Chrisb222

Just a thought- posting a topic on the Suggestion forum is NOT the same as, or a substitute for reporting a technical issue. My apologies if you knew and/or have already done that, but it is what Joe has done and Michael advised you to do.

It's darned cold outside so I've been bored and reading the old forum just for kicks, and came across something I found interesting. An old post by @Archnot-Boltz complaining (nahh!) about a rounding problem that ended up being caused by the housewrap layer in the OOB wall definition for Brick-4. Doug Park commented that "The issue is that the wall as was submitted had it's main layer off grid and was not exactly the thickness as was expected, 9.51" if my memory serves." So I downloaded the file (it's still there) and went into the wall specs, and the wall showed a thickness of 9-1/2" but when I switched the Number Style to decimal inches, it showed as 9.51" just as Doug said, but then when I went into the Wall Type Definition, the Housewrap layer showed as .01" instead of 0 as was expected. I thought the "as was submitted" comment was odd since the wall was not the "wrong" thickness, it was the thickness set by the software. (Another really odd thing is that when you change the Number Style back to fractions, then back to decimal, WITHOUT changing the housewrap thickness, close the Wall Type DBX, and reopen it, the housewrap layer now shows as 0.00", and the General panel wall thickness shows as 9.5") So I got curious to see if the same thing happens with a new plan using the X14 OOB residential template and Brick-4 wall. I didn't try any other wall types or mess around with it anymore, but sure enough, that 0 thickness house wrap layer becomes .01" when displaying decimal inches, and the wall thickness is 9.51"... AND the .01 goes away if you flip back to fractions, then back to decimal ...... after all these years. Anyhoo, I just thought it was interesting. http://www.chieftalk.com/showthread.php?56475-Dimension-Glitch-or-Wrong-Default-Setting And no, there is no question here, which means it should probably be in Chat, but I assume most users never read anything but Q&A and this might be an issue for someone else someday.

I think it's an answer not a question. The question is "Where can I buy a floor naming macro when I have a house with two basements?"

You're welcome!

That's the railing hanging out past the stairs. If you make the top rail narrower you won't see that extra line.

A Google search for "bushes.png" brings up plenty. They should have a transparent background and drop right in. I didn't try it so no money back guarantee!

Maybe within the same .plan file?? Just guessing. Truss framing and dynamic material list are great, but I hope there are more Big Surprises coming...

Thanks, I see now that all finished area under stairs counts. I read that section but the wording was a little unclear to me. My apologies to @VisualDandD Actually, I was thinking specifically of usable space beneath stairs, which is not only accessible, but usable - although often unfinished.

Neat.

Yeah I saw that, but the example diagrams are not part of the Standard. I'm going by the language of the Standard, which clearly states that unfinished area is not counted, and finished area with lower than 5 ft ceiling is not counted. It seems their drawings are not a very accurate representation of the language of the Standard. It's interesting that the drawing shows finished space in the basement with no access to the space beneath the stairs, yet it indicates that that space should be counted, which clearly violates the language of the overriding Standard. Maybe I'll write to the commission.

To my reading, any unfinished area under stairs would not be counted, nor would finished area under stairs with ceiling lower than 5'. So in most cases, the full area occupied by stairs would not be measured on each level.

That looks great, thanks for the tip!

Looks good! You'll eventually want to correct the sync between patterns and textures, as you can see in the flooring. Also, if you wanted a more subtle look in the flooring you could delete the pattern lines altogether.

I'm not going anywhere.

My opinion, and I've stated it before, is that the downvoting here is appealing to some because it's anonymous. Other boards I use, you can see who voted up or down. If they showed that, it would reduce the frivolous downvotes IMO. I'll admit I've been tempted to downvote before for that very reason, but I hesitate because of that same reason; I don't want to take advantage of that ability to hide my vote. So I rarely - RARELY downvote. I've done it a few times, mostly recently and in response to some of the posts regarding the pricing change. Never for suggestions, or answers in Q&A. I just think it's cowardly. I do upvote, however. Now hit me wid dem reddies!!

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Good tip. This will also align the beam above, centered on the wall / column. If the beam is the same width as the 6x6 column it will all align nicely In that case I add a 1-1/2" concrete layer to both the exterior and interior layers of the wall definition, creates the typical lip automatically.

Agreed. I just skipped around a painful demo vid on their website, and wow. Not EVEN close.

I especially strive to make foundations as basic as possible. 10'-0" here, 16'6" there. No half-inches. Obviously it's not always possible to do round feet, but I do as often as I can and it keeps the foundation contractor happy. Can you imagine having to work with panels that are 30" 36" etc and getting plans with a 16'-4-7/16" foundation dim??

I keep everything to 1" or 1/2" except in rare cases where 1/4" is sometimes necessary, for example dimensioning a 6x6 deck post. As a rule, esp with framing, I would never put 16ths on a plan. That just seems like a good way to catch a nail in your tire. Or other "paybacks."

Onyx black seamless shingles

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You're welcome! Hope it helps. Actually, on my project the homeowner found a house they wanted to style after which was in a new subdivision of upscale market homes. It still had a for sale sign on the lot and no sod, so I walked around taking pictures of the brick with my phone, and the new homeowner came out wondering what I was doing! We had a good laugh. I also have some pretty nice seamless shingles that I use. I have onyx black which looks like your design, but I just change the color in a paint program as needed... if you're interested...

Justin, these look great but might I suggest a more "seamless" brick texture. I attached one that I made for a build I did a few years ago that had light tan brick/dark bronze trim - very similar to your project.

You could add your support to my request for that I made four years ago. Who knows?? I'll bump it in the Suggestions forum.