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Wall Specification Dialog

5 The Double Wall options specify how wall when floor or ceiling framing is gen-
a selected straight wall frames when it erated. See “Floor and Ceiling Framing”
is parallel to and touching a second wall. See on page 836.
“Double Walls” on page 380. •Check Create Wall/Footing Below to
These settings are only available for straight create a stem wall or slab footing below
walls. the selected wall on Floor 1 when an auto-
matic foundation is built. Has no effect if
• Select Frame Through to create a basic the selected wall is on any floor other than
double wall.
Floor 1. See “Building a Foundation” on
• Select Split Framing to create a double page 692.
wall that splits platforms and connecting
walls at its boundary. If Create Wall/Footing Below is checked,
Foundation Wall and Slab Footing will
• Select Furred Wall to treat the selected become unchecked on the Foundation Panel.
wall as additional layers added to another
wall. •Check Stagger Multiple Framing Lay-
ers to produce wall studs that are offset
from one another when wall framing is
Note: The Double Wall options are not avail- created. This setting only has an effect if a
able for curved walls.
wall type with multiple Framing layers is
specified. See “Wall Type Definitions
6 Framing - Dialog” on page 386.

• Check Retain Wall Framing to preserve 7 A preview of the selected wall,
the framing of the selected wall when the including any doors, windows, and/or
wall framing is globally rebuilt. See fireplaces inserted into it, displays on the
“Keeping Framing Current” on page 867. right. See “Dialog Preview Panes” on page
42.
• Check Bearing Wall to produce joists
that either butt or lap over the selected

Roof Panel
Any automatically generated roof style other interacts with the roof plan, defining the
than a hip requires roof information to be portion of the roof plan that bears on it. See
defined in the exterior walls. On the ROOF “Automatic vs. Manual Roofs” on page 774.
panel, you can specify how the selected wall

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