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Wall Specification Dialog

• If Slab Footing is checked, the Curb offsets it towards the wall’s exterior. Not
Width can be specified instead. available if either Center Footing on Main
Layer or Align Footing on Outside are
2 Check Footing to assign a concrete checked.
footing to the selected wall(s) and
enable the settings below. Only available 3 Specify how Monolithic Slab footings
when Foundation Wall is checked, above. generate. These settings apply only
• Specify the Width and Height of the when the selected wall defines the side of a
footing below the selected foundation Monolithic Slab. See “Foundations” on page
wall(s). The Height value will be unavail- 687.
able if the bottom height of the footing • Specify the Chamfer Width and Height,
has been edited. See “Stepped Founda- which define the angled corners where the
tions” on page 701. footing meets the underside of the slab.
• Check Automatic Footing Bottom • Specify the Pour Number of the selected
Height to restore the default height of the Slab Footing. Pour Numbers are listed
selected wall’s footing. Only available separately in the Materials List. See “In
when the footing bottom height has been the Materials List” on page 695.
edited.
4 Check Sill Plate to reserve space for
• Check Vertical Footing to generate foot- one or more sill plates, or mud sills
ings that run up and down along any steps between the selected foundation stem wall or
in the foundation wall’s bottom height. grade beam and the floor platform or framed

Offset - Specify how the footing is centered wall that bears on it. Sill plates are generated
under the selected wall. when the floor framing is generated. See
“Sill Plates” on page 837.
• Check Center Footing on Main Layer to
center the footing on the wall’s Main • Specify the Width and Height of the
Layer. See “The Main Layer” on page treated sill plates. If the Height is set to
383. zero, no sill plates are produced. Not
available if Monolithic Slab is the
• Check Align Footing on Outside to align selected Foundation Type.
the footing along the wall’s exterior sur-
face. See “Wall Type Definitions” on • Specify the Count, which is the number
page 383. of sill plates stacked vertically on each
stem wall or grade beam.
• Specify the Footing Offset, which is the
distance between the center of the footing 5 A preview of the selected wall,
and the center of the wall. A value of 0 including any doors, windows, and/or
centers the footing under the wall. A posi- fireplaces inserted into it, displays on the
tive value offsets the footing towards the right. See “Dialog Preview Panes” on page
wall’s interior surface. A negative value 42.

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