mrrozhall Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Happy Friday everyone. I am struggling with a design whose terrain is sloped. The foundation at the front of the house should start at 0" and go to 6' at the rear. I am adding a pool like in the rendering by a pool designer and with her software (Pool Studio??) she was able to properly depict how my lot slopes (and how my foundation height increases towards the rear) giving a true representation of how the pool, patio, yard will look. I'm trying to "reproduce" this in CA as much as possible...partially so I can learn the correlation between terrain, and foundations in CA. I am struggling with this. I am attaching my plan and the pool rendering to give an idea of what I'm talking about. If anyone is able to edit my plan to include a terrain starting at 0" and going to 6' at the rear of my plan *and* add a concrete slab (like in the photo...which also follows the sloping terrain), I'D BE ABSOLUTELY IN YOUR DEBT. I've reviewed, read, followed along with several tutorials and I must admit I'm no expert but still struggle with this. I thank you kindly in advance. I realize this is a major ask. I am using X8. Ross DECKOFFPATIO_WORKINGMODEL.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Hi Ross , I still have X8 on here too , so I had a quick look , I'm no expert but.... You have the foundation set as a monolithic Slab? , so I changed it to a Basement foundation wall type at 104" since the lot slopes minimum 6 feet as a quick fix for views, if there is no basement you could step the foundation too. I had to change the Terrain Perimeter specs as the height wasn't correct after that , I unchecked automatic for the building Pad and set it myself at 18" And then a Elevation line at 0" at the Front building line and One set at -72" at the rear building line is pretty much all that is needed for this type of slope. I then messed with your pads and the Pool heights to make it work..... Also noticed your 2nd floor doesn't line up with the 1st floor , you can see the line in the saved Camera views. M. DECKOFFPATIO_KB.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrrozhall Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Mick, Thank you SOOOOO very very much. This is *EXACTLY* what I needed. You captured the idea perfectly. I sincerely appreciate your time. Bless you. Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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