Interior Wall Height With Dropped Ceiling

[dshall]

dshall, You could probably have clarified my post in the time it took you tell me it wasn't clear. hehe.

WELL, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I DID NOT THINK I COULD DO IT..

To the OP, insert a floor above the existing first floor. (Check "Derive from the First Floor.") You will make this (single room) floor 16" tall, say. The framing for the dropped ceiling will be the "floor" of this fake story.



Then the second floor of the actual house will become the "third" story in Chief.

THIS IS WHAT CONFUSED ME. MAYBE I MISSED THE FACT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO "INSERT, I SAID INSERT" A FLOOR BETWEEN THE (E) FIRST AND (E) SEOND FLOOR.

Play around with the "Platform Intersections" (wall DBX, under "Structures.") until you get the look you want. Hope that's clear enough for Mr. Hall.

I had better shut up before I really confuse the OP. Richard, just trying to clarify it for the OP...... and I suppose I was trying to clarify it for myself.