How to use levels properly for a real world scenarioHi,
I would like to accurately model our current house in SweetHome 3D, but I get confused about how to properly build the entire house. I already have modeled the inside 1st floor (and with less accuracy the 2nd floor) but when I try to think about getting the entire house right, I get stuck:
The front Yard is at a certain level (it is actually sloping up slightly but I am ok with ignoring that).
The level of the actual 1st floor is about 2 feet higher. So there is about 2' of plain concrete before the 1st floor walls start and there are some concrete steps leading to the entry.
The inside 1st floor is at that 2' level.
There is also a second floor, and it does not completely follow the shape of the 1st floor.
Lastly, I can't figure out sloping roofs at all, especially to add them so they do not obscure visibility of the inside floors--because if I add them on top of everything else, it all becomes hidden under the roof--the same problem occurs on the inside, where in some places the ceiling drops lower than the default ceiling height.
most disconcertingly: In the back, the backyard actually is also not at the same level as the front yard, but is about 3.5' lower than the level of the 1st floor of the house.
I would really like to model that accurately so I can experiment with different yard configurations and decks.
If I start with the street level (=front yard), then the back yard would be at a negative elevation.
Also, I can't figure out how I would wrap a deck around the house from back to front, because the deck has to be created on ONE level, but I need it visible in the front AND back.
I just can't figure it out. Do I start with the lowest elevation as the base level (=backyard?)
it's really easy to build anything on a given floor, but I can't figure out the exact logic of levels when dealing with real world situations that have different elevations and sometimes even slope.
Any good tutorials on that?
