TommyGsWorkshop Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Hey all-thanks for taking time to look into this. I'm an average Chief Architect user, so any coaching will help. I have an addition to my house which has a deck over a foundation room. The roof/floor framing between the foundation and deck levels is very complex given the number of framing layers (4), sheathing (2) and EPDM with sloping for water runoff. I'm wondering if those can be represented effectively as actual floor/ceiling structure, or if it's best to just represent in CAD details or possibly as symbols (I know enough to be dangerous here). I'm trying to let CA generate the sill plates and rim joists, which generates the other layers that need to be removed so they don't clutter the manual framing of the foundation room roof and deck floor structure. You'll see in the image of the floor structure material layers panel (attached) that there are 8 material layers. The effort to remove the auto generated framing has me thinking there has to be a better way. Many of the structure defaults are different between the "as built" house and the addition, so I've been getting tangled up switching my defaults (probably not doing correctly). I've set the addition as framing group 2. I've experimented with deck, balcony and porch room types, but each runs me into a dead end as I try to properly represent the floor/ceiling structure. I've included some views of my floor structure details along with a camera view from within the foundation room showing some of the manually placed floor joists, but no deck above (yet). You'll also see the project overview image to get an idea the finished look. I did not create detail for the floor/ceiling structures in the overview plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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