Table of Contents 1 - Introduction 2 - Sloping ceiling
3 - Sloping ceiling with room-high dormer
4 - Sloping ceiling with perpendicular dormer
1 - Introduction This tutorial will teach you: - how to make a room with a sloping ceiling; - how to make a room with a sloping ceiling and a room-high dormer; - how to make a room with a sloping ceiling and a perpendicular dormer; - how to make roofs using the walls-trick This tutorial assumes: - that you use Sweet !ome 3" #ersion 3$ or later; - that all a#aila%le plug-ins are installed &see tutorial' - that you ha#e some e(perience using Sweet !ome 3" and the plug-ins
Copyright notice 1 - The 3" figures in the images were found in the )oogle Sketchup *arehouse +opyright %elongs to Reallusion 2 - The te(tures in the images were found on the internet +opyright %elongs to their respecti#e creators 3 - ,or copyright reasons the te(tures and models used in this tutorial are .T included in the files /ll designs ha#e solid colours applied
2 - Sloping ceiling 1 - "raw a room of 0$$($$ centimeters &cms' with walls 3$$ cms high and 1$ cms thick "raw clockwise starting at coordinates $$ dit the wall coordinates to make sure your corner coordinates are e(actly $$ and 0$$$$ Sa#e the room at this stage so you can re-use it for future e(ercises &suggested name: room basic ' 2 - Select the top long wall then right-click Split walls to split the wall then rightclick 5odify walls to change the coordinates to 6$$$ 7epeat for the %ottom long wall with coordinates 6$$$$ 3 - Select the top-right short wall and right-click 5odify walls +hange Height at end to 2$$ cms 4 - Select the right wall and right-click 5odify walls +hange Height (cm) to 2$$ cms - Select the %ottom-right short wall and right-click 5odify walls +hange Height at start to 2$$ cms This is what it should look like
6 - +lick the Create rooms %utton and draw a room from coordinates to 6$$48 9se lan → dit room points to check that your coordinates are e(act This forms the horiontal part of the ceiling < - +lick the Create rooms %utton again and draw a room from coordinates 6$$ to <848 This forms the sloping part of the ceiling
+hange to Virtual visitor and this is what it should look like
Sa#e the file so you can use it again for a later e(ercise &suggested name: room w slope' !ere is the resulting file: tutorial=slope=ch2sh3d
3 - Sloping ceiling with room-high dormer This is how the final result of this e(ercise will look:
1 - .nce again we start with a %asic 0$$($$ cms house with walls 3$$ cms high and 1$ cms thick 2 - Split the left and right walls twice 3 - +hange coordinates of the middle section so that the > lies at 1$ and 3$$ cms 4 - 5odify the wall heights of the left and right walls as follows: - %ottom section slopes from 1$$ to 3$$ cms; - middle section slopes from 3$$ to 4$ cms; - top section slopes from 4$ to 3$$ cms - Split the %ottom wall twice so that the ? coordinates lie at 2$$ and 6$$ cms 6 - 5odify the wall height of the lower wall sections as follows: - left section is 1$$ cms high - middle section doesn@t change - right section is 1$$ cms high This is what you should ha#e:
ow we will make the roof This is a neat trick that we can do thanks to the CopyAsNewFurniture plug-in 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - "raw the first roof section as follows: - $3$$ to 1$1$ - 1$1$ to 3$$3$$ - 3$$3$$ to $$$$ 3 - Select all walls and modify as follows: - height %ecomes 2$$ cms - gi#e the right side of the walls the desired colour of your ceiling - gi#e the left side of the walls the desired te(ture of your roof 4 - *hile selected click Tools +opy as new furniture - 7ight-click aste to insert the newly made roof section 6 - "elete the walls %ut keep the copy < - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e the first roof section Aelow we see the first section at left the second section at right
0 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import the first section 8 - In the second screen use the green arrows to rotate the roof 8$ degrees
