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Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Hi all, I am a new user of SH3D and really enjoy it (congratulations to the developpers !). I think I now master a majority of functions and tips but there is still one function which is not, in my opinion, well implemented : the creation of roofs. I have found different tips and tutorials to do that, and if I managed to do, I did not found it so easy nor efficient. Thinking about that question, I came to the simple idea that a roof is nothing else than a wall but inclined. In terms of programming would not it be possible to add a "tilt" parameter to walls so that you could build inclined walls or roofs. This solution would also allow to simply add roof windows the same way as for vertical walls. You, developpers (unfortunately I am not), thanks for considering this suggestion which, I am sure, would be appreciated by many others.
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Re: Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Hi, Thanks for the suggestion but walls will always remain vertical in Sweet Home 3D. You can still tilt thin boxes if your want by rotating them around their horizontal axis. Maybe you could try also the roof generator plug-in.
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Re: Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Like Emmanuel stated: try the roof generator plug-in.
I'm in the process of replacing ALL my roofs with ones generated by this plug-in. It works great and the resulting object size is way smaller than I had with using roof parts to compile a full roof. You will have to learn how to handle it, especially with difficult forms, but the forum topic for this plug-in has many ideas and solutions explained. There's also a growing help item you can review.
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Re: Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Thanks for your answers. I have tested the roof-generating plug-in which is very convenient and efficient except for creating holes. In the latter case, I found it simpler to create a roof element from a wall and exporting it as an object.
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Re: Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Check this forum post. It describes how to insert a velux window in a roof, i.e. with a hole in the roof.
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Re: Suggestion for creating roofs simply
Thanks Keet. It is just what I did and found it rather "tricky". There is a bug and you can't make a hole exactly rectangular. You can circumvent the problem by adding a point to the room as shown in the post. Not very intuitive.
