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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Foundation Defaults

There are several defaults dialogs that The settings here are initially drawn from
affect the foundation. They can be those in the Foundation Defaults dialog.
accessed by selecting Edit> Default See “Floor Defaults Dialog” on page 714.
Settings.
Click the + beside “Walls” to display the
Select “Foundation” and click the Edit subheadings, then select “Foundation Wall”
button to open the Foundation Defaults or “Slab Footing” and click the Edit button
dialog. to open the defaults dialog for that wall tool.
See “Wall, Railing, and Fencing Defaults” on
If a foundation has been built and you are on page 340.
Floor 0, select “Floor” and click the Edit
button to open the Floor 0 Defaults dialog.

Foundation Defaults Dialog
The Foundation Defaults dialog allows you The settings in the Foundation Defaults
to specify stem wall height, slab thickness, dialog are similar to those in the Build
sill plates, and other characteristics of a Foundation dialog, which opens when
foundation. These values determine how a Build> Floor> Build Foundation i s
new foundation is generated as well as the selected. The primary difference is that when
sizes for manually drawn foundation walls you click OK in the Foundation Defaults
added to an existing foundation.
dialog, no changes are made to the model.
See “Building a Foundation” on page 692.

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