1$ - ,inish the importing 11 - )i#e the roof an ele#ation of 1$$ cms then rotate and carefully position it at coordinates 1$$2$ 12 - 5ake a copy of it using CTR!C and CTR!V and place this at coordinates <$$2$ ow we repeat the entire procedure for the second section of the roof 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - "raw the first roof section as follows: - $3$$ to 1$1$; - 1$1$ to 3$$3$$; - 3$$3$$ to $$3$$ 3 - Select all walls and modify as follows: - height %ecomes 2$$ cms; C - gi#e the right side of the walls the desired colour of your ceiling; - gi#e the left side of the walls the desired te(ture of your roof 4 - *hile selected click Tools +opy as new furniture - 7ight-click aste to insert the newly made roof section 6 - "elete the walls %ut keep the copy < - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e the first roof section 0 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import the first section 8 - In the second screen use the green arrows to rotate the roof 8$ degrees 1$ - ,inish the importing 11 - )i#e the roof an ele#ation of 3$$ cms then rotate and carefully position it 12 - 5ake a copy of it using CTR!C and CTR!V and place this too " #ven though this section should be $%% cms high (and wide)& we use two sections o' %% cms to mae sure the te*ture will loo the same on the entire roo'+
This is what you should ha#e made so far
/s you can see we@re almost done ow we will fill in the sides and insert some doors or windows Aefore we continue we@ll make the roof in#isi%le 1 - Select all four roof parts 2 - "o right-click )roup furniture 3 - "o right-click 5odify furniture and uncheck the %o( Visible *e shall use upside-down triangles to fill in the missing wall parts 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - Insert a triangle 3 - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e it 4 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import your triangle - In the second screen use the green ,own arrow to rotate the triangle 6 - ,inish importing This is what you should ha#e now
1 - Insert the upside-down triangle into your design 2 - Select it then use right-click 5odify furniture to make the following changes: - +hange -idth to 1$ cms - +hange ,epth to 2$$ cms - +hange Height to 2$$ cms - +hange #levation to 1$$ cms - Set .&/ coordinates to 2$$ 4$$ 3 - +heck if it fits correctly If necessary adapt the orientation 4 - 9se CTR!C and CTR!V to make a copy and place it at 6$$4$$ - Select %oth triangles do right-click 5odify furniture and gi#e %oth triangles the desired colour To finalie your design insert doors andDor windows into the wall %etween the two sloping roof sections If you@re a perfectionist you may consider the following impro#ements 1 - +hange the triangles from a width of 1$ cms to a width of cms Instead of one triangle on each side insert a second one Shift one 2 cms left the other 2 cms right The outer triangle gets the same te(ture as the walls The inner triangle gets the same colour as the inner walls or ceiling 2 - 5ake the outer roof sections slightly wider so that they e(tend %eyond the walls If you make the roof sections 2$ cms wider make sure to shift them 1$ cms outward This co#ers the wall thickness and looks more realistic 3 - 7e-design the roof making the sloping sides longer thus creating an o#erhang for the roof This also adds realism to your design
Note The designed roof has sides sloping at a 4 degree angle This means you can easily deform the designed roof to accomodate roofs with a different slope This is a matter of some &rather simple' math 9nfortunately I@m #ery %ad at math so you will ha#e to figure out for yourself how to do it
!ere is the resulting file: tutorial=slope=ch3sh3d
4 - Sloping ceiling with perpendicular dormer This is how the final result of this e(ercise will look:
Eet@s start with drawing the walls splitting them and gi#e them their height 1 - "raw a room of 0$$($$ centimeters &cms' with walls 2$ cms high and 1$ cms thick "raw clockwise starting at coordinates $$ dit the wall coordinates to make sure your corner coordinates are e(actly $$ and 0$$$$ 2 - Select the left wall and use right-click Split wall to split it in two 3 - "o the same with the right wall 4 - .f %oth walls make the lower part slope from 1$$ to 2$ cms the upper part from 2$ to 1$$ cms - Select the long lower wall and use right-click Split wall to split it twice so that you ha#e three wall sections 6 - Select the middle wall section and change the ? coordinates to 2$ and $ cms < - ow use right-click Split wall to split the middle section in two 0 - Select the left section of the wall you Fust split and make it sloping from 2$$ to 3$ cms 7epeat this for the other section 8 - Select the leftmost section of the lower wall and change Height to 1$$ cms 7epeat this for the rightmost section
