HardWorkingBee Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hi All, I have what should be a very straightforward case: I have a rectangular existing house with a full basement and an addition with crawl space at a lower elevation, 7" in my case. Chief automatically lowers the stem wall of the main house for the stem wall segment between the addition and the main house while also creating a jog with the rim joists. I have not been able to figure out how to control this behavior. If I manually edit the stem wall in a section view then for some reason the sill plates disappear from that wall altogether... X13 on MacBook Pro. Plan file attached. Many thanks in advance for your help. Stem Wall Sample Plan.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 Things. 1) Try reversing the Main Layer of the interior wall to match the main outside layer of the exterior walls. If that doesn't work... 2) simply grab that segment of foundation wall in 3D and drag it up to snap into place at the correct elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Perhaps also Try the Slab Pour Options (Structure Tab ) for the Foundation Rooms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: Perhaps also Try the Slab Pour Options (Structure Tab ) for the Foundation Rooms He isn't using a slab... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 21 hours ago, joey_martin said: He isn't using a slab... No, I just thought it maybe worth a try even so..... as CA's Settings sometimes act in unexpected ways.... * see below it does work at least in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardWorkingBee Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Thanks @joey_martin but when I do that for some reason I lose the sill plates altogether on that stem wall. Basically I end up with a gap between the top of concrete and the rim joist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 In that situation I always put a Smaller scoop footing between the new and old, draw the footings as a box, then move the footing between the new and old right up against the old footing. this has been around forever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Kbird1 Posted May 28, 2022 Solution Share Posted May 28, 2022 22 hours ago, HardWorkingBee said: Chief automatically lowers the stem wall of the main house for the stem wall segment between the addition and the main house while also creating a jog with the rim joists Okay had a few minutes to look at this and it seems to work okay with the right settings for me........ ( in X14 at least ) ie the Addition set at -7" as mentioned in the OP ( was at 1.75") and the Pour/Framing group set to 2 ( mentioned above ) in the Addition Room DBX also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Kbird1 said: Okay had a few minutes to look at this and it seems to work okay with the right settings for me........ ( in X14 at least ) ie the Addition set at -7" as mentioned in the OP ( was at 1.75") and the Pour/Framing group set to 2 ( mentioned above ) in the Addition Room DBX also. Nice Mick. Need to remember that pour number setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 22 hours ago, HumbleChief said: Nice Mick. Need to remember that pour number setting. Thanks, Larry , it works similar to the Roof Groups setting but is sometimes hit and miss..... Personally I am not afraid to try things like that, as there is always the UNDO Button ( set to 50 min.) ( or I do a Save As Plan to try things on) M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardWorkingBee Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 @Kbird1 Thank you so much for your time and help here. For some unexplainable reason, I had always mentally associated that setting with only slabs. Works beautifully in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 11:17 AM, joey_martin said: ..... 2) simply grab that segment of foundation wall in 3D and drag it up to snap into place at the correct elevation. I thought if you did this you would lose the auto sill Plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 22 hours ago, Kbird1 said: Okay had a few minutes to look at this and it seems to work okay with the right settings for me........ ( in X14 at least ) ie the Addition set at -7" as mentioned in the OP ( was at 1.75") and the Pour/Framing group set to 2 ( mentioned above ) in the Addition Room DBX also. Nice job Mick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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