Bug? Railing Auto-Footing

[johnny]

I’m trying to display a footing in plan view using the DBX options for a "wall" (aka railing), but it won’t show up. The footing layer is turned on, yet it still doesn’t appear in plan view. However, it displays correctly in both elevation and ISO views. Is this a bug, or am I missing a setting?

 

To clarify the situation:

• When the wall is set as a railing, the footing does not display in plan view, even though it shows in all other views.
• If I convert the wall to a standard wall (full or half), the footing appears in plan view as expected.

Based on this behavior, it seems like Chief doesn’t allow footings to display in plan view when associated with railings, despite them being visible in other views. This feels like a bug, but I’d appreciate confirmation or guidance if there’s a correct setup I’m overlooking.

Edited 12 hours ago by johnny

[tundra_dweller]

I get the same behavior in X17. I don't think I've ever tried to put a footing under a railing before. You can get a simulated footing by making the railing a pony wall and putting a wide concrete wall as the lower wall type. I'd probably just use a solid and put it on the footing layer if I were doing it though.

[johnny]

4 hours ago, tundra_dweller said:

I get the same behavior in X17. I don't think I've ever tried to put a footing under a railing before. You can get a simulated footing by making the railing a pony wall and putting a wide concrete wall as the lower wall type. I'd probably just use a solid and put it on the footing layer if I were doing it though.

We actually have a specific case-use for it, and whats really odd is the fact the footing is there in other views other than the plan view.

[JKEdmo]

3 minutes ago, johnny said:

We actually have a specific case-use for it, and whats really odd is the fact the footing is there in other views other than the plan view.

 

You could send this into Tech Support and see if they will confirm it as a bug or expected behavior.  They are usually very responsive.

[johnny]

10 minutes ago, JKEdmo said:

 

You could send this into Tech Support and see if they will confirm it as a bug or expected behavior.  They are usually very responsive.

Yeah, I’ll do that. I’m assuming it’s a bug....because if this were intended behavior (like railings not having footing options), you’d expect that to be consistent across both plan and elevation views. So either it’s incorrectly showing up in elevation views, or it’s failing to appear in plan views. I can’t see a logical reason it would be acceptable for it to display in one view but not the other, regardless of the intended functionality.  I'm obviously hoping its a bug not showing in plan view.