capitaldesigns Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I'm new to Chief. I'm using X-8. I'm working on my first project using Chief. The client is adding 4 small one story additions to a one story house. The question I have is how do you draw the new concrete slab to the existing concrete slab? The first thing I did was input the walls, roof planes, roof framing and foundation of the existing house. Then I input the walls of the 4 additions. Then I manually added the roof planes of the new additions. I then selected the build foundation command. This re-drew the entire foundation as if it were all new. Exterior footings of the existing house that are now between the house and additions show as an interior footing. I want the line of the exterior edge of the existing house to still show as a solid line, not a dashed line. I also tried the slab with footing command. The problem there is that it adds footing on all sides of the slab where I only need the footings on the new exterior walls of the addition and not edge of the new slab that comes in contact with the existing house. I do need a 6"x6" thickened slab edge where the new slab comes in contact with the existing slab. Another thing is I cannot change the size of each footing separately. I attach the plan that I have been working on. I drew a partial foundation plan on how I would like to look. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike 2016-14-5-6-2016.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I just sent a PM to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Try the Slab footing wall tool, when connected to form a room, it will create a slab automatically. I wouldn't use the slab tool for that purpose, you can't adjust the footings independently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Do you want something like this? You can do this with Slab Pour Number and an auto mono slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitaldesigns Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Glenn, That's exactly what I am looking for. I'm not familiar with Slab Pour Number and an auto mono slab. I tried to look those up in Chief's reference manual and on youtube. I did not find anything. Do you know of any video's regarding slab pour number an auto mono slab? Thank You, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Mike, Probably better to stick with the manual slabs that you have drawn already and don't worry about auto for this exercise. I think an auto slab would have to be edited anyway. Have a look at the attached plan. on level zero, I manually drew 2 new footings abutting the kitchen and garage. Size them as needed. You can then specify the 4 footings and the slab to be Pour 2. This separates that new slab from the existing slab. 2016-14-5-6-2016 GLENNS FOOTINGS.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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