@sorrow



No, you don't have to guess. You just make a room with an outline that mimics the precise outline of the total area of your floor plan, and then SH3D will give you the areal of this outline. Then you can see what percentage you have to increase or decrease your outline with in order to match the areal on your floor plan. This should give you the correct size.

Or did I miss something...?


cec

Did you see the Hans's work (on first page) ?

No, because Hans has solved the problem very well by giving his file !

... even saves you the trouble of calculating the areal of your copy – you really don't have to calculate anything but the percentage to get it right. You can even use a free percentage calculator found on the net.

Agree... but the suggestion was not for you...
One Laphroaig coming up, ( double is still not allowed in Norway, is it?) and might I join you with my Japanese Nikka Coffey Grain?

Yes, but there seems to be some uncertainty as to the interpretation of the term "total area".
Total area equals the size of the plan measured on the outside walls.

But of course, you miss out on the geometry fun.

PS cec - The country banning double-measure drinks also appears to have complicated rules for area measurements... In fact, I could not even find a Danish Wikipedia article on the topic.

@sorrow Never mind the imaginary pink overlay and guesstimate, that was just an answer to your initial question, estimation of distance based on area. How to insert an image quickly, without having to draw the outline, approximately the right size (as it happens, it was pretty much spot on, but that includes some luck).

What counts is what I believe we all say: Use a correctly shaped room the right size and adjust the background image accordingly. As cec kindly points out: "...we will have to make an outline anyway, to check if we have got the total area correct". She is of course, absolutely right in pointing out that my first area to distance exercise has very limited value (except for the geometry fun, of course).

Peeked at hansmex' and my drawings. hansmex has drawn the room roughly equal to how gross area often is measured in Europe. And close to what I would have done if it were not for the green area in your drawing. I took the green area as a hint of the 1066sqft and outlined the room shape along the green (forget pink rectangle) . So if you want the green area to be 1066sqft, use mine. If you want hansmex' outline to equal 1066ft, use his. We did the same thing, just using slightly different assumptions of what should be measured.

Which is more correct is impossible to say without knowing exactly what is to be included in the 1066sqft (and having some more information). Still, the scale difference between the two files is only some 2%. That may not matter much unless you are using the plan for construction. And neither drawing claims 100% accuracy anyway.

@cec Thanks, it is a certainly a relief to know that Danes at least have some rules! Double measured drinks allowed! Next thing you will tell me is that Danes can buy wine in normal stores! Pretty close to anarchy if you ask me. No wonder you are coming North for your holidays...

Wikipedia - Hakkespettboken - se, nå kommer også det til å sitte fast i minnet. Som da Facebook skulle hete fjesbok, men fjøsbok ble sittende i mitt bakhode.

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