Foundation on footings

[toshgaal]

Hi all,

I am trying out TFP for the first time because I am interested in building a small cabin up at the lake and was wondering, how do I create a foundation when the house is going to be on concrete cylinder footings? I have no idea where to start. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Todd

[dtaylor]

you will want to use the strip footings attached to walls feature under the building tab.
After you draw your foundation wall this tool will prompt you to select the wall(s) you want to attach the
footings to.  Just make sure that you draw your foundation wall on your foundation building level.
the properties for you footing will let you control the spacing.

[toshgaal]

Thanks dtayler. I found the tool that you recommended, but the base under the piers are 24" below grade and the pier is around 24" above the ground. Then 6"x6" seals are placed on the piers and the floor joist rest on top of those. How do I get the piers to show above ground?

Thanks,

Todd

[Jack Zimmer]

You must define your heights first in Building Location settings taking into account all that you have mentioned. The columns will automatically start at the height you define (in this case minus 2 ft) and automatically end at the 'wall height' setting in the Foundation Building Location , in this case 4' high columns end up 2 ft above grade.

Use the Mono footings attached to columns , make sure to use 'add new' and create a custom footing (like 24x24 x 12)

Make sure your building is also 'raised' in Ground Floor settings. Walls automatically have a 'drop exterior face' of 12" , set that to zero when you draw the walls.

On the Foundation level, use a 6" wall and draw out your sill plates, then click on the wall / access it's properties and change the Top Bottom option to "Level' and then set that height to 6". This will give you a custom 6x6 at the same height as the bottom of the columns. Click on each custom wall/ right click and 'Elevate' to top of column / this raises the wall to make it appear to be the floor support beam.

Jack Zimmer