I'm not very experienced with building 1.5 story homes in this program. Very frustrating and I'm not sure what to do here. I tried to split the wall polyline, as you can see in the picture, but Chief seems to just ignore the split. If I drag the exterior of the wall down, it pulls the interior down away from the ceiling and leaves a gap in the wall (or if I pull it down too far chief tries to build an attic wall in the gap and screws everything up). Extensive toolset for creating house plans fast. 3D Architect Home Designer Pro has been created with the demands of developers, builders, designers and construction companies in mind. The problem I'm having is that when I drag the interior side of the wall up to meet the ceiling it pulls the exterior side of the wall above the roof plane. As the construction market continues to be competitive, many building professionals need the tools to ensure they can keep costs down and win over clients. A picture is worth a thousand words, so see the two below for clarification. I'm fighting chief here with the wall/ceiling/roof intersection of a 1.5 story room. I've got a nested gable and Chief just doesn't want to cooperate with me where the forward gable and attic wall of the rearward gable basically bisect this exterior wall.
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I will need to reduce my footprint if I find the requirement is based on exterior walls dimensions.Īny experience with this code situation and knowledge on how to confirm this calc within my settings would be greatly appreciated. Is there a standard in the IBC which states that the living area is always calculated on Interiors or Exterior walls? I also need to know if this total is based on a measurement from Interior walls or Exterior walls? How do I confirm? Is there a default setting where you set this to factor for living area calculations?
My current plan has a total of 900 square feet. I have 3 questions: Is "Habitable Area" determined on dimensions from Interior or Exterior walls when it comes to the 900 square feet requirement? Does this vary city to city or is there a code standard? The ADU cannot exceed 50% of the square footage of the habitable area of primary residence or 900 square feet, whichever is smaller
I am working on an ADU and the county requirements say it needs to be 900 square feet or less.