AxelRose Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hi all, I have a plan with ICF exterior walls with a thin stone tile facing. Whenever I use a stone material in Chief for an exterior wall, there are large gaps between exterior doors and door lintel area. If I change the exterior material to stucco for example, the gap disappears automatically. Is there a way to eliminate this gap in the first place for my stone material? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Attach a plan so we can look at your settings, wall type, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Check the rough opening size, and then post plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelRose Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Plan is attached. The door in question is the sliding door in the kitchen. PLAN.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Plan is attached. The door in question is the sliding door in the kitchen. PLAN.zip Well, ain't I a pistol, check your ROUGH OPENING SIZES,.... ZERO out the rough opening and it should look better... I ain't saying it's perfect, but it is better....... Suppose the wall was wood framing and you had a 3" rough opening? Would you have the same problem... I don't think so because the EXTERIOR FINISH magically covers the gap.... at least I think so... bottom line, for your situation, change the ROUGH OPENING for the SGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Play with your window ROUGH OPENING SIZES. You chose 1/2", if you look closely, you will see a gap between your window and your block wall... change the RO to zero and see how that changes the model. RO for block walls behave differently than RO's for framing.... at least I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Not at my computer to check, but does the wall definition have properly defined interior and exterior layers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Not at my computer to check, but does the wall definition have properly defined interior and exterior layers? This is the real problem. Simply move the stone layer in your wall def out of the main layer category up to the exterior layer category. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This is the real problem. Simply move the stone layer in your wall def out of the main layer category up to the exterior layer category. wall.PNG Yep...that exactly what I was suspecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelRose Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 So easy! Can't believe I missed that! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelRose Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 In the wall layer wall settings, what does the "Build Platform to Exterior of Layer" setting mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This is one of those problems where since there are no casings, Chief has incorrectly eliminated the "Jamb". Of course the RO still needs to be zeroed out, but the door still needs a "Jamb", just like a window needs a "Frame". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This is the real problem. Simply move the stone layer in your wall def out of the main layer category up to the exterior layer category. wall.PNG Good catch. My bad, I assumed it was a cmu wall with no finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 In the wall layer wall settings, what does the "Build Platform to Exterior of Layer" setting mean? That's where your floor framing will build to. As you had your walls defined, the framing would have built to the exterior surface of your siding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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