ladycoralie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi all. I have a gap between my floors when I view my plan in Full overview. I don't know why. Never had this particular problem before. I followed the instructions in the support section, but it didn't work. http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00038/resolving-a-gap-between-floors-in-camera-views.html Does anybody have any suggestions how to fix this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Can you post a screenshot? Or better yet...a plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladycoralie Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi Alaskan_Son, Here's my plan mate. Thanks for any advice you can give me. Cheers Coralie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_NY61 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Lady, you forgot to attach the plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladycoralie Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can't attach the plan. My connection is playing up. Looks like I will have to try tomorrow. I'll give it one more try tonight, but if you don't see it, it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyatArtform Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 To check: 1 - Select each wall in question and open it's dbx - Structure Tab - make sure Default Top and Bottom heights checked. You should NOT need any of the Platform Intersections checked at all. 2 - Do the same for the walls below. If Default Top and Bottom are checked, it can still be a bit cattywumpus if somebody has added jogs in elevation view. So... 3 - To check and correct for manual bottom errors: a) put all the doors and windows in that wall on your clipboard (marquee select, Ctrl-C). Then pull the wall all the way back to maybe a foot from the corner. Make sure Default Top and Bottom checked. c) Then drag the wall back to it's original length. d) Finally = Ctrl-Alt-V to put your doors and windows back in their original positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief16Designer Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Or rebuild framing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Saw this in a previous thread where the exterior wall material had no thickness, perhaps check that out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyatArtform Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Saw this in a previous thread where the exterior wall material had no thickness, perhaps check that out first. Ah yes - that too. I've seen that mostly at railings, where it's a wall type that has no drywall. But you never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladycoralie Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Finally the plan uploaded. Whew. Beechmont.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Have a look at your wall definition. You have your "Build Platform to Exterior of Layer" = layer 1, exterior of Insulating Foam Block. This means that the floor platform is building through the wall to the external face of the wall. You need to change your wall definition and adjust the above setting. Is your floor meant to build through the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Glad you posted a plan. I was envisioning something entirely different. In fact, I'm not even 100% sure I see your specific problem. A couple screenshots that more specifically point out your area of concern might be in order. I went ahead to and took a stab at in anyway though. I suspect the problem you're having is due to the fact you changed your plan after you initially built the foundation and the foundation was not set to auto-rebuild. The rooms in the center portion of the plan also had no foundation defined. I fixed those 2 issues by turning auto rebuild foundations on and checking the box in the appropriate room structure dbx's that says "Monolithic Slab Foundation". Again, it was just an educated guess based on what you said previously, and on the way the rest of the model was built. See if this looks about right... Beechmont temp.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladycoralie Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi Alaskan_Son. I've had virtually no internet since Iast posted. My isp said there was a particular problem with my computer and I had to reinstall everything and also get a new modem. I'm back online now. Yay! Thanks for having a go at my plan. The front looks good, but I can still see a gap at the back though. I'm going to go through and try the suggestions one by one and see what happens. I've never had this problem before so I've done something wrong somewhere. I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution ladycoralie Posted November 1, 2015 Author Solution Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. As it turned out my exterior walls had no thickness. I changed that on both the upper and lower levels and voila - gap gone. I didn't know about the auto rebuild foundations and I went through and checked each wall structure too. Seems to have solved the problem. Cheers and thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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