Create Raised Floor in Garage

[PaulJManoogian]

Hi!

 

I need to be able to create a raised floor in a garage. The garage is being turned into a Mother-In-Law suite/Apartment.

 

Basically, footings and beams supporting joists for a floor, but still showing the garage floor. This is to raise the floor up to the first-floor door height.

 

I need to show the crawl space that will be created between the garage floor slab and the new raised floor.

 

I can't figure out how this is done. I've tried to do it with the deck tools, but can't make it show up once I make the railings invisible. I've also tried doing it with the framing tools, but can't figure out how to make that work.

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you!

[PaulJManoogian]

Thanks for the tip, Eric. I updated my signature and made sure it was turned on. Hopefully that improves things.

 

The reason I posted here is because I couldn't find a direct answer on here (maybe I missed it?) or on other platforms such as YouTube. 

[PaulJManoogian]

I'm hoping to just model the garage area, without doing any of the other house (As it's not needed).

 

I will do what you just suggested; build a second floor and drop the garage ceiling down. At this point, I'm just trying to get this done easily. I can draw it on paper faster, but I lose all of the other functionality of having a model I can move around and update quickly.

 

Thank you for the suggestion!  

[PaulJManoogian]

Hi,

I'm still struggling to make this work. Is there somewhere I can see a visual step-by-step of how to complete this task?

 

Thank you!

-Paul

[PaulJManoogian]

I think I got it. 

 

Thank you! It was a little wonky at first, but I think I figured out the height issues so that I have something that looks like your example.

 

Thanks so much for your help!