lindatchambers

Framing issues

By lindatchambers, in General Q & A

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I just migrated from Home Designer Pro to CA X10.  I have a plan that is close to completion.  At one point, the framing was showing correctly- joists running parallel to my north and south walls.  Now, I have a big hole in the middle where my living room has no framing, and the joists are running perpendicular to the north/south now.  How do I figure out what I inadvertently changed?  Is there a way to delete and rebuild the framing?  Thanks in advance!

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ok, I figured out the joists.

 

in the image below, I have a family room for a walkout basement.  How do I fix that gap between the wall and the ceiling?  I'm not sure why that happens.  The wall on the left is complete, the front and center wall is obviously an exterior wall, and the right wall in the image is also an interior wall.

family room.jpg

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