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• Check Hang 1st Floor Platform Inside 4 Stem Walls -
Foundation Walls to produce stem walls
that build up to the top of the floor plat- • The name of the Default Foundation
form of Floor 1. When unchecked, the Wall Type displays here for reference.
stem walls build to the bottom of the
floor platform, which bears on top of • Click the Edit Default Foundation Wall
them. Only available when Walls with button to open the Foundation Wall
Footings is selected, above. Defaults dialog and change the default
settings for foundation walls. See “Foun-
• Check Show “S” Markers on Step dation Walls” on page 350.
Foundation to include an “S” symbol in
floor plan view anywhere there is a step • If Monolithic Slab is the selected Foun-
in foundation wall height. Not available dation Type, the Edit Garage Curb but-
when Grade Beams on Piers is selected, ton will be available. Click it to open the
above. See “Displaying Foundations” on Foundation Wall Defaults dialog and
page 693. define the walls that form curbs around
Garage and Slab rooms.
3 Slab - • Specify the Minimum Height, which is
the minimum height for foundation stem
• The name of the Default Slab Footing walls and grade beams and includes the
Wall Type displays here for reference. sill plates.
Click the Edit Default Slab Footing but- • The Basement Ceiling Height displays
ton to open the Wall Type Definitions here as a reference. This is the distance
dialog and change the definition of the from the top of the slab floor to the base-
default wall type. Only available when ment ceiling and is equal to the Minimum
Monolithic Slab is the selected Founda- Wall Height minus the Slab Thickness.
tion Type.
• Specify the Slab Thickness, which is the If the Minimum Wall Height is at least
thickness of the slab produced above the 76” (1900 mm), a Ceiling Finish is added
footing or at the top of the stem wall. to the foundation room automatically. A
• Check Slab at top of Stem Wall to raise slab floor is also generated above the
the slab so its top is flush with the top of footing. The ceiling height and finish can
the stem walls. Only available when be changed later. See “Room Specifica-
Walls with Footings is the selected Foun- tion Dialog” on page 434. To remove this
dation Type. slab, specify the room areas in the base-
If Slab at top of Stem Wall is selected, ment as “Open Below”. See “Room
all rooms on the first floor are automati- Types and Functions” on page 414.
cally set to Floor Supplied by the Foun- The Piers options are only available
dation Room Below in the Room 5 when Grade Beams on Piers is the
Specification dialog. See “Structure selected Foundation Type.
Panel” on page 436.

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