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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Floors and Foundations Electrical
• Open Below is a unique type of interior • The Auto Place Outlets tool adds
room. It has no floor platform and can be outlets automatically to all interior rooms.
used for defining stairwell openings.
In Bath rooms, only one outlet over each
• Garages have a foundation under them as sink is added.
defined by the Foundation Defaults dia-
log with a concrete slab at the top of stem • The Auto Place Outlets tool places
wall or grade beam. GFCI outlets in Kitchens and Baths.
• The floor in Garage and Slab rooms dis- • The Auto Place Outlets tool places
play in 3D on Floor 0, not the first floor. fewer outlets in hybrid rooms.
See “Garages” on page 699.
• The Auto Place Outlets tool does not
• A room’s default floor structure and finish
definitions are determined by its Room place outlets in exterior type rooms,
Type. See “Room Type Defaults” on page Porches or Open Below rooms.
413. • Any outlet manually placed in an exterior
room automatically becomes a waterproof
• Defining a room as Slab causes the floor
platform thickness to equal the slab thick- outlet designed for exterior use.
ness value in the Foundation Defaults Trim and Molding
dialog. • Moldings are not automatically added to
• Courts, Decks and Balconies do not gen- exterior or hybrid rooms.
erate foundations. • Baseboards and chair rails are not auto-
Doors and Windows matically added to Open Below rooms,
but crown molding, if specified in the
• A window placed in a wall between an
exterior room and an interior room always Floor Defaults dialog, is.
faces out toward the exterior. Dimensions
• Doors placed between interior and exte- • Auto Interior a n d Auto NKBA ®
rior type rooms inherit their settings from Dimensions will only generate in rooms
the Exterior Defaults for the door tool, if specified as Kitchens or Baths. See “The
available; they display threshold lines and Automatic Dimension Tools” on page
are considered Exterior. See “Interior vs 469.
Exterior Doors” on page 532.
Plan Check
• Doors placed between interior type rooms
do not display thresholds and are consid- • Plan Check uses Room Functions
ered Interior. and their characteristics for basic plan
• Open Below rooms are treated as interior checking. For example, a closet does not
rooms for window and door placement. need a smoke detector but a bedroom
does. See “Plan Check” on page 83.

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