Rooms, Floors & Foundations

Defining rooms to create customized designs: adjust floor and ceiling heights to create split level or split entry designs, create custom room types, custom flooring and material regions, bearing walls and stepped foundations.

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Title / Description


68

23:04 Floor Plan Basics

Floor Plan Basics

The basics of creating floor plans – rooms, walls, ceiling heights, dimensions.

Video No. 68


72

11:18 Additional Floors & Foundation Basics

Additional Floors & Foundation Basics

The basics of adding additional floors and building foundations in Chief Architect

Video No. 72


6122

6:34 Foundation and Bearing Walls

Foundation and Bearing Walls

Specify which walls are bearing walls and use the Build Foundation dialog to create a variety of foundations.

Video No. 6122


318

7:11 Dropping a Floor and Raising the Ceiling of a Room

Dropping a Floor and Raising the Ceiling of a Room

Use the settings in the Room Specification dialog to set floor and ceiling heights.

Video No. 318


5434

9:34 Setting Second Floor Defaults

Setting Second Floor Defaults

When creating your second and additional floors, you will want to set the defaults for that floor's structure.

Video No. 5434


41

8:29 Custom Flooring

Custom Flooring

In your designs you may want to divide a room using different floor materials.

Video No. 41


320

4:08 Brick Ledge Foundations

Brick Ledge Foundations

Create a brick ledge for a slab foundation, crawlspace or full height foundation

Video No. 320


315

6:29 Setting Platform Depths - by Floor or by Area

Setting Platform Depths - by Floor or by Area

You can specify the thickness and framing materials used to construct floor and ceiling platforms on a floor-by-floor basis in the Framing Defaults dialog.

Video No. 315


5202

5:59 Creating Floor Platforms that Hang inside Walls

Creating Floor Platforms that Hang inside Walls

Set Wall defaults to allow the floor platforms to hang from a ledger.

Video No. 5202


257

1:34 Extend Siding Over Foundation Slab

Extend Siding Over Foundation Slab

Use wall settings to extend the siding and sheathing layers down over the foundation slab.

Video No. 257


54

8:05 Creating a Porch

Creating a Porch

Drawing a porch is as simple as drawing a room.

Video No. 54


62

3:07 Creating Custom Room Types

Creating Custom Room Types

You can create custom room types and assign those room types specific attributes.

Video No. 62


51

8:08 Creating a Walkout Basement

Creating a Walkout Basement

Learn how to adjust terrain for a walk out basement in this video.

Video No. 51


11078

56:45 Basement Design Process

Basement Design Process

Basement design tips and tricks in Chief Architect

Video No. 11078


321

9:01 Crawlspace Foundation with Framed Bearing Wall

Crawlspace Foundation with Framed Bearing Wall

Place a bearing wall in the crawlspace of the foundation and frame it using these instructions.

Video No. 321


402

10:59 Stepping a Foundation

Stepping a Foundation

Creating a stepped-foundation for a sloped lot

Video No. 402


314

6:20 Cutting a Hole in a Floor Platform

Cutting a Hole in a Floor Platform

Use the Hole in Floor Platform tool to cut an opening in the floor platform.

Video No. 314


93

11:45 Creating Basements with Furred Walls

Creating Basements with Furred Walls

Learn how to model a basement foundation with a custom furred wall type. Two ways to support the floor platform above are also demonstrated.

Video No. 93


322

10:20 Creating a Split Level Structure

Creating a Split Level Structure

A split level, or tri-level, structure is a building where the floor level in one part of the plan is located approximately half way between the floor and ceiling levels of another part of the plan.

Video No. 322


323

16:30 Creating a Split Entry

Creating a Split Entry

A split level entry, or divided entry, is characterized by an entry door that opens onto a landing positioned half way between the basement floor and first floor levels.

Video No. 323


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