40mstew Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I need to have 3- 6' tall x 4' long retaining wall for the soil side of my ICF walls every ~20'. I have tapped into the existing basement wall and when I do an elevation or camera view I get what looks like a foundation for the first floor?? I built this wall on the "0" floor, basement level. For some reason It's not showing up? It shows that it's tapped into the basement wall?? Uploaded plan. Stewart_2018_1-21-18.plan.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I simply added a foundation wall to your basement, then grabbed the top of the wall and dragged it down. You need to change the wall type to one of the foundation types such as 8" stem wall, and check "Foundation Wall" in the general tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40mstew Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks. Both worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 We engineers call these counterforts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Hi Gene, aren't the counterforts on the heel side of the slab of a common retaining wall though? Or is counterfort just a catchall name for this concept? Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Usually counterforts are buried in the backfill on the "high" fill side. If they are exposed on the opposite side, they are usually called buttresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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