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Putting skylights in a flat roof | Cutting holes in cubes | Merging walls across levels
Hi all
This is my second topic post after discovering SH3D. Having a good time so far.
Having designed my first building, I have 3 how-to questions I'd greatly appreciate help with:
1. How do I put skylights in my roof/ceiling, such that they act as the window structures they are intended to be? Whether I use the top-level floor method for creating my flat roof, or a big flat 'cube', obviously the skylights do not create actual holes in the structure.
2. I often need to make custom joinery by changing and arranging cubes. How do I cut one shape out of another? i.e. If I have two plank-like shapes that I've created from cubes, how do I minus one from the other, leaving a hole/cut-out?
3. In my first post, I was shown how to create two lofts at different elevations, which was great. But it involved staggering a few different elevations, such that walls are like Jenga pieces in places now. This is an issue if, say, I need to apply a cladding texture to the exterior of the structure. I have to apply it to multiple staggered walls parts that compose the same wall face, so seamless textures do not work - it looks like a patchwork. Is there anyway either merge the vertical wallface in 3D in order to apply one consistent texture, or perhaps overlay a shape? I suppose an extreme solution would be to create a .1cm outer wall around the entire structure to act as a veneer, and add service hatches everywhere there is a hole. But that would be very messy.
If anyone has the time to help me out with these objectives, I'd be set! Much appreciated.
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Re: Putting skylights in a flat roof | Cutting holes in cubes | Merging walls across levels
1 - Import your window(s), rotate it to horizontal and mark it as a staircase during the importation process. If you insert it at the correct height, it will cut a hole in the floor/ceiling. Only works with square/rectangular windows. 1a - Alternatively, insert the windows in a wall, then export/import the wall and rotate it. This has the advantage that you can use any shape of window. 2 - You can't do this in SH3D, use other software. Remember: SH3D is 2D software that creates a 3D image. 2a - Alternatively, create your model from different parts and export/import it to use it as a homemade model. 3 - Draw your walls to the correct height. Create the levels needed as in the "first" process. Insert floors/ceilings on the levels where they are needed. If you need the walls to guide you during the creation of rooms, make your rooms on a differnt level, then copy them to the correct level.
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Re: Putting skylights in a flat roof | Cutting holes in cubes | Merging walls across levels
Yes, forum member Oka made some, a few years ago. There called "pocket doors". Search the models on Sourceforge.
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