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Posted by Keet at Dec 2, 2024, 5:21:40 PM
Re: Help creating new object & light source from scratch
I'm in my file right now but I can't see any way to alter the thickness of a floor. It only has an area to change thickness for the optional baseboard, which I didn't want or need on the light. Under Preferences I see an option to change the new level floor thickness, but but that doesn't seem to be what I want. I'm trying to modify the floor in the initial stage where I first created it. I also tried modifying it after I exported, and then imported it back into the program, but at that point, it's part of the whole object and the brace was already set for 6" thickness. What am I doing wrong here?
You set the floor thickness on the level. Double click the level tab and you can set the floor thickness. If you don't see a level tab or can't set the floor thickness just add a level and set its elevation to a negative value. Now you can double click the level where your floor is and set the floor thickness. Export/import only your floor object. Now it has a thickness you can adjust to your 6".

Wait, so if I made the color of those panels bright red, I'd get a red light? It makes the color and surface of the panel automatically translucent? When I've been working with the light panels, when I rotate them a certain way, when I get to the opposite side of them, they often disappear or turn invisible, so I assumed that whatever 'color' I assigned them was just replaced by whatever the program uses to represent illumination?
Yes, you would get a red light. But it doesn't change transparency so it doesn't become translucent. Your panel was created with a room with floor thickness 0 which means it only has one face (side): the top. If you rotate it the other side is simply 'nothing'.
When you export the floor with a thickness (set the level floor thickness before export) it will have 6 sides after import. All with the material name room_1_1. This means that you automatically have a light panel for both sides after you placed it in the brace.
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