Mixed Wall ICF + 2x4

[cgrafx]

I am working with Home Designer Pro 2026

 

I have 2 story house. The bottom half is ICF block and the upper half is 2x6 engineered.

 

The front doorway of the house is a 2x4 wall built inside an 8ft x 8ft opening in the ICF block.

 

I have not found a way to represent this combined ICF + 2x4 wall. 

 

I have tried creating the primary ICF wall  with a passthrough hole in it, but there isn't a way to build a wall inside a wall. I've also tried a pony wall with the 2x4 wall on the bottom and ICF on the top, but Home Designer insists on putting in a stucco drip edge at the split between the two wall sections. 

 

Looking for best option to create this composite wall section.

[y-g-m-n]

So they framed inside an opening for the door?

I am guessing the outside stucco material lines up.

Does the inside sheetrock or is the door framed opening inset?

 

When it is all finished what will be different there?

I mean if nothing then just stick your door in the main wall and forget about this framing.

[cgrafx]

Yes, I framed inside the opening for the door (I'm the owner/builder). Trying to create a complete set of as-built plans to go with the custom build. The original architectural plans were done a long time ago and are hand drawn. I have a hybrid set of plans currently that was started in a different CAD program and then dropped into Adobe Illustrator, but I'd really like to have a proper set of CAD files to go with the house.

 

The door framing is inset a couple of inches on the inside of the house leaving a much larger inset at the front which has a 2nd curved relief over the door to bring it flush with the ICF wall.

 

I'd really like to understand how to create these sorts of models in Home Designer. I do understand that it may not be possible to get exactly what was built, but I'd like to get as close as possible.

 

The difference for me is just dropping a door into the ICF wall will not really come close to matching what was built.

 

32 minutes ago, y-g-m-n said:

When it is all finished what will be different there?

I mean if nothing then just stick your door in the main wall and forget about this framing.