Walk-out basement ?

[Larry_Sweeney]

 I designed a one-story home with a walk-0ut basement. The walls in the basement that are in the walk-out area are pony walls with the upper section being 2X6 construction to the concrete floor and the lower (frost wall) being ICF walls. I lowered the ICF lower section of the pony walls to be 40" below the concrete floor. Up to this point everything is fine doing it this way. my problem occurs because on my foundation layout page, I like showing different render views of the foundation only, but how can I not show the upper 2x6 part of the pony walls? If I only want to show the foundation walls (masonry/ICF) along with the footers, do I have to approach my thinking differently by creating another level below my walkout level. That level would then have the ICF "frost wall" and I would change the pony wall to just a "normal 2X6 exterior wall". Is there a better way to approach my problem? As always, your time and advice are much appreciated. "IF" I have to change the lower level, which at present is the basement to something else and make the level below it the "basement", how does one go about that? It seems like a lot of cups of coffee. 

[Alaskan_Son]

I believe it was right here in X16 that we were first given display Layer control for the structural Layers of walls.  You'll have to make use of those:

[Larry_Sweeney]

Michael......................Thank you for the "heads up". Here it is almost time for X17 and I completely missed this in X16. I'll have to do some reading with my "ONE" cup of coffee.  Have a great day

[mtldesigns]

5 minutes ago, Larry_Sweeney said:

Thank you for the "heads up". Here it is almost time for X17 and I completely missed this in X16

@Alaskan_Son

 

WOW.. So did I Larry. I'll have to read up this myself.

[DefinedDesign]

On 3/21/2025 at 7:16 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

Hi Michael, I have this exact walkout basement, what is your secret for getting the framed wall to sit on top of the slab?  Right now mine is doing this:

[Renerabbitt]

46 minutes ago, DefinedDesign said:

Hi Michael, I have this exact walkout basement, what is your secret for getting the framed wall to sit on top of the slab?  Right now mine is doing this:

also see video

[Alaskan_Son]

1 hour ago, DefinedDesign said:

Hi Michael, I have this exact walkout basement, what is your secret for getting the framed wall to sit on top of the slab?  Right now mine is doing this:

 

Not sure what you have going on there because I haven't seen the plan, but the slab should build through to the exterior as long as the main layer is framing.  If you're using a pony wall with concrete on the lower half that's been dragged all the way down then you'll get what you're showing because Chief is holding the slab inside that concrete wall (even though you've pulled it down).  Doing what Rene shows should force the desired behavior for even a pony wall though.

Edited Monday at 10:52 PM by Alaskan_Son

[DefinedDesign]

Thanks @Renerabbitt, I checked my wall settings and “Stop at Floor Below” is enabled.

I appreciate you sharing the video, but I’m unable to get it to play.
 

Thanks @Alaskan_Son, for context, the wall was originally created as a concrete stem wall when the basement was auto generated from the first floor. I then added the floor trusses, converted the walkout stem wall to a framed wall with brick on the exterior, and rebuilt the framing.

[Alaskan_Son]

 

5 hours ago, DefinedDesign said:

Thanks @Alaskan_Son, for context, the wall was originally created as a concrete stem wall when the basement was auto generated from the first floor. I then added the floor trusses, converted the walkout stem wall to a framed wall with brick on the exterior, and rebuilt the framing.

You probably need to post the plan. Too many variables.