BryceEngstrom Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 This one always drives me nuts. How do I change the Porch edge material? Won't spray can, not in the railing wall materials, not in the room materials, not in the foundation default materials. Ugh. Porch Edge.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Try wall type, and what the exterior surface material is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Are you wanting the slab face changed? If so you are using a phantom slab--not actually a slab, you have to build your foundation, then you can add a material to the face to whatever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 When you don't have a foundation yet in your plan, Chief will create one for you (in 3d) but it's not in the plan to change it. You've seen it all the time, remove your foundation and take a 3d view, you will see a foundation there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Nope, not in Exterior wall material either. Yeah, I get what you mean about the "phantom" slab, and that is what I want to change. You get it when you check Monolithic Slab in the Structure Tab. Ridiculous that we can't change this material on the fly. Shouldn't need to have to build a foundation to do it. Gonna send it in as a bug. Thanks Perry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Chief's been that way forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Yeah, I know. I thought there was a similar problem with Deck room edges, but that there was a way to do it. And, Chief won't build a foundation for a Porch room at all. So, I have to do a manual slab, and actually extend it past the Porch wall edge above because the phantom is still there fighting for that surface face. I have done that on the lower portion of these landscape stairs, but not on the upper one, and not on the larger Porch room connected to the house. Looks OK from a distance, but a PITA when you go to your elevations and it isn't lined up right. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 To remove the "Phantom" slab just make the room have no floor and add your own. I will sometimes use a Court room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Yeah, but then I am stuck with one material for the floor and the edge. I want a conc. floor and a stone edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 You can also use the new floor and wall material tool to get what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 True that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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