Hi Dan

To visualize the concepts, perform the following test:
Create an empty file (File--> new)--> Go to the floor tab--> you will see a small arrow at the right of the name. By clicking the small arrow you have the option of view / hide other tabs--> click in the small arrow--> the floor tab will be selected--> select also the foundation tab--> draw an exterior wall--> go to the properties bar--> be sure the foundation is selected--> in your plan, you will see the wall + the foundation--> put a window / door, etc--> Go to the foundation tab--> click on the small triangle--> foundation tab will be selected--> select the floor tab also--> your plan will look in the same way in the floor tab and in the foundation tab, right? --> Now, in the foundation tab--> click on the small triangle--> unselect the floor tab--> the wall and the foundation will disappear!
This means that you can draw a wall with or without a foundation, but you can't draw a wall foundation without a wall.
Therefore-->if you draw a wall foundation in the foundation tab, this step includes a wall, so if you draw a wall in the floor tab, you will be duplicating the process

Patricia

Hi there,

There are two options:
1 - You can set the slope or other topo elements and the walls after this. In this case the floor of the basement will be at elevation 0.00" of the project.
2 - You can create a sunken first floor (basement), In this case, the elevation of the floor of the basement will be negative (-96", for example)

Check these 2 examples
http://www.punchhelpers.com/residential10.html
http://www.punchhelpers.com/exterior10.html

Anyway, you can set the levels of the house and lot as desired, not necessarily zero.

If you are interested, you will find tutorials about walk out basements in my e-books
Learning Punch Software (R): Training, Tools & Tutorials - Second Edition
Learning Punch Software (R): Basic & Advanced Training-Second Edition

Patricia
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Hi there,

Regarding the lines missing, I answered this in your previous post
In order to create a slope, you can use the slope tool. I'd suggest that you check these concepts in the "Adding Slopes" section of the User's guide or just type "slope" in the Search tab (Help section of your program).

Patricia
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This topic is explained step by step in the manual/specification/etc, which you can find in the section "To mask PhotoView images ", so it is kind of pointless to retype it here.
If you prefer, just use the search feature in the help files.

Patricia
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