I am creating a floor platform in which the floor joists are even with the top of the stem wall. How do I illustrate the lowered floor joists when using Home Designer Pro?
ANSWER Floor joists can easily be raised or lowered to the height you desire. To make the floor joists in your drawing flush with the top of the stem wall: • First, launch Home Designer Pro. • Next, open the drawing in which you are going to adjust the height of the floor joist. • Joists will need to be added to the foundation of your structure. If you do not already have a foundation on your structure, from the menu select Build> Floor> Build Foundation and create a new foundation. If you already have a foundation, simply go to floor zero. • If you have not already created joists on your foundation level, a floor joist can be created by selecting Build> Framing> Joist from the menu. • Once you have selected Joist, your mouse pointer will turn into a cross and you will be able to click and drag to add a single joist on your drawing. In Home Designer Pro version 8.0 and later, if you do not already have the Framing, Floor layer displayed, the program will prompt you with a dialog, askin
