Foundation for Stacked Wall

[PhilvK]

Below in black is a stacked wall with stucco on 8” cmu above brick on 8” cmu. One way to support this wall would be to let the wall rest on a thickened edge as shown by the green lines on sketch #1. The second way would be to extend the cmu down to the footing as shown by the red lines on sketch #2. My question is: is there way to have the cmu extend within the stacked wall type, or does another short cmu foundation wall need to be added under the stacked wall if we go this way?

Thanks

Phil

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

Would this be a solution for you?

[GHASEM_ARIYANI]

HI

Solution # 1

After drawing floor ، Select tool Slab Floor Edge.

Click the On the edge of the floor

[PhilvK]

Yes, thanks. Something like this is what I was heading for after I viewed more videos after my original post. I need to look at your solution a little more closer to understand where your stacked components start and end. Thanks again!

[PhilvK]

Thank you!

[L.Maas]

Hereby the project with wall

[PhilvK]

Perfect! Thank you very much.

[PhilvK]

One question on the footing part of the stacked wall. I see you created this as a wall type, correct? Is this the same as selecting Structure>Foundation>Wall from the menu?

[L.Maas]

In general it should be about the same. The way you proposed it are two separate objects. So you have a little bit more flexibility. On the other hand you would have to do more actions. So I would say little bit more flexibility or a little bit faster work. Maybe there are some other small nuances like easier scheduling. As often in Revit...there are several ways to get to the same end result.