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• Check No Border Against Walls to pre- • Enter the Width of the joists that support
vent border planking from being gener- the deck.
ated along any walls defining the deck. • Specify the Spacing between joists, as
• Check Herringbone to produce a her- measured from joist center to joist center.
ringbone pattern where the border planks • If you want to specify joist Direction,
meet. uncheck Automatic and enter the direc-
• Check Treated to specify that the deck tion in degrees. When checked, joists are
planking is counted as treated in framing run in the direction that results in the
schedules and the Materials List. shortest spans.
3 Specify the configuration of the Deck • Check Treated to specify that the deck
Joists. joists are counted as treated in framing
schedules and the Materials List.

Deck Support Panel
The options on the DECK SUPPORT panel are The settings on this panel are also found in
only available for Deck rooms and control the Deck Room Defaults dialog, but affect
how deck beams and posts are generated. See the selected Deck room(s) only rather than
“Deck Framing and Planking” on page 425. Decks as they are initially created. See
“Room Type Defaults” on page 413.

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