Room Elevation & Curved Boundaries

[harbinger]

As an architectural hobbyist, i design a lot of houses that have sunken rooms, esp. with rounded step-downs. I love this program but this of course is a limitation.

I shouldn't have to create a new level that's only 6 or 12 inches tall for a sunken room. Workarounds are great if there's no other way.
I think though that if you give rooms another attribute - "floor elevation" - this might solve the problem more easily (well... not more easily for the programmer [:D] ).

However, this won't completely help my problem. I could create a "room" for the sunken part of a den, but often the steps are curved, so i would also need to have the option to define curves for room boundaries.

I hope this request makes your FREE application even better than what it is. I found it after window-shopping at the "Sourceforge Mall" [:D] and i had been using Gmax (which actually has TOO many features for my purposes). I've only sat down for one session withe SH3D after thoroughly reading the documentation, and there are a few things that can be improved but overall it's an absolute delight! [;)]

[okh]

...sunken rooms

Not entirely sure how such a function could be easier than just creating a level. If you think about negative elevation for objects, this has been proposed but I had the impression that Puybaret has yet to be convinced ...

... steps are curved, ...option to define curves for room boundaries.

Curved steps / stairs can be defined in the Furniture Library Editor so they cut the floor (and ceiling) perfectly. This guide tries to explain how.

...it's an absolute delight! [;)]

What impresses me the most after 9 months of amateur use, is how every constructional challenge finds a solution in SH3d (or at the very least a workaround) - usually described somewhere in the FAQ or the forum. And given the ease of use, that is quite remarkable.

ok

[hansmex]

... steps are curved

check out this file

[harbinger]

Actually I found a pretty decent workaround that takes care of sunken rooms. I still hate to have to create a false level, but I found it very easy to create floors once I realized more of SH3D's features (esp. creating a room by double-clicking in an enclosed area). The more I use this software, the more i'm loving it!

But there's one thing I definitely need...