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Build Framing Dialog

Beams Panel
they can only be drawn manually. See
Floor/Ceiling Beams and Roof
“Manual Framing” on page 838.
Beams are not automatically generated:

Posts and beams may be created under
a Deck room automatically, depending
on its size, location, and other variables.
Deck Framing defaults are set in the Deck
Room Defaults dialog. See “Deck Framing
and Planking” on page 425.

1 Click the Edit Floor Beam Defaults to • Specify the Placement of Floor/Ceiling
open the Floor/Ceiling Beam Defaults Beams relative to the joists. With Joists
dialog. This dialog is similar to the Framing places beams at the same height as the
Specification dialog. See “Framing joists so they hang on the beams; Under
Specification Dialog” on page 869. Joists places beams below joists so they
bear on the beams. See “Bearing Lines”
2 Click the Edit Roof Beam Defaults to on page 861.
open the Roof Beam Defaults dialog.
This dialog is also similar to the Framing • Align Exterior with Outer Layer/Main
Specification dialog. Layer - When a Floor/Ceiling Beam is
drawn along and over an exterior wall, its
3 The Options settings affect the exterior surface can snap to either the
positioning of Floor/Ceiling wall’s outer layer or outer Main Layer, as
Beams . specified here. See “The Main Layer” on
page 383.

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