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Maximillian
2007-06-02, 10:22 AM
How are yall handling grade beams on a sloped sites? Or walls, foundations on a sloped sites in general? Edit profile?

SkiSouth
2007-06-02, 11:42 AM
Edit profile?
what I usually do. Use a foundation wall, then edit profile. On a sloped site you probably would want to document the earth slope in relation to the foundation steps in elevation anyway.

ws
2007-06-02, 02:52 PM
All my sites slope and so I was wondering this as well.

For existing boundary walls that are not going to change, to date I've just been drawing a reference plane in elevation, keeping below ground level, and attaching the boundary wall base to the plane (I probably hit on this because this is how it works in Allplan - although you can have any shape, not just a straight line reference plane).

Maximillian
2007-06-02, 09:52 PM
It seems that reference planes are the only way to go. I figure I should also set a level for "bottom of slope" & "top of slope". It would be great to be able to set the base constraint of a wall to a named reference plane, or have an angled level.