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My most recent ICF project: 1) Thickness. I had a 14' tall ICF foundation supporting a precast plank garage floor and used a 10" core with ASTM Grade 60 deformed bars, #6@48" oc horizontally and #6@16" oc vertically within 1/3 of the tension face. I think a 10" core should suffice for your project, but of course you'll have to run calcs for the reinforcing depending on your soil class, equivalent fluid pressure, etc. 2) Stone veneer can be adhered (lick and stick), following the MVMA guidelines, with the drainage material and lath attached directly to the ICF web stiffeners: 3) You can certainly do the entire foundation in ICF. Advantages: one system; consistent construction and continuous insulation. Disadvantages: cost; designing the lintel reinforcement for any punched openings. If the upper floor is going to be framed, I would recommend framing any significant portions of the exposure. 4) Yes, you can place the sill plate for the upper floor directly on the ICF. A word of caution, however: there can be significant settling of the concrete pour within the ICF form which results in a top of wall that isn't level and requires a lot of shimming when installing the sill plate. Joists are installed "normally". An alternative is to hang the joists off a ledger that is attached with a specialty hanger such as the Simpson ICFVL; this type of solution is helpful when you need a flush entry. 5) The best solution for the upper floor walls is to use a tapered form for the ICF top course that allows you to align the sill plate with the outer edge of the ICF form, though you can also cantilever the sill plate over the form (if your local code allows). This allows you to align the SIPs however you want to best work with the exterior finishes:

Draw the roof planes, then change the Baseline Height to raise/lower the planes. Read the Reference Manual starting on page 800 - it's fairly straight forward.

The right side needs to be a separate roof plane; simply change the baseline height.

Using roof planes to control the gable parapets does have some drawbacks but once it's set up any necessary adjustments are a simple matter of changing the roof plane parameters: gableparapet.plan

If both plan views are using the same layerset, then of course the labels will turn off in both views if you modify the layerset. Create two layersets - one for each view.

I created these library items, which may fit the bill (or not): overheaddoorglass.calibz

Model them as walls and control their height by modeling the parapet caps using roof planes. That's how I've done this sort of thing in the past.

I use a calculator, but I found this explanation with Google: The whole units of degrees will remain the same (e.g., if your figure is 121.135 degrees longitude, start with 121 degrees). Multiply the decimal portion of the figure by 60 (e.g., .135 * 60 = 8.1). The whole number becomes the minutes (8). Take the remaining decimal and multiply it by 60 (e.g., .1 * 60 = 6). The resulting number becomes the seconds (6 seconds). Seconds can remain as a decimal if needed. Take your three sets of numbers and put them together, (e.g., 121°8'6" longitude would be equivalent to 121.135 degrees longitude).

Yes, I think your assumption is wrong; the OP stated "I have a window arrangement that has a space between them".

Try what Doug says: Room Specification>Ceiling>Ceiling Finish>Edit and delete the layers.

You could turn off the interior casing and replace it with a 3D Molding Polyline, and use Material Regions for the spaces between the top of the casements and the bottom of the trapezoid.

Of course, but most of our time is spent working and not recording each mouse-click in anticipation of an error or crash.

I've been getting more than the usual number of "unhandled exception" errors and freeze that force me to end the program process. The oddest thing that happens is I will lose the ability to select any object by clicking - I have to marquee select instead; the only method to re-trigger the click-select ability is to switch windows, open/close a view, or something similar.

I'm stumped. I tried your symbol - no joy. I converted your .dae to a symbol - no joy. I converted a box in X11 to a symbol - no joy. I converted a box in SketchUp to a symbol - no joy. I re-converted a Catalog dishwasher to a symbol - no joy. All my efforts duplicated the settings from existing Catalog symbols.

There really isn't a "most suitable" forum on this site for design-related questions. You could try the Chatroom, I suppose.

I assume this is more a design question than a Chief question. I would design it like a blue/green vegetated roof: slab - protection board - waterproof membrane - root barrier - protection fabric - drainage layer - filter fleece - growth media. For the drainage layer I recommend a drainage board which will provide a greater open volume than gravel; if you opt for gravel I recommend AASHTO #57 open-graded, self-compacting aggregate covered with a separation geotextile fabric. Don't forget to account for the high relative humidity within the enclosed space.

I suggest uploading the plan file you are working on, and provide notes/images/drawings. Be specific.

Here's a symbol you could use. The flanges aren't as large a diameter. It's based on 1" iron pipe. Stretch planes are set up so it resizes correctly: pipeshelf.calibz I just noticed you're on X10. I'm not sure an X11 library will import into X10, so here's the .skp file that you can import yourself: pipe shelf.skp

Eric, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Indeed, it appears that the Opening Indicator is tied to the Sash position (Window Specification>Sash>Inset). As I change the Inset value, the Opening Indicator follows along. My mistake is my expectation that I can adjust the Window Specification settings to display the window condition more-or-less accurately in Plan View, which in my specific case requires a Sash Inset value of 0" - thus the Opening Indicator moves outward along with the Sash. I guess I'll just have to decide which is more important to me: a more accurate Plan display, or a more accurate Elevation/3D display.

Opening indicators in Vector View appear to "float" in front of the window sash: I don't recall this behavior in versions prior to X11. I've messed around with the window specifications, but the behavior appears to be independent of the window settings. Can anyone confirm if this is new in X11? Is there a workaround or a setting to place the opening indicator flush against the sash? My search through the Reference Manual was fruitless. Many of my projects have non-perpendicular walls, and I really don't like the look of opening indicators floating off the windows (and doors).

BigGreenEggXL.calibz

You can set this up in Default Settings>Layer Sets>Camera Views

Do us a favor and attach the .plan file - it will help us give a better answer to your question.

Layersets don't retain wall display settings. It may help to review this video.

It works fine for me: ...and it should, according to the Reference Manual: