trades are not that stupid. If one can understand the whole wall section concept, this would be a piece of cake comparatively. One can just rotate the paper plan if ones viewpoint is challenged.
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31 minutes ago, Chopsaw said:
Ok that should not be an issue. Likely tech support just did not quite understand the situation but I think I do. Select the "Layout Box" in Layout and there should be a small triangle outside the perimeter that you can grab and rotate the whole box ( view ). When selected they can also be rotated with the transform and replicate tool.
The small triangle is what I meant by a “handle” in my first post, there ain’t none.
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2 hours ago, Chopsaw said:
You can rotate the entire view in layout if there is a justifiable reason for it but if you need to rotate a wall it should be done in plan view.
No, Chopsaw, I'm sorry I probably did not explain my problem adequately. It's a Cross Section/Elevation Entire Plan/View or Current Screen (makes no difference) sent to a Layout Page in Scale or Fit to Page (makes no difference). The need is a desire to have several Cross Section/Elevations on the same layout page and rotating will allow more space on the page for other cross sections. Has nothing to do with rotating a wall or object or anything within the plan, a Wall Section, to be sent to Layout. If there is not a simple quick way to do this, it seems like a pretty significant oversight, would be the second time within a week I have stumped Technical Support.
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I can't rotate a wall section I sent to a layout page of a plan, it has no handle as a floor plan or other views sent to layout will have. Is there not a way to do this?
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37 minutes ago, solver said:
Some framing members like a ridge will take a Rafter Tail.
Thanks solver, I'll try it!
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43 minutes ago, Michael_Gia said:
Convert to symbol
The beam or the polyline soild?
Converted the polyline solid to a symbol which shows up in my User Library as an object but the angle cut still distorts as I lengthen or shorten it even if I check Retain Aspect Ratio or click on Reset Size button.
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Can a Floor Beam end be shaped to something other than a butt end? I tried to find a way but couldn't so then I made a polyline solid but then that wouldn't stretch without distorting my end shape.
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Thanks to you both! Good to know it's not my problem. Good to know about youtube!
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Let's get real, this forum is here to help insure CA Support is not overwhelmed with inquiries. What is should not be is a place for folks to strut their stuff, raise the hair on their backs, and try to prove they are the toughest dog on the block. This old SNL gag is so true; https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nick-burns-your-companys-computer-guy/n11524
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I can't access the Online Help Videos presently, I repeatedly get a blank screen at it's website? Is the site closed for maintenance or what?
See what you get: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/?utm_source=Chief+Architect+Premier+21.1.1.2+OSX&utm_medium=software&utm_campaign=Resource%3A+videos
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My pic shows current "problem" of merged frame pieces. Yes the vertical fence boards are to be made from 5-1/2" x 3/4" Tongue and Groove with a V which do have small chamfers and as such show their separateness quite well and are not a problem. I'll change colors on some pieces of the frame boards to show the joints that I'd like to be be displayed as one color/material.
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I am drawing a custom painted wood fence piece by piece but the polyline solids of the frame are merging together so that one cannot see the seams where the wood pieces contact. I know I could create seams by leaving 1/16" gaps at each joint but wonder if there is not some easier more elegant choice that revel the seams with zero gaps?
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Yes, I can imagine as a lot of time has passed, many thanks for all you help!
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On 2/28/2019 at 12:36 PM, solver said:
I would auto build the entire roof. Add a 2nd floor for the dormer.
The problem seems to be the porch ceiling.
Solver, I tried your suggestions, redrew everything, added a 2nd floor dormer but kept having the same problems, then I noticed what I think is your corrected (eric) file here at your last post and opened it to find that you essentially had solved my porch roof problem and i wondered what you had done differently to create this?
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7 minutes ago, solver said:
I would auto build the entire roof. Add a 2nd floor for the dormer.
The problem seems to be the porch ceiling.
Will try that, what's another day or so!
Girder, Block Pier, & Brick Veneer Crawlspace Foundation Walls
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Thank you so much, Mick, It certainly seems like you the solved the problem but I'm totally clueless as to how? One thing I noticed was that if I expand the foundation room you created or extend out one wall, the block don't come along for the ride. Am I missing something, do I need to rebuild the floor framing or what?