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• Any wall or wall segment that is entirely • Any wall or wall segment that defines an
surrounded by interior room areas is con- exterior room or is exposed to the outside
sidered to be an interior wall. of the building is considered to be an
exterior wall. See “Room Types and
Functions” on page 414.

Foundation Walls

Foundation walls are similar to the on any layer you choose. In plan view,
interior and exterior walls but also foundation wall footings are placed on the
have a footing. Foundation walls can either “Footings” layer and cannot be moved; in 3D
be created automatically when a foundation views, they are on the “Walls, Foundation”
floor is created or manually by drawing them layer. See “Displaying Walls” on page 361.
using the Straight or Curved Foundation
Wall tool. See “Building a Foundation” on Slab Footing
page 692.
The Slab Footing tool draws a single-
layer concrete wall using the wall type
and other attributes specified in the Slab
Footing Defaults dialog. Slab Footings are
used to define Monolithic Slab foundations,
garage curbs, and interior footings.
Typically, the wall type should have the same
width as that specified for footings. For
Garage curbs, the footings should be wider
than the wall type. See “Foundation Panel”
on page 398.
The initial foundation wall type and footing
size are specified in the Foundation Wall Rooms defined by walls drawn using this
Defaults dialog. These values can be tool will have a Ceiling Height of 0 and a
changed for individual walls in the Wall Monolithic Slab Foundation. See “Structure
Specification dialog. See “Wall Panel” on page 436.
Specification Dialog” on page 389.
Foundation Wall Footings
You can draw a foundation wall on any floor
of a plan, not just on the foundation level. Normally, a foundation wall’s footing is
Any wall can be specified as a foundation centered on the wall. If you prefer, you can:
wall, regardless of the tool used to draw it.
See “Foundation Panel” on page 398. • Center the footing on the main wall layer.
• Align the footing along the wall’s exte-
Foundation walls are placed on the “Walls, rior.
Foundation” layer by default, but can be put

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