Dropping floor inside foundation walls semi split level plan

[GSCDesign]

Drawing a plan with one car garage on left side house on right side is 2 stories.  top of garage concrete walls and slab will sit about 4' above the first floor of house section on right.  Tall concrete wall that separates the 2 structures will be 7' and match the height of garage stem wall.  other 3 walls on right side of house will be 3' with the floor hanging off of that.  The floor would hang off of bolted ledger off the middle separating wall.  I have tried everything and I can't get the floor to sit down inside that tall wall, it just keeps wanting to hang off the tall separating wall.  I have tried dropping floor heights and everything.  I was able to manually adjust the concrete walls but cannot get the framing to cooperate.  Anyone that could help would be really wonderful.

[JiAngelo]

A cross section would be nice.  But from what is described you have a balloon framing situation.  A floor above and below but instead of joists resting on a lower wall, you want it to balloon past the floor and make both the upper and lower walls framed as one.  It is still two floors.  Open the structure dbx and you will find options to change the framing methods.

[GSCDesign]

Sorry new to this forum and how to do stuff on here. Yes I guess it would be considered a balloon frame.  But to be clear I want the joists to hang off the taller wall that is separating the two sections about 4' down on it (7' wall).  And also hang off the other 3 walls that will be 3' tall.  On top of the taller wall the studs will continue up to make a normal 9' ceiling. the second floor joists will sit on that wall.  I will build a interior wall with an air gap off of the first floor to hide the concrete wall and then second floor will be normal.  I just don't know how to make it work.   

[JiAngelo]

You will use a pony wall with block on bottom and 2x4 on top.  Set the pony height to 4' bottom and in a 7 foot room the 2x4 upper wall will be 3' 

 

2nd floor will be 9' studs.

 

Initially all walls will be stacked framing.

Select the common wall and set to balloon frame.  If auto frame is on, Chief should adjust.

 

Below your post click add files to include a picture.  If you screen shot and press control v it should paste inline.

 

It would save me from guessing wrong.  And I'm not back to my computer to draw something wrong and send it to you.