On the attached file:
How do I remove the contour lines on the "SECOND FLOOR" & "FIRST FLOOR" - leaving them on the "BASEMENT"?
At the front porch (bottom right), why do the contour lines not stop at the foundation of the front porch - they continue into the porch and stop at the house? How do I correct?
How do I make the driveway level - left to right? I want it to have a 6" fall to the street. Also to raise it to garage floor level?
Hi Garry,
The contour lines are not on Second Floor, Ground Floor or Basement they are on the Terrain which is visible on all levels. You can hide it, or make it none selectable, in View Filter.
The Terrain (and hence the Contour Lines) is 'cut out' to the shape of the floor selected in Settings / Programme Setting / Terrain. If you change the floor selected, the Terrain (and Countour Lines) cutout will be different. The Porch show controur lines probably because it does not have 'walls' as such as the rest of the Ground floor does. You can make the terrain cut out the porch also by using the "Room Divide" tool, to in effect draw 'invisible wallls' around the porch. The Terrain will then see this as part of the Ground floor and the contour lones will stop at this 'invisible' wall.
You probably need to study this post http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,1495.0.html (http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,1495.0.html) to understand how to get the drive slope right - not real easy unfortunately but can be done.
Allan
Could you give me some more details on the "invisible wall". I could not find anything in the HELP Menu.
Is the ROOM DIVIDE that you referenced the same as ROOM DIVISION? How does that work?
Thanks
Hi Garry,
Yes, Room Division is really to make a division in a room by drawing an invisible wall around it - so you can have part of a room with, for example, with a different floor (or ceiling) - maybe tiles one end and carpet the other.
Allan
Either I am doing it wrong or it is not working. The contours lines still ran through the porch area.
Can you walk me through it step by step?
Hi Garry,
I just tried it on your model and it did work.
Did you use the Room Divide on the Ground Floor? The Ground Floor is the one set to cut the terrain so it must be on this floor. The Room Division lines must make an enclosed space, either with themselves (4 invisible walls joined) or must connect with existing walls to form an enclosed space. Maybe one of the Division lines did not connect properly to the walls.
Allan