abovethewave Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Another newbie question here. I am working on the framing for a project. Using Auto Framing, Chief put the floor joists on my main floor in the wrong direction. Is there a way to auto rotate the joist set? Thanks! - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Go to BUILD>FRAMING>JOIST DIRECTION and place a direction indicator in the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 BTW...placing a bearing beam or wall will also trigger the joists to change direction to bear on that beam/wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovethewave Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Thank you. Hmmm, I see how the joist direction indicator works - but it's not updating the direction of the actual 3D framing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Did you turn off AUTO JOISTS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovethewave Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Not sure. I just manually placed them, which is fine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 You will need to delete the joists you have already drawn. Then place the direction line and auto build. This is a method I use often and then edit manually to dial it in. Once you have it as you want, lock the layer and you are set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I never turn off auto floor and ceiling framing unless I have to make any manual framing changes, then I will turn it off, but hate doing it. I try to keep all framing live if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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