{"id":875,"date":"2014-09-19T21:22:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2014-09-19T21:22:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:22:44","slug":"how-do-i-change-my-settings-so-that-the-area-calculates-to-the-outside-of-my-bearing-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"How do I change my settings so that the area calculates to the outside of my bearing wall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Version(s): 10, 11<\/p>\n<p>The setting can be setup before drawing the Area by going to File &gt; System\/ Drawing options &gt; Material Dimensions &gt; Material Options. Change the Structural Slab Locate option to Exterior\/ Bearing. Then trace the area and when a Cleanup is performed it will snap to the Exterior or Bearing within the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Version(s): 12 +<\/p>\n<p>In Area mode, after you have calculated the area you can edit that area to measure to the Exterior Edge, Outside Bearing Edge, or Interior Edge of the walls. Select Edit &gt; Edit Item &gt; click in the area &gt; place a check mark next to the appropriate Reference in the Area Dialog &gt; OK. The area will be automatically recalculated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Version(s): 10, 11 The setting can be setup before drawing the Area by going to File &gt; System\/ Drawing options &gt; Material Dimensions &gt; Material Options. Change the Structural Slab Locate option to Exterior\/ Bearing. Then trace the area and when a Cleanup is performed it will snap to the Exterior or Bearing within the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.softplan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}