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Floor and Ceiling Heights

Deck Framing and Planking If changes are later made to the settings on
the DECK panel of the Room Specification
When a Deck room is created, the floor dialog, the deck framing and planking will be
platform is modeled using joists, beams, automatically rebuilt in response. To prevent
posts, and planking as specified in the Deck this from happening, uncheck Automatic
Room Defaults dialog. See “Structure Deck Framing.
Panel” on page 436, “Deck Panel” on page
440, and “Deck Support Panel” on page 442. Once created, the individual planking and
framing objects generated for a Deck room
• If a floor level is present below the one can be selected and edited like other framing
that the Deck room is created on, the objects, provided that Automatic Deck
framing will be created there. If needed, Framing is turned off. See “Editing
beams may be generated with posts Framing” on page 865.
beneath them, if specified. When terrain
is present, the posts will have footings, To rebuild a deck’s framing and remove any
again, if specified. changes you may have made to individual
• If a floor level is not present below the deck framing or planks, select the Deck room
Deck, framing will be generated on the and click the Build Deck Framing e d i t
same floor as the room. Beams may be button.
created but posts will not.
If you delete a Deck room, its deck framing
• Deck framing, planking, posts, and beams and planking will be automatically deleted,
are placed on their own layers with names as well. To prevent this from happening,
that begin with “Framing, Deck”: for check Keep Deck Framing After Deck
example, “Framing, Deck Posts”. These Room is Deleted. See “Deck Panel” on page
layers are often turned off in floor plan 440.
view but are typically turned on in 3D
views. See “Displaying Framing” on page Deck Framing Schedules
862.
The framing components that make up the
If standard floor framing is present when a decks in a plan can be listed in a Framing
room is specified as a Deck, that framing is Schedule. See “Framing Schedules” on page
deleted and replaced with deck framing. 873.

Floor and Ceiling Heights

Default floor and ceiling heights are defined Use the Room Specification dialog to set
in the Floor Defaults dialog for each floor, floor heights on a room-by-room basis. See
including the foundation. Use the Floor “Room Specification Dialog” on page 434.
Defaults dialog to change these values on a Different rooms on the same floor can have
floor-by-floor basis. See “Floor and Room unique floor and ceiling heights, allowing
Defaults” on page 413.
you to create:

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