Horizontal Framing - Bottom Run Elevation

[ComputerMaster86]

For those of you that use horizontal framing, what is the secret sauce to getting the "Bottom Run Elevation" to work correctly?  Maybe chief needs to do more work on this feature.

 

I have my template set up so that I always draw my first floor on Chief Architect's 2nd level.  I am trying to get the bottom edge my 2 x 8 (Bottom Girt "Grade Board") to align with the bottom surface  of the 4" concrete floor.

 

 

 

I am not concerned with modeling the thickened edge of the concrete for the purpose of the 3D display but, typically I just let the concrete be 4" or whatever thickness is being used.  The bottom edge of the grade board is usally placed at the same elevation as the bottom edge of concrete .

 

 

Chief's level 1 I do not typically use other than I set it to a 42" rough ceiling.  42" is the distance that footings typically need to be below grade in Michigan unless the AHJ requests deeper.

 

 

 

 

[ComputerMaster86]

Here is my plan file

 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1btgtkvk8e22lwxqdz7zr/Bottom-Girt-Try.zip?rlkey=u8gcrdbbr1xq30ccktfaln76l&st=pypuj35w&dl=0

[Joe_Carrick]

HI Lance,

I think you'll need to do that as a molding polyline.  Girts won't go below the bottom plate because they are a part of the wall.  You can put the molding polyline on the framing layer for display purposes.