Adjust Maximum Length In Material List

[SDeckB]

Hello I am trying to learn the material list and all her glory and have a pretty simple question. I've got a 2x10x30 highlighted below. The max length I'd like these to go is 16'. I don't have a 2x10x30 available in the strucutural member defaults. Is there a way to set this to it won't use a 30' board there or should I "install" the boards at the correct length when drawing the framing? 

 

Thank you in advance!

Tanya 

[javatom]

Under the build structure tab there will be an option to mark the location of a bearing wall.  The joist will then break at that point into 2 shorter lengths.  You might have to tell the defaults to NOT align the joists at the break point.

[SDeckB]

HI, thank you for getting back to me. I'm not seeing the option you mentioned in the structure tab - 

[Chrisb222]

27 minutes ago, SDeckB said:

HI, thank you for getting back to me. I'm not seeing the option you mentioned in the structure tab - 

 

You can designate a wall as a Bearing Wall and joists will break over it.

 

Structure Tab is #2:

 

 

 

Or you can draw in a Floor/Ceiling Beam or a Bearing Line with same result:

 

 

Rebuild framing afterwards.

 

 

 

 

[TCB_BdnMY]

has anyone gotten this to work? what about on a deck? my joists are building in at 20' long and i want to split them to max 12' boards etc. 

[Chrisb222]

15 hours ago, TCB_BdnMY said:

has anyone gotten this to work? what about on a deck? my joists are building in at 20' long and i want to split them to max 12' boards etc. 

 

What exactly are you asking? Do you want to know how to make deck joists automatically break over a beam? Or just to make the Material List only show 12' lengths?

 

Your question is a little vague. Try to be more specific to get better answers. Best to create a new thread instead of tagging onto an older thread, and include a plan file, or at least a screenshot or two describing the problem.

 

 

 

[TCB_BdnMY]

1 minute ago, Chrisb222 said:

 

What exactly are you asking? Do you want to know how to make deck joists automatically break over a beam? Or just to make the Material List only show 12' lengths?

 

Your question is a little vague. Try to be more specific to get better answers. Best to create a new thread instead of tagging onto an older thread, and include a plan file, or at least a screenshot or two describing the problem.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the reply Chris 

I was trying to get the joists to break & lap over the beam underneath and keep to 12' boards for the build.

I did end up making things work by making a foundation level under the deck room and used the bearing lines where i wanted the break. When it was just a deck on level 1 without the lower level, the joists weren't breaking over the beam, with or without bearing lines etc.