get the floor in an open kitchen dinner area to have two colors?
I have tried this:
making the kitchen dinner area , splitting it with a wall. green on the kitchen area and red on the dinner area. Removed the wall and what happened was that the floor got just one color.
So what to do ? making a wall like a 100 mm height? or is there another way of doing it by putting another floor on top like a tiny slab?
Sometimes I wished version 16 had this "fake" wall as v 11 has.
gelagirl - *going to bed*
Hi Gelagirl,
V12 through to V16 do have the 'fake wall' like V11 - it is called the Room Divide. You will find it on the Building toolbar.
Allan
Found the clue myself before I saw your answer on this. Guess I never thought of it as a "fake" wall. Oh time to play more with that tool. Hehe..
Yes, a very thin slab or any "plane" (easily made in SketchUp; can be rectangular or any shape), textured as desired, placed ever so slightly above the existing floor is an easy method too....and not noticed unless camera is "close-up".
You can also use a "rug" and change the texture to what you need.
Hey Doug.
Thanks for those ideas as well. This rug stuff I have to test. Sounds like fun with Sketchup as well. Though another new playground for me. i falled flat for this pullpush tool, and wow I guess I an make a perfect pool out of it as well. Hehe..
Hi Gelagirl,
Have you seen this post yet http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,315.0.html (http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,315.0.html)?
It shows how to import other 'shapes' that are already available in TFP. One of these is a simple, single texture Box. This is ideal for making all sorts of things and can be flattened to make a very thin shape to act as a rug (or section of floor) with a different texture.
If you want something that is not rectangular, then just go to an area outside of your house model and use the Floor tool but insert "by Picking Points". Draw the shape you want (right click to Curve some edges if you want), make it very thin (1mm or fraction of an inch) and elevate it so it sits just above your ordinary floor. Once drawn you can just drag it into your model wherever you want it.
The advantage of this over using Sketchup is that it uses minimum memory, no import and saving issues and it can be reshaped at will anytime, without having to go back to Sketchup, redo it and import it all over again.
You can make the Floor (and other elements) into almost anything - see the PDF attached to this post (if you haven't already): http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,315.0.html (http://forums.turbofloorplan.com/index.php/topic,315.0.html). It is lots of fun and does not need any external programs - it can all be done within TFP.
Allan
Yup Allan I have. Been playing around with the custom member and not done with it yet. hehehe..
I will never be outlearned so fast.. Hahahaha