WoodlandDesign Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I've tried searching for pre-cast/Spancrete/structural concrete, etc. but am not coming up with anything. I certainly can't be the first person on here creating a room beneath a garage and am wondering what others are doing to detail this in plans and/or cross sections. I'd like to specify this correctly and know others must have already figured out a way. If there is a buzz word that brings up history of this topic in the forms please let me know and I will search accordingly. Any input (constructive) would be appreciated! Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I'm not sure about others and I've only run into this with one plan, but what I've done is just draw a slab manually for the floor below and then locate any windows or doors by either using absolute elevations or with reference to the garage floor. For interior partitions, I've just resized the top and bottom of those to work in elevation view. Might be a better way, but that's what I've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 You're unhappy with just making the floor a concrete slab at total thickness of span product plus topping? CAD details will show what to do with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Or you can make the floor structure as two elements, one the part that will get the hollowcore planks, the other the 'crete topping. Make the hollowcore part with material "open no material," then import your properly sized planks from Sketchup and precision-place as required. Get as crazy as you want with this floor structure, including lagging the bottom of the planks and then sheetrocking over. Someone already did the hollowcore for us and I attached an image from the 3D Warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodlandDesign Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 I thought it would be nice to be able to draw the hollow core structural pieces in plan and have them show correctly in CAD details/cross sections. The Sketchup items look like they could work. I'll check them out to see if they translate into 2D and cross sections. Thanks for your input guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Sorry Doug, it sounds like maybe I was answering a different question altogether. I was assuming the problem you were trying to solve was with regard to how to place a room below the garage when the floor for the garage is being supplied by the foundation room below (something that needs either a manual floor structure or a super special stacked floor structure in the one room definition). For the slab itself, it depends on the project, but for the average residential application, I would likely just increase the thickness of the appropriate floor/slab and then detail the rest in section view using CAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodlandDesign Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 OK. Thanks for the follow through Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmejerry Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Doug, here are some library files if you can use them. HOLLOWCORE PLANK X10.calibz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDesign Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Jerry that is awesome! thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmejerry Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 You're quite welcome Michael. Somebody shared them on the forums a couple years ago just reciprocating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodlandDesign Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Yes. Thanks so much Jerry. I appreciate the sharing. -DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodlandDesign Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Jerry or anyone, Do you know if there is a simple way to stretch these to extend the length of a garage while viewing in cross section view? They stretch in plan view but in cross section they do not. It seems like the object is locked perhaps? I have tried resizing in the symbol specification DBX but don't seem to be able to change. I've attached a screen shot of the view I am trying to detail. Thanks in advance. -DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Open Symbol>Sizing tab...change the depth plane that's set to a negative number or just uncheck it entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 If it was me, I would seriously consider using the primitives (Solids) Jerry included with his library to build some much longer spans and then just use those, multiple copy, and then trim them to the desired shape using another larger solid and Boolean operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodlandDesign Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Thanks Michael. That will take care of the cross section problem for this application. I will follow your suggestion to manipulate the solids for easier overall use. -DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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