One idea is to be able to use a panaramic image as the background.
And be able to "pan" the image when you change your view of a room. That
way, each view of a room would not have the exact same view of a
background image.
I realize this involves "programming" and increasing the size of the
Turbo Floor Plan 3D software. Plus, the memory it would use (providing
you had enough memory in your System).
Anyway............it's just an idea.
garystan
Good idea,
and allow (with help file instructions/tips) for users to add appropriate sized/format images to the catalog (import to .bld file too)....like other materials and images.
I suspect we could do this already by inserting a very large thin wall cylinder or 1/2 sphere with an image applied to the object interior....but the sunlight might not work properly.
(Which also reminds me that many programs allow for many distributed light arrays to simulate indirect lighting....like a shady day but no cloud shade dark spots....much like a photo studio with many indirect lights.....would be nice in TFP too...both indoor and exterior uses.)
My work-around approach has been to create a very large "mirror" or "picture" shape and apply my outdoor scene image to be seen thru windows from an interior camera....but this would require several to cover 360 degrees and a lot of manual work....but images are easier to create from real camera photos without special tools/lens/reflecting ball or image manipulation via software....
Even better idea would be to allow TFP to use IBL or .hdr images that apply lighting and reflections from the 360 degree image....now found readily in several low cost 3D programs such as Bryce and Carrara...and Photoshop can generate the proper .hdr file format and/or we could use readily available .hdr files from various sources as there is a standard format and several tools available. Google will provide answers and files if you search on the terminology.