Porches and foundations

[joey_martin]

This issue has been around as long as I have used Chief. Not sure why it hasn't been addressed. 

[Archnot-Boltz]

It's a heck of a Long Time Issue for a program that will occasionally, automatically build walls that I don't want. I've been scratching my head about this one for a long time. BB

[Alaskan_Son]

This particular issue was addressed in X10.  We now get automatic foundation walls when we check Create Wall/Footing Below for porches (or similar exterior rooms) that are defined by railings and invisible walls.

[Draftsman-don]

I found this thread after struggling with the same issue. There are lots of good suggestions and information here. I can concur with Alaskan_Son that this works in X10 but it didn't work for me in X9. Unless I'm still doing something wrong in X9 it is still a bug. X10 works beautifully though.

[dennmill]

On 11/8/2017 at 12:06 PM, johnny said:

The reason I believe this hasn't be an issue yet is its so rare to build full foundations under porches.  

 

I would add that in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon (Eugene, Roseburg, Salem, and upwards to Portland) although the frost line is only a few inches, they still very often put in a footer and stem wall when building a porch. Seems like this method is common enough in different parts of the country that CA (and Home Designer (Pro which I'm using) should be fixed/improved to incorporate some foundation options for porches instead of almost tying our hands.

[Steve_Nyhof]

On 11/7/2017 at 11:57 AM, javatom said:

You can make it look right in 3d by telling the slab to be as thick as the depth you want the footings.  A lot of builders would only do a point load pad where the columns are located and make the porch an elevated slab.  In this instance, the software is doing it right.  You would have to manually place a pad for the columns on the foundation layer.

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