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How to combine multiple levels
I have 11 levels, my first effort, for a two story house.How do I combine some layers to create a full plan view? How do I combine all layers for a total 3d view also?
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
Make all levels visible. Right click in the 3Dview and select "Display all levels". When you select the highest level you will see everything in the 3Dview.
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
When the Display all levels option is selected, all levels are visible in the 3D view. When the Display selected level option is selected, the selected level and the ones below it are displayed in the 3D view. Therefore if you select the highest level, all the levels will be displayed too.
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
Thanks! Also, how do I merge 3 or 4 levels into one level? I want to have a consolidated plan view of my structure, but right now there are 4 levels that I want visible as a plan view.
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
Change the elevation of the 4 levels to the same value, and then select the last level in the level tabs. Levels at te same elevation are visible in the plan.
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
If you want to physically merge the 4 levels into a single tab you have to copy&paste from the levels into a new level. If that is ok you can remove the levels you copied from. Copying into a new level is safer than cut&paste into one of the levels because you only start removing levels after you have a complete merged level.
As Emmanuel mentioned you have to make sure all levels have the same elevation. You can copy&paste from a level with a different elevation but the furniture will get the level elevation where it is pasted. 11 levels is not that much and assuming you created separate levels for a reason I wouldn't bother with merging. Follow what Emmanuel said and you can see all levels together in the 3Dview.
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
Ok, thanks much,you guys are reaaly great, I appreciate all the help. So, how about this question; let's say I have a 5m x 5m floor (kitchen) which is adjacent to a terrace that is 5m x 5m. I want to lower half the floor area of the kitchen along with half the area of the terrace. In other words create a sunken area of an existing kitchen and terrace. How do I go about that?
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Re: How to combine multiple levels
Read this tip&trick: https://sweethome3d.com/blog/2022/04/21/how_to_add_a_basement_to_a_design.html You will have to split both the kitchen and terrace in half and move the halves you want lower to a new level. The elevation of the new level will have an elevation of the current level minus the floor thickness minus the height of the dip you want. Basically you always handle different elevations of walls and floors with levels.
