open side shed rendering

[scottsport]

Hi all,

I want to use SH3D to draw and design an indoor equestrian arena that has:

1. A roof with support columns at regular intervals but otherwise is open sides and one end

2. At the other end a residence under the same roofline

3. The residence is elevated above ground level by 60cm with a verandah

I have drawn the residence - sans roof - but cannot figure out how to draw the rest of the arena.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for a marvelous program as well. Certainly the best one out there so far as i can determine - and for free!

[okh]

Pretty hard to tell without more information. Is the roof the problem? (Flat roof = flat elevated box). Or the columns? (Use boxes shaped as columns). Draw a room for the arena to add texture. You probably need to use several levels.

ok

[hansmex]

Is this what you are looking for?

House & Horse

[scottsport]

Thanks very much for the replies. I was a tad terse I suppose.

Hansmex : Yes that is the idea except that the horse part has no sides - only columns at regular intervals to support the roof, and the residence part starts at verandah level.

okh: Thanks - re arena - yes I think the 'furniture object' trick would look after the gable roof and the columns and setting up 2 levels (ground - verandah, and verandah - residence roof; which is the same roof line as for the arena) for the residence.

Again - great to have this support. I have only been using the software for a day so I have a lot to learn!

Tony Scott

[scottsport]

I'll reply to me...

Now have the roof and columns! thanks so much for the tips. Here is what I have so far.

Just need to figure out how to add the verandah...

/Users/tonyscott/Documents/clermont planV2.png

[okh]

Simple solution - verandah = room with low, thin walls.

ok

PS - image link local - doesn't show

[scottsport]

Thanks heaps to all.

Hansmex, I cannot figure out how you gave the verandah a surface texture.

Could you elaborate please?

Thanks again.

tony

[hansmex]

Please study the example file I gave you.
The veranda is just a room, and it's easy to gives rooms textures.
Read the User's Guide or use the in-built Help.

Hans

[scottsport]

BTW - here is my project thus far.

Still some work to do - adding the verandah roofs etc.

Any advice is always welcome

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e0jiopj7tdqk ... 0copy.sh3d

Thanks again for this marvelous software.

tony

[scottsport]

Thanks again, your file has the verandah as a room - how did you get the room to show a 'roof' which would be the same as a 'floor' from the POV of layer 1?

I may have be way over-conceptualizing this way too much of course...