Footing Cut Off

[KristjanM]

I have a pilaster with a pad footing . When I connect an adjacent wall, the pilaster footing is cut back. Is the any way to have the pilaster footing take precedence over the wall footing?

[Kbird1]

I don't think so but you can turn the Pilaster Footing off and draw you own instead.

 

* looks like you cursor is telling you, you are in concentric mode too....

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-03143/understanding-persistent-pointer-icons.html

 

M.

[robdyck]

I think you used a short segment of wall for your pilaster and changed the wall width. Try using a slab for the pilaster / footing instead. You will end up with a line where the pilaster and wall meet, but the footing controls will be separated.

[Kbird1]

7 minutes ago, robdyck said:

I think you used a short segment of wall for your pilaster and changed the wall width.

 

Ahhhh...good thought perhaps......

[KristjanM]

There may be a better way but here's my workaround.

[KristjanM]

Thanks to all for the comments. I will try them out. Also fixed my cursor.

[VHampton]

 

 

The pier can be made with thinner poured concrete walls. As a result, the footings will join together. 

 

Cover the gap (inside the pier) with a CAD poly-line or CAD box.

 

Don't use a line property on the CAD object in order to create the camouflage. 

 

[KristjanM]

An Ingenious method. That's one of the things I like about Chief...opportunities for creativity.

[GeneDavis]

That's a sweet solution, Mr V!

[Doug_N]

16 hours ago, VHampton said:

 

 

The pier can be made with thinner poured concrete walls. As a result, the footings will join together. 

 

Cover the gap (inside the pier) with a CAD poly-line or CAD box.

 

Don't use a line property on the CAD object in order to create the camouflage. 

 

What I especially like about this solution is the ability to increase the footing footprint, very important for the increased load of the pilaster.  Although technically that isn't a pilaster, it is a column at the end of a wall.

[Kbird1]

VH's solution will work , just be careful/mindful of the small Room in the middle of the Column ( the hole between walls) , it may not always be a good thing for a room there, but marking one of the walls " No Room Definition" may help with any issues.

 

M.

[VHampton]

Making piers (with varying walls thicknesses) is pretty handy indeed. 

I've never read any of the CA manuals, so creative solutions are invariably a by-product of necessity. 

 

BTW... kBird is correct. This method results in the four sided pier becoming a small "room'.

'No definition' on any one of the walls solves any foreseeable issues. The pier will still build at the default foundation height. 

 

...and agreed Doug... PC 'piers' and 'buttresses' are the masonry terminology for sure. 

Pilasters are primarily millwork related, but we all got the gist of what the OP was looking for. '') 

 

Thanks all for the positive feedback.