Designating Top of Subfloor in Relation to Terrain

[Gtomer]

I have a project that is 2 stories

First floor is a garage slab with a stem wall perimeter.

Second floor is the living area.

Top of Garage Slab is elevation 0

Roads, Sidewalks  show up in a floor 2 Plan but not in a foundation or floor 1 plan even will all layers I want set to display.

Any Ideas?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

[Michael_Gia]

Terrain perimeter is drawn on floor 1, ideally. 
 

1 option could be, if I understand you correctly, is to draw the stemwalls on floor 0 so that your garage floor is now floor 1 where you would draw your terrain, then the living area on floor 2. 
 

In another variation you could always use reference displays with a layer that isolates what you want to show from one floor projected onto another. 

[SHCanada2]

this would be a typical backyard garage suite here. I draw garage on floor 1 and specify stem wall depth. I draw living area on floor 2. I draw terrain on floor 1  I create a site plan that shows roads, sidewalks outside walls etc. and then use a reference plan if I have to show something on a different level

[Gtomer]

Thanks for the tips. Ill mess around with it.

I wish Chief handled floor / elevations like Revit. So much clearer to how my brain works.

[CharlesVolz]

I put the terrain on Floor 0 or Floor 1, depending on the plan: basements, cantilevers, etc. Placing the terrain on Floor 0 prevents cantilevered building areas like boxed windows on Floor 1 from cutting a hole in the terrain. Then only your foundation walls will then influence the terrain cut out. 

 

Also, in CA the terrain is moved up and down as needed, not the floor elevations.

[SHCanada2]

6 hours ago, CharlesVolz said:

Placing the terrain on Floor 0 prevents cantilevered building areas like boxed windows on Floor 1 from cutting a hole in the terrain.

also what I do(create on lowest level I am working with). It becomes a bit of a PIA when doing houses on sloped terrain, as the garage  is typically on a different level, as are main floor cantilevers. This is where the reference display should be used (or create polylines and duplicate to different floors....I've done it, and don't recommend it). If you do not do either, you can be stuck guessing where to draw the driveway to (because you cannot see the garage on the foundation level)