kwhitt Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Sorry to be blowing up the forum this weekend, but I've got a project due Tueseday and am running into all kinds of things with a 70's as-built. My latest issue is getting the footings of my slab foundation to align correctly with two projecting brick columns at the entry of the home. When I auto-build the foundation it does a fairly good job, but ignores these brick column walls. When I extend the already generated footings to cover these areas I run into all kinds of problems. I have attached various images including a screen grab of the original plans from the 70's along with the Chief file. Would someone please tell me how to accomplish this? Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Vs just drawing a slab footing? Takes only 1 second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 1 hour ago, BrownTiger said: Vs just drawing a slab footing? Takes only 1 second Thanks for the reply. The slab on the front porch needs to be recessed for the brick pavers and there is no footing connecting the two brick column walls. I was going to fill this area in with a polyline sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG1949 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Can you create a brick foundation wall on level 0, and then cut and paste onto level 1? You would have to turn off automatic rebuild foundation, but it should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Don - thanks for the suggestion. I went ahead and built it out of polyline solids. It took less than 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 That said, my siding had a tendency to wrap over the slab, so I had to manually pull it up to expose the slab. I hope it sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemyjim Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 You could also try placing invisible walls around the columns. It will create a small room. Then adjust those rooms to have a slab footing with no ceiling. Rebuild foundation and that should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Or define the those brick walls as Foundation walls and adjust the footings as required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Thanks for the suggestions. Alchemyjim - I tried placing an invisible wall to "bridge" the two brick columns. When I did this, the end caps of the brick walls disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemyjim Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yeah. That's a tricky one there. I think your best bet is with the poly line solid. Make sure to change the line style to dashed so it looks like the footing on the foundation plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitt Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yes, it didn't take very long with a polyline solid. I appreciate the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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