Garage doors and foundation?

[BOB JOHNSON]

I was looking through the posts on foundation cutouts for garage doors and found most results were work arounds.

Would the following work:

1. Create a elevation view of the foundation; showing the location of the garage doors and exit door.

2. using a polyline, mark the location for the cutouts on the foundation.

3. use the Subtract edit tool, to create the cutouts.

Thanks for your help. Bob, X1.3

[WendyWelton]

No - it would not. The foundation is not a solid, it's a smart object type.

This works like a charm:

1 - main floor - select garage doors - Ctrl-C (or copy)
2 - go to basement - Ctrl-Alt-V (or Paste/Hold Position)
3 - take an elevation view and drag to exactly match the doors on the floor above.
4 - select garage doors in basement, change to "doorway" and select "omit casing" (or whatever that's called - I'm defragging my X1 machines and can't look).

This puts a cutout of the exact right size in the exact right spot. If you want to dimension to a larger masonry RO, just select "doorways" in basement and enlarge as needed.

Yes, it's a workaround. But, it's fast, easy and it works.

[George Godwin]

Wendy, - Good one. Never saw that approach before.

[BOB JOHNSON]

Thanks for the reply Wendy. I have already printed it out and placed it in my cook book.

I found that I could print just one post in a list of posts, by selecting the number in the upper right hand corner of the post. This opens a View Single Post window. Just RMB in the window, select print. I thought I would post this information for those that are not aware of this ability. Bob X1.3

[carpenterguy]

Now wait a minute, I do my foundation by deriving it from the exterior walls, if there is a stem wall in the garage for a minute no big deal. Then I create an interior wall for the garage to the house with the entry door.
I then call the garage a garage in the rooms dialog box. This gives it a slab at about the right height and drops the garage to the right height. out a garage door in the ext. wall, make it the right size and it all works as it should no problems.

I may have to enter the dbx for the garage on the main floor and adjust heihgts and whatnot to the needed figures.

Works great, I hope this helps, let me know.

Andy.

[joey3032]

I too simply call the room GARAGE, set the floor height (say -12" or so) THEN BUILD FOUNDATION...important to build the foundation AFTER you call the room garage, AND set the floor height. Then just add the doors, places cutouts automatically.....no workarouns needed!?!?!?!?!?!.....

[Bartwood]

Bob,
Thanks for the tip on printing just a single post. Now I will start my own "cook book"

Paul