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Pier foundation

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I am trying to create a house that has 1/2 of the foundation as a crawl space and the other half on piers. I can get either one or the other. How do I get both?

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chief58    65

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put a wall between the area's you want to separate then you will be able to adjust each section individually 

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Evolution    30

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Use an invisible wall to create two separate rooms if you will, select the room to have the pier foundation open DBX and change it to the pier foundation. I think.

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