Pony Wall Plan Display "Trick"


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I have a pretty complex basement foundation wall with existing masonry below and stud framing above.  In addition, there's new interior full height furring.  A lot going on:

 

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I show the upper wall in plan, but I wanted to also clarify in plan what's going on below.  Then, it occurred to me I can just break the wall for a short length and switch that pony wall section to "Display in Plan View" to show the lower wall.  A couple of CAD break lines and I'll wrap up by adding a plan note to clarify...

 

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Nothing earth shattering, but I thought pretty nifty.

 

Jim

 

 

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Clever solution.

 

I suppose you could capture that with CAD Detail from View & make  cad block. Then close the wall again.

That way it would not show up on Electrical & HVAC plan views.

Just a thought.

 

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On 6/11/2025 at 11:38 AM, JKEdmo said:

complex basement foundation

 

Your plan set should include a "foundation plan" that only shows the concrete foundation and footing, ie the lower part of the wall only, since your excavator and concrete forms guy don't care about anything else.

 

Then once the foundation is poured and your rough carpenter starts, he can work from another "finished basement" plan.

On that plan page show only the upper wall type, since that's all he cares about.

 

No need for anything else, in my opinion.

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1 hour ago, Michael_Gia said:

 

Your plan set should include a "foundation plan" that only shows the concrete foundation and footing, ie the lower part of the wall only, since your excavator and concrete forms guy don't care about anything else.

 

Then once the foundation is poured and your rough carpenter starts, he can work from another "finished basement" plan.

On that plan page show only the upper wall type, since that's all he cares about.

 

No need for anything else, in my opinion.

This is EXACTLY why I do my walkout basements on level 1, so we can isolate stem walls from custom pony walls in a stepped and furred foundation

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