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Join walls
Hi,
First of all thanks for a very useful program!
I am using it to get an idea of what alterations are possible on our current home.
I therefore work a lot with individual walls and wanting to move around walls. I use the split walls a lot. However, I would also like the option where it would split the wall completely. Currently I have to make a copy of the part of the split that I need and then delete the one that is still attached to the other part.
Then of course I would now want to join this wall to another wall so it moves together. Sometimes the new wall that I add to split an existing room does not join well with the existing wall making it render weird. Being able to join the wall would probably help with that too.
Finally, I would also find something like a 'format painter' very useful to transfer properties from one floor/wall to another. I find that I spend a lot of time setting up the walls, floor the way I want to have it only to realise that the room needs to change. Then it is of course much easier to simply delete the floor and double-click in the room to get a new floor, but then I have to re-do all the settings.
This tied together with the join wall feature could work well as when you join a wall it can automatically take on the format of the wall that it is joining to.
Anyway, thanks again and sorry if this feature exists or have been requested, I could not find anything with my search criteria.
Netherlands
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Re: Join walls
Paul,
1 - Join walls This feature exists in the form of a plug-in. You may want to read the plug-ins tutorial (PDF). It joins two walls, keeping the parts, but forming an elastic bond. 2 - Split walls The easiest way to really split walls and remove the joint (in my view) is to split a wall in three, then delete the middle part, and reconnect the remaining parts. Then, by hand, you correct the coordinates to where the split/joint should be. 3 - Paint There is a plug-in that copies colour/texture from one object to another, but I'm not sure it works on walls, because I never use it. gain, see the plug-ins tutorial mentioned above.
Hans
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Re: Join walls
Thanks again Hans, I emailed him asking where he would want to discuss it, i.e. so other can also understand/learn should they have the same/similar problems/requests.
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Re: Join walls
Paul,
I received your message but was abroad, thats why I didn't answer your question until yet:
I'm sorry, but joining three walls is impossible. In the SH3D model every wall has exactly one predecessor and one successor. So you can put the end position of one wall on the join position of two other walls, but you can't connect all three walls.
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Re: Join walls
hi friends i have modified duplicate style plugin to work on room and walls...
it is a plugin package with 3 plugins
1)intelligent select -> To select items at current level by selecting values 1 to 7
(All windows should have string "window" in its name for this to work for windows)
2)intelligent hide/Show -> To hide items at current level by selecting values 1 to 6
Show all hidden items by selecting value 7
(All windows should have string "window" in its name for this to work for windows)
3) enhanced duplicate style plugin (all credits to original developer) -> Duplicate style from furniture to furniture door to door window to window room to room wall to wall
should i post the plugin so that you can use it..just try if it fits your needs ..otherwise you can always remove it.....
