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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Framing Defaults

Select Edit> Default Settings to open default values should be set as early as
the Default Settings dialog. Select possible. See “Floor Panels” on page 844.
Framing from the list, then click the Edit If you plan to draw floor trusses, also see
button to open the Framing Defaults dialog.
“Trusses Panel” on page 855.
The Post, Floor Beam, and Roof Beam The default floor and ceiling platform
Defaults dialogs can also be accessed by settings for a given floor can be overridden
double-clicking the respective drawing tools. on a room by room basis in the Room
The Deck Post and Deck Beam Defaults Specification dialog, or for individual
dialogs are similar, and can be accessed from
the Deck Room Defaults dialog. See “Room platforms using Joist Direction lines.
Type Defaults” on page 413. See “Structure Panel” on page 436 and “Joist
Direction Lines” on page 860.
Both automatic and manually-drawn framing
are generated according to the settings in the Wall Framing
Framing Defaults dialog. This dialog is
nearly identical to the Build Framing dialog Like other types of framing, wall framing is
in both appearance and function. The only generated based on settings in the Framing
difference is that the Build Framing dialog Defaults dialog. See “Wall Panel” on page
has check boxes that allow you to generate 847 and “Openings Panel” on page 849.
different types of framing automatically. See
“Build Framing Dialog” on page 844. In addition, wall framing is dependent on
settings from other sources:
Any changes made in the Framing Defaults • The wall type definition settings used by
or Build Framing dialog will affect each wall type in the plan - particularly,
subsequently drawn or generated framing, the Layer Thickness and Layer Material
but not framing already present in the plan. assigned to the Main Layer. See “Wall

Type Definitions Dialog” on page 386.
The settings in the Framing Defaults • The Thickness and O.C. Spacing of the
dialog directly affect a variety of impor- framing material assigned to each wall
tant structural elements in each plan which
determine floor, ceiling and roof heights; so it type used in a plan. See “Material Types”
is best to set your Framing Defaults before on page 1024.
building your model. See “Drawing a Plan” on • The structural specifications for individ-
page 46.
ual walls in the plan. See “General Panel”
on page 390.
Floor and Ceiling Framing
In order for wall framing to automatically
Floor and ceiling platform depths contribute generate, a wall’s framing layer must be set
to the overall height of a structure, so their as its Main Layer and its framing material

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