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Thread: Just a footing?
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07-14-2012, 03:43 AM #1
Just a footing?
I just want a footing in the basement.
Is there a tool just for that?
No post, not under a wall..........
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07-14-2012, 03:51 AM #2
SLab footing tool
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07-14-2012, 04:48 AM #3
Hi Scott
That's not the same as just a footing..
I have been using that and then changing the layer or using the post tool and deleting the post..........
Allen Colburn Jr.
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07-14-2012, 05:00 AM #4
I don't know what you want.
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07-14-2012, 06:19 AM #5Registered User Promoted
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I use solids for that type of thing. For simple rectangular shapes you can draw them in plan view and then move them to the correct elevation.
For more complex shapes I create polyline solids to subtract the unwanted volumes.
These tools are not the most user friendly that I have ever seen, but they can be used for a great many things that the program does not directly provide.Rod Cole
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07-14-2012, 07:48 AM #6Registered User Promoted
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Allen,
There doesn't seem to be any good way to do those in Chief, and I think there really should be. I use them all the time in houses we build. Basically we pour all the footings at once and the ones that run inside the crawlspace don't get foundation walls on them.
I've tried using foundation walls with footings and making the wall height zero, but it changes to full height once it snaps to the other foundation walls. It seems there should be a way to use that tool, just haven't figured it out yet.Michael
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07-14-2012, 08:32 AM #7
I do the same way as Rod. In plan draw your footings then convert to slab,change the line style to dashed. Cut a section and adjust the ht. Add a 2x6 wall on top and I'm done.
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07-14-2012, 08:51 AM #8D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
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07-14-2012, 07:48 PM #9
Would an invisible wall with a footing work? Place the invisible wall on the foundation level and turn of the layer, the footing will stay.
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07-15-2012, 02:46 AM #10
I think we should all send in a suggestion to have a footing tool.
This is a basic building tool...........
Allen Colburn Jr.
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07-15-2012, 05:49 AM #11Registered Abuser Demoted
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Allen,
can you give a screen shot, are you talking about a linear footing or a pad type footing and what is it's function? I'm thinking you're talking about a couple pad footings that are intended to keep the slab from dropping or sagging due to settlement in the middle of a basement?-BBArchitect,NOT! (archnot@yahoo.com): Dell XPS 8300, i7-2600 3.40 GHZ Quad Core, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, ATI-radeon HD 5700 1-gig(not by choice came with cpu), 8 GB RAM, 25" Hanspree HF 255 LCD Moniter- User since Chief '97(v6)-X4
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07-15-2012, 07:30 AM #12
Looks like a slab footing to me, Scott had the answer earlier.
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07-15-2012, 08:33 AM #13
The same as you get with the post tool but without the post.
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Allen Colburn Jr.
Pascoag RI 02859
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07-15-2012, 08:55 AM #14
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07-15-2012, 09:07 AM #15