akabuilder Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I've got a 3 story house with 8' high basement, 8in. high footers (12" wide) sitting under Fox Block walls with a slab foundation. Can anyone offer a solution or explanation as to why the footers are not sitting directly underneath the basement slab on the elevation view? They look like they are running into the slab.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Measure in 2D section, adjust stemwall height in the basement room dialog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 What's your stem wall height compared to the ceiling height. The stem height (room dbx) should be rough ceiling height plus your slab thickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, mtldesigns said: The stem height (room dbx) should be rough ceiling height plus your slab thickness. (minimum) Agreed - looks like the issue to me too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 20 hours ago, akabuilder said: Can anyone offer a solution or explanation as to why the footers are not sitting directly underneath the basement slab on the elevation view? The footing will be placed directly under the foundation wall, NOT the slab. This means that for clean and neat alignment in Chief, the top-of-footing elevation needs to match the bottom-of slab elevation. Chief doesn't currently 'support' a notched basement slab. For your model, you have essentially 2 options: adjust either the foundation wall height or the basement slab elevation to produce a clean intersection leave it 'as is' and clean up the display in section views using CAD tools FWIW, I frequently do both, dependent on the construction preferences of my clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akabuilder Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 Thanks I will try this....Adjusting my dimensions hopefully will fix this - a clean intersection is what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 A good trick to reset the stemwall height is to set it to 0 and press tab. (don't be scared, funny stuff will happen) Then go back up and re-enter your rough ceiling height. The stemwall will automatically adjust to the proper height without requiring any calculation on your behalf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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