Thanks for the swift reply - and, yes, those are the steps I followed.

The picture didn't appear in my post when I previewed it. So I abandoned creating the post.

Just done a test, and I now can preview it. So I've no idea what was wrong, unless new forum members can't post pix for x number of ...

Hiya... I've tried to find a forum help, but can't see one.

When previewing a gallery post that uses a mediafire image in IMG tags, the image doesn't display. If there was a forum test area ("sandpit") then I'd probably have tried a trial post there.

By the way, I don't suppose the above image ...

...you can use the tip you mention only for carpets with a plain color...

Yes, plain colours seemed to work OK, but don't look very nice in someone's home. Fine for office blocks or hotels, though.

I'll use the 'box' method as described earlier, for my deep-pile Persian rugs [:)]

Yesterday I noticed that I can create a crude carpet or rug by just drawing a small "room" without walls and then allocating a colour.

Would this be a timebomb in my design, having one floor on top of another?

I like the thought of putting an elevator into my test structure!

I'm a beginner on SH3D and have started experimenting with customising the 'box' object.