Plainwacky

Hello - I'm pretty new to this forum. I'm really confused it comes to the concept of "floor below" when there is no floor below and it's just a crawl space. I understand the "floor below" when you are on the second floor...but not when your on the first floor (Floor 1) when there is a crawl space. When it comes to a crawl space, I understand you can set the "stem wall" to be the height of the crawl space...but you can also set the "stem wall" on an individual floor...that's confusing to me. Isn't the stem wall just the foundation wall?? And this even gets more confusing when you are dealing with the "garage options" under foundation and what they should be set at. This is what I'd like to do...have a 3-ft crawl space, and then start on the 1st floor. I already have my whole first floor drawn out, but afterwards I noticed that the "floor below" was set to -46"...how that got set to that, I haven't a clue. And why is the "floor below -12 5/8" when I click on the "Floor 1" default settings, when there is a crawl space? I set the stem wall on foundation to 36-inches, but then I see under "Absolute Elevations" -> "Floor Below", that is set to -12 5/8"...what is the -12 5/8"?? If someone can explain this to me, it would be greatly appreciated. I watched some videos...and I couldn't find one that explains all this. I have enclosed the default settings that are currently set...which are not correct.

Hi... I have Home Designer Pro 2019 and I have been laying out a house I'd like to build. I'm not a pro and certainly not an architect, but I'm moving right along. Now that I have the house pretty much laid out, I'd like to place the house on the terrain using the elevation data I have and get a visual as to where the house should sit on the property. I have the elevation data files in DXF and DWG format and was told that I needed to "expand the blocks", which I haven't a clue what this means. Can someone help guide me on how to do this? I have included the files for help. Thanks! Elevation Civil-base-050319.dwg Elevation Data ACAD-Civil-base-050319.dxf

I would like to display the elevation of my terrain so I can see how my home design would "fit" and also allow me to do some landscaping. I have both the DWG and DFX files. My understanding is that Home Designer doesn't allow DWG Files to be imported, so the Civil Engineering sent me the information in DWG format. However when I went to import I was told my tech support that I needed the blocks expanded. I haven't a clue what that means and I'm over my head. Any help would be greatly appreciated.