Just a footing?

[Justice]

I think we should all send in a suggestion to have a footing tool.
This is a basic building tool..

Hi Allen, I think we have the footing tool but it is called slab footing
go to you foundation level, click the wall tool select slab footing tool and draw it in, open it and set its height. See if this is what you are looking for?

[Bradley Boltz]

Hey Justice,
the slab tool drew the top of the slab at the "zero" elevation. Where's the setting to control the elevation of either the top or bottom of the footing? I didn't that control in the dbx.-BB

[Allen42acj]

Hi Justice
It's close, but the layer and line style need to be changed.
Post tool dose what I want with deleting the post..

[perryh]

If you can, create a room with the slab footing tool, you can just set the floor height and the footing will follow. You cant draw a single footing outside of the room, without it being at the foundation level ,but you can move that footing vertically by, drawing an exterior wall (outside of the room) make it indivisible and check footing. In 3d or elev view ,drag the top of the footing up and the bottom will follow, to any level you want.

[Bradley Boltz]

Justice and Allen,
what's up with this? I was also experimenting with the "slab footing" wall tool and got these odd results (see attached). The forward most(plan view) free floating slab footing developed two vertically stacked slabs (I guess the top one represents the floor slab of a mono-slab?

Also, I can't find any tool that allows me to adjust the "z" hgt regarding the elevation level. I can change the width and thickness but can't get it to show anywhere but flush with the top of my 1st floor slab.-Brad

Just saw Perry's explanation and it doesn't seem to an intuitive method. Would just be easier to use the cad to slab method and change the layer to "footing" or create a "slab footing" layer and just copy & past and adjust as necessary (Scott's orig suggestion). The advantage of using the Post w/ footing is that the footing will be closer to the "z" elevation desired.-BB

[Allen42acj]

Bradley
The footings I am placing are for decks or under chimneys.
Here there are very few buildings done on slabs.
Think his is where the confution is.
For what you're showing the slab works..

[perryh]

BB, I just said its one way of doing it with the slab footing tool, and if you show 2 slabs, your settings are wrong.

[Bradley Boltz]

Sorry Perry,

I didn't mean to come across negative towards your alternative method and knowledge and appreciate the extra insight. You obviously have a better handle on it than I do.

My settings are/were the same for all three experimental wall segments. I don't know what I did to get the double layer on the 3rd (separated) segment when I was playing with it.

Allen,
for decks etc I use the post with footing method or just the post method and create a cad to slab footing. Depends on the situation and my mind-set at the time. For under fireplaces, we just had that discussion on another thread in which Scott espoused using the slab tool or cad to slab method I think.


Here attached is an elevation view of two posts using your post & slab method but in both cases, I kept the posts. With the one on the right I created an additional 24x24x12 slab and put it on the footing layer and used the Chief provided round post slab as a sona tube.-BB

OOPs forgot the Attachment! See next post.BB

[Bradley Boltz]

Here's the OOPSed attached image. -BB

[Justice]

Justice and Allen,
what's up with this? I was also experimenting with the "slab footing" wall tool and got these odd results (see attached). The forward most(plan view) free floating slab footing developed two vertically stacked slabs (I guess the top one represents the floor slab of a mono-slab?

Also, I can't find any tool that allows me to adjust the "z" hgt regarding the elevation level. I can change the width and thickness but can't get it to show anywhere but flush with the top of my 1st floor slab.-Brad

Just saw Perry's explanation and it doesn't seem to an intuitive method. Would just be easier to use the cad to slab method and change the layer to "footing" or create a "slab footing" layer and just copy & past and adjust as necessary (Scott's orig suggestion). The advantage of using the Post w/ footing is that the footing will be closer to the "z" elevation desired.-BB

Your Right Brad you can't set the elevation of the slab footing, I had it confused with the slab tool sorry mate.

[Justice]

Hi Justice
It's close, but the layer and line style need to be changed.
Post tool dose what I want with deleting the post..

Allen make it clear to CA what we need here to please fix it up.

All the best with it mate.

[kenoeightspot]

Footing without wall:

1. Create a new wall type"Footing no wall"
a. Layer thickness "0"
b. Line thickness "none"
c. Layer material "Insulation air gap"
d. Fill "none"
2. Select foundation wall then double click,change wall type to "Footing no wall"
3. The Material list will show under "Foundation" the footing correct.
4. You can adjust the ht. of the footing in cross section.
5."Slab footing" tool does not count as a footing,they count as "Slabs"

[diyconsulting]

Footing without wall:

1. Create a new wall type"Footing no wall"
a. Layer thickness "0"
b. Line thickness "none"
c. Layer material "Insulation air gap"
d. Fill "none"
2. Select foundation wall then double click,change wall type to "Footing no wall"
3. The Material list will show under "Foundation" the footing correct.
4. You can adjust the ht. of the footing in cross section.
5."Slab footing" tool does not count as a footing,they count as "Slabs"

Eh, how did you set the layer thickness to 0??? When i try to set it to "0" it defaults to minimum wall size set up for APS (In my case 100mm)! The minimum size you can have must be a positive integer, for example 1mm (which "0" obviously doesnt count).

[kenoeightspot]

Try putting in 1/100"

[Texrcana]

For what its worth, I agree. I build modular homes and the homes come in sections with independent floor sections. I need to be able to put just the footing in the concrete plan for the guys that are pourting concrete, we fir the wall above that actually meets and supports the marriage line(s) of the home. I have been struggling for days to just put a 30" footing down the center of a 29' x 76' box that has a 48" stem wall on top of the perimeter footing. I just wanted to throw my two cents in to see if we can get Chief to make a change and so they no its needed!