ValleyGuy Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 When framing a deck I can't seem to get ledger or rim boards to frame at all, nor can I get the beams to build perpendicular to the joists. Is this a bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I am seeing the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 I can't get the house rim boards to frame either...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted Saturday at 08:44 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:44 PM I was told something by a guy who is an expert at using chief. He says he has finally developed a workflow where he lets chief place the deck framing and then he “explodes” everything and manually puts it the way he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted Sunday at 01:24 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 01:24 AM Framing the both the house and the deck rim boards works fine.... if the box is checked in the Auto Framing Defaults. This also prompts the deck ledger board to frame. However, all of the rim board thickness is still controlled by the Floor Structure default. So if you have two different thicknesses between the house floor rim board and the deck rim boards, be sure to frame one then change the thickness before framing the other. It would be nice if there was a separate deck rim board default section too. Other than the glitch with the Joist Direction Line, and the beam direction issue (both of which Chief is looking into), the deck seems to frame up better than before IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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