Thank you. I actually did do that and even though i unchecked the default box, it kept going back to the the default. I ended up changing ceiling finish in main default settings to 0" and that did expose the ceiling joists. Now I have a very pretty blue showing which I assume is padding under plank floor? I do not know how to remove that layer since it does not show up in my components dialog box. Any other suggestions to this matter is appreciated.