Jambruins Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Is it possible to draw interior basement walls and keep auto foundation on? When I draw an interior wall it says auto foundation will be turned off but I would like it to stay on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch22 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I'd like to know what to do in that situation as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaTime Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 There really isn't a way to do this, just don't jump into working on your basement if you're not at or near 100% on the main floor footprint. Keeping Auto Foundation on is only really good for monopours, IMO. Once you start doing your own thing, it'll get turned off and then making sure your foundation walls align with the first floor walls becomes a manual chore. Though using the Reference Display and Align w/ Above/Below tools make it fairly easy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambruins Posted Tuesday at 03:37 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:37 PM Has chief architect come up with a solution to this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted Tuesday at 03:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:47 PM No solution needed. Once you start to manually draw on the foundation level the auto feature should turn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambruins Posted Tuesday at 04:29 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 04:29 PM I want auto foundation to stay on when I draw interior basement walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted Tuesday at 06:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:34 PM The foundation is automatically drawn based on the house exterior walls above. Once it's drawn from that, what would auto foundation need to do differently? The interior walls you want would have nothing to do with the exterior walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM I would like it to autobuild, because if I make a change to the main floor exterior walls I then I have to go back and change the foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted Tuesday at 11:26 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:26 PM (edited) What does that have to do with interior walls in the basement? I do wish everything you drew in the basement wouldn't disappear if you do rebuild the foundation. Guess we're stuck with manually drawing changed foundation walls. Or just align them. Edited Tuesday at 11:27 PM by Rookie65 Add words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted yesterday at 05:01 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:01 AM (edited) 5 hours ago, Rookie65 said: What does that have to do with interior walls in the basement? Do a full set of house plans including interior walls in the basement, then the customer says, move this exterior wall, and that one, change the garage size, etc. If auto rebuild stayed on and operated per the request above by jambruins (and myself), it would move the basement exterior walls, but leave the basement interior walls. Then I would go and adjust the interior walls to match the moved exterior found walls. today CA truns off auto rebuild foundation when one draws interior walls in the basement, so instead I have to go put on the reference display, and move the exterior basement walls to match the main floor, and then use the align tool to make sure they really do match. So the request is, unless I misinterpreted, is for CA to allow auto rebuild foundations to stay on when I draw interior walls in the basement, and, CA would move the foundation walls to match the main floor (just like it would do if I did not have any interior walls in the basement) If I had no interior walls in the basement, then autorebuild foundation could stay on. That is dependency on interior walls Edited yesterday at 05:08 AM by SHCanada2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted yesterday at 10:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 10:00 AM My guess is because the interior walls are not part of a foundation, when rebuilding foundation the interior walls are not recognized, and therefore disappear. Aligning the foundation to exterior wall changes is not that difficult a process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago As said, if auto foundation is on all the manually work would be deleted everything the foundation "re-builds". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago (edited) Exactly. Manually drawn walls are not part of the foundation. To me, it's a request that isn't attainable. Edited 18 hours ago by Rookie65 Add words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago 57 minutes ago, Rookie65 said: Manually drawn walls are not part of the foundation neither are cabinets, but auto rebuild stays on for them, same with stairs, same with arch objects.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambruins Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago I agree it is not hard to to align the foundation walls but it is nice to not have to worry about doing that. It seems like an easy fix to be able to draw interior walls without having to turn off auto foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Did you ever send Chief a feature request on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie65 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago It's like trying to make 2 independent functions become one. It won't remember your interior walls when trying to rebuild the foundation. Depending on how many walls are involved, could you possibly copy what you want to save, then rebuild the foundation, and "paste-hold position" the interior walls back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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