Change floor structure?

[JBruenn]

Hi, I've built a plan with a full basement.  The floor for the 1st floor is showing as concrete, when I'd expect it to be on joists, resting on basement walls.  How do I change this?  Thanks!

[JBruenn]

Thank you!  I'm using Home Designer Pro - 2023.   (added to signature).

 

I've looked through the help section and online videos and I've seen where to set the floor defaults.  But, I've not been able to resolve this issue yet.

[JBruenn]

Hi, Thanks for sticking with me.

 

I've tried 3 things related to Floor Structure.  

 

1) Clicked in 1st floor room.  Room Specification>>Structure>>Floor>>Floor Structure Definition.   This shows the current floor structure as concrete 4".  There are options here to select Framing, or to build a floor structure.  But, seems strange to me there is no other "automated" way for the software to build a non-concrete floor.

2) I've gone Edit>>Default Settings>>Floors and Rooms>>Floor 0 and looked in the ceiling options there.  Did not see anything that looked like a fix.

3) I've gone Edit>>Default Settings>>Floors and Rooms>>Floor 1 and looked at the floor options there.  Here, similar to the first option the only thing I see an option to potentially manually edit the floor structure.

 

If I need to build the floor through a manual edit, are there any instructions on that?  To build floor joists, subfloor etc...   Or, is there some automated way for the software to generate that type of floor?

 

Thanks again for the help!

 

 

[solver]

The default for new plans is a framed floor, not a 4' slab.

 

It sounds like you somehow changed it to a slab. To change it back, you need to input the new structure. The program does not know what you want, so it needs to be done manually. It's common to change the floor structure defaults to match an existing structure, or to match what is needed on a new build.

 

If you have the defaults set correctly, and if the rooms are set to use the default floor structure they will change automatically (there is a Default checkbox next to the floor structure settings for a room). If the rooms are not using the defaults (checkbox is unchecked) you need to check it. You can multi select all the rooms and do it at once.

 

Not suggesting you did this, but many new users make changes without understanding what they are changing. The program does a good job with its default settings, and most are easily changed if needed.

[JBruenn]

Thank you.  I'm a new user (probably obvious) and I purchased the program to do the initial design of a home I'm planning to build.  I'm not sure how I ended up with the first floor floor as slab.  But, as you say I must have messed it up somewhere along the line.  Do you have anything you can point me to that would show me how to manually build that floor correctly (a framed floor)?

 

[solver]

Start a new plan. Copy the defaults to your plan.