Floor Plans
Last updated May 27, 2022
By Emma Howland
Properties
- Associated Level: Main Floor (T.O. Sheathing) or Upper Floor (T.O.Sheathing)
- View template: Floor Plan – New
- Phase Filter: Show New Phase: New Construction
- Cut Plane: cut through walls to show all openings, looking down (6′)
- Visual Style: Hidden Line
Lables/ Notes
- Sections (align bubble head with grid bubbles, cut gap and align edges to crop box)
- Rooms (Text: Room Name)
- Smoke Detector/ Combo Smoke & Carbon Monoxide detector
- “Combo smoke & carbon monoxide detector, hard wired and interconnected w/ battery backup, per IRC R314/R315”
- “Smoke detector, hard wired and interconnected w/ battery backup, per IRC R314, typ. where indicated”
- Exhaust Fans
- “Min. __( Check energy notes) CFM exhaust an wired for continuous operation (serves as whole house ventilation fan), sound rating max 1.0 sone”
- Note whole-house ventilation
- Attic/ Crawlspace access (outline attic access with overhead detail lines)
- Roof overhang (trace with overhead/existing overhead detail lines)
- Kitchen appliances (distinguish new/existing)
- Bathroom fixtures (distinguish new/existing)
- Laundry machines (distinguish new/existing)
- double check: Washer/Dryer are 4″ from wall (space for dryer vent)
- Routing for laundry exhaust
- Countertops (distinguish new/existing)
- Upper cabinets (distinguish new/existing)
- Water heater/ HVAC (distinguish new/existing)
- Electrical Panel (distinguish new/existing)
- Drop beams for story above (will be above cut plane, trace with overhead detail lines)
- Show closet hanger rods
- Hose bibbs
- Gas cocks
Dimensions
- Exterior:
- Overall Dimensions (to outside face of core)
- Gridline Dimensions
- Major jogs in building (to outside face of core)
- centerline of windows/ rough opening of doors
- Interior:
- Clear Dimensions of new rooms and hallways (from outside face of core to inside face of core)
- New casework extents (Island dimensions, spacing between island and countertops, etc.)
Tags
- Window Tags (Window Tag Floor Plan)
- For Egress windows write “Egress” in the Operation definition in the property panel for that window
- Doorways (Unscheduled door tag)
- Tag Sliding Glass doors with Floor Plan “One Line” tag as “Sliding Patio Door” if 2 panels, if 3+ panels, specify operation with X (operational) and O (Fixed)
- Doublecheck all doors are spaced a regular stud distance from wall (typ. 3″ for 2 studs)
- Stair direction arrow
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