Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum - had looked through tips and tricks. I am in the process of designing my future home.
I have put it all together seemingly all right-TFP is a great tool! One thing really annoys me - that the slab between stories shows up on 3d views and i can't figure out how to hide it. Here is the pic: (//). I would appreciate any advice.
Val
Hi Val,
Welcome to the forum.
Arte you using a Slab or a Floor? Either way the solution is the same. It is obviously set to insert to the Perimeter of the building which meas it extends to the very outer edge of the walls. The walls have a 'Drop Face' setting that extends the exterior surface (eg Bricks) to cover the edge of the floor but if you have the floor/slab to the outer edge of the wall then both surfaces (brick and floor) are trying to display.
All you need to do is select the floor/slab and drag each edge in slightly so it is not aligned with the outer edge of the wall. That should solve the problem. You may need to select the floor in 3D view, then switch to Plan view and use the Edit / Select Previous to select the floor again - then just drag the edges in slightly.
All the best with your project.
Allan
Allan,
Many thanks for this advice - I have used the drop face property but have not seen the desired result. You are right I have used the floor by perimeter and then extended it to form the balcony. I presume that if I use "move edge" command it will let me hide the slab between the stories and under the balcony's balustrade.
Well, this is the same trick as I used for the ground level floors i.e. placing the floor on the same level as the slab resulted in TFP trying to display both surfaces, so I had to raise or lower one by a millimeter.
Thanks again Allan from a fellow Perth resident.
Regards,
Val
Hi Val,
The wall's 'drop face' does not solve the problem of the two textures conflicting - it is more the cause. The purpose of the drop face is to extend the texture used on the wall down over the edge of the floor slab, so that when you view the house from outside the wall texture (eg Bricks) forms a continuous surface between the Ground Floor and Second Floor and extending down to the terrain on the Ground Floor. This works fine as long as the floor itself does not extend to the outer edge of the wall (as it does when it is inserting by perimeter) - that is when the two textures are in the same plane and hence compete with each other. You can sometimes get around the problem by just setting the edges of the floor slab to the same texture as the wall but when you do a photorealistic render it sometimes still shows. Moving the edge of the floor in slightly, so that it does not align exactly with the outer edge of the wall, is the only sure way of solving the conflict.
As you said it was the same issue when you had a floor and slab in the same place. Increasing or decreasing the height of one of them solves the problem. On that one though I could not help wondering why you would have a slab and a floor at the same time? The floor by default is a 300mm thick slab with a timber, tile or carpet surface texture, so a separate slab should not be needed (and hence there would not be a surface conflict).
Whereabouts in Perth do you live? I live at Mt Helena but will be moving to Kalamunda in January.
If you need any urgent help any time, give me a ring (0417963921)
Allan
Hi Allan,
Your tip worked as expected for the slab between floors. But I am having some difficulty to solve it for the balcony where I have also a combination of the slab and the floor. May be I do it wrongly, but I apply different floor covers in different parts of the same level. I have wooden floor as the slab's surface and it extends to the balcony, which is tiled - hence I apply the floor by points command and I reduce the thickness of this floor to 100mm. Also I have walls to the height of 400mm on the balcony with some wire balustrade above it to 1000mm height. Well, now I have my tiled floor show from under the balcony's walls. I'll have to play with it on the weekend.
I live in Mullaloo and plan to build in Churchlands. I use TFP mostly for the exterior - so my wife and I can make up our mind what we like. I have found the software is so easy that I knocked up the house in one day. Converted pdf drawings from my designer to jpeg, imported and scaled in TFP - then traced and voila - it is all there! Just marvelous! Ana I am hooked on the thing. I have looked at the Envisioneer and even donloaded the trial version but didn't play with it yet. I have enquired with Cadsoft Australia re Australian catalog but the sample Don sent me did not get imported by TFP -says it was created in the newer version. Well, I would probably not go for it anyway as it is priced at $550 and aimed at the builders not the amateur enthusiasts like me...
Anyways, thanks for your help and the offer to call.
Regards,
Val