Replying to Site Plan

The key to drawing split entry is to accurately calculate where all your various levels are going to be, and adding the floor levels (i.e Level 1, level 2 etc) at the right place. You can either make certain items dropped down below the 0 level or above the 0 level but (obviously) be consistent. Use the circular reference point where you want the lower and upper levels to meet. Hard to describe in words, but much easier to do.

Has anyone tell me how to draw a split entry for a bilevel house in Softplan Version 14 ??????? 

Keith, you are correct!

The only way it can show in 3D is keeping everything as you draw, once you turn it into a line or building outline or symbol it will not show in 3D.

Thanks for the info. I will try a your ideas and see how they work for me. Brian

.... I turn this "Footprint" into a Symbol. You can do this with multiple buildings. Just save them as different Symbols.

I'm assuming this doesn't allow you to actually show a full 3D site plan, or is the symbol 3D?

I go about placing a building on a Site Plan a little different.

The first thing I do is I draw a line around the perimeter of the floor plan including the Porches and Garage.

I then put this "Outline" of the house on its own Layer that I call "Footprint".

Now I hide everything except for the Layer "Footprint". This is all that I have on the screen.

Using System Options Library, I turn this "Footprint" into a Symbol. You can do this with multiple buildings. Just save them as different Symbols.

Now you can place these Symbols on a site plan and move them around as needed.

haven't tested my method too much as far as textures go but i can edit

all the surfaces as needed.

i would think if i use different materials like siding A, B, C, etc,

i can edit them differently

Randy: Since you're always making models, the advantage of neighborhood is that all the models retain their own finishes. Try a "neighborhood" with a couple of your generic buildings. I'm sure you'll appreciate the ease of use.

And as we've already established, Brian is still on V14, so neighborhood is not even an option. I'm not even sure now what v14's export options are with the 3D.

make 3d models out of all your buildings and

ONE AT A TIME > export the 3d building from softview

and save them as a 3ds or whatever format you want and than

use the symbol wizard to link it to a 2d symbol.

this way it's real easy to place each one and orient them by

rotating when you put them on your site.

i've never used the "neighborhood" so can't comment on that way.

Just to be clear here ... V14 or 2014 - (although I really suspect you mean V14).

 

In V14, I believe that you would have to put all the buildings on the same Floor Plan. In 2014, you would use the neighborhood command.

Yes V14 is correct