>our walls should now look like this
ow we will make the roof sections This is a trick that we can do thanks to the CopyAsNewFurniture plug-in *e@ll start with the roof for the dormer 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - "raw the first roof section as follows: - $$ to 1$1$ - 1$1$ to 3$$$ 3 - Select the left wall and modify as follows: - Height at start should %e 1$$ cms - Height at end should %e 2$ cms - )i#e the left side of the walls the desired colour of your ceiling - )i#e the right side of the walls the desired te(ture of your roof - 7epeat for the right wall %ut e(change the heights at start and end 4 - *ith %oth walls selected click Tools +opy as new furniture - 7ight-click aste to insert the newly made roof section 6 - "elete the walls %ut keep the copy < - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e the first roof section 0 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import the first section 8 - In the second screen use the green arrows to rotate the roof 8$ degrees 1$ - ,inish the importing
This is how the first roof section should look when drawn as walls &left' and after importing and rotating &right'
11 - Select the roof and modify its properties as follows: - change the ?> coordinates to 4$$3< - change the ele#ation to 2$$ - check that orientation is correct if necessary rotate the roof This is what it should look like
ow let@s make the second roof section 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - "raw the first roof section as follows: - $$ to 2$2$ - 2$2$ to 4$$1$$ 3 - Select the left wall and modify as follows: - Height should %e 1$ cms 4 - Select the right wall and modify as follows: - Height at start should %e 1$ cms - Height at end should %e 1 cms - Select %oth walls and modify as follows: - )i#e the left side of the walls the desired colour of your ceiling - )i#e the right side of the walls the desired te(ture of your roof 6 - *ith %oth walls selected click Tools +opy as new furniture < - 7ight-click aste to insert the newly made roof section 0 - "elete the walls %ut keep the copy 8 - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e the first roof section 1$ - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import the first section 11 - In the second screen use the green arrows to rotate the roof 8$ degrees 12 - ,inish the importing This is how the second roof section should look when drawn as walls &left' and after importing and rotating &right'
13 - Select the imported roof and modify as follows: - +hange ?> coordinates to 32<2$$ - Set ele#ation as 2$$ cms - 7otate so that the section correctly alligns with the dormer roof 14 - +opy the roof using CTR!C and CTR!V 1 - Select the roof and modify as follows: - +hange ?> coordinates to 4<32$$ - ut a mark in the check-%o( 0irrored shape - 7otate so that the section correctly aligns with the dormer roof This is how it should look %y now
*e@re ready to make the last two sections of the roof 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - "raw the first roof section as follows: - $$ to 2$2$ - 2$2$ to $$$ 3 - Select %oth walls and modify as follows: - Height should %e 2$ cms - )i#e the left side of the walls the desired colour of your ceiling - )i#e the right side of the walls the desired te(ture of your roof 4 - *ith %oth walls selected click Tools +opy as new furniture - 7ight-click aste to insert the newly made roof section 6 - "elete the walls %ut keep the copy < - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e the first roof section 0 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import the first section 8 - In the second screen use the green arrows to rotate the roof 8$ degrees 1$ - ,inish the importing
11 - Select the imported roof and modify as follows: - +hange ?> coordinates to 122$ - Set ele#ation as 1$$ cms - 7otate so that the section correctly alligns with the dormer roof 12 - +opy the roof using CTR!C and CTR!V 13 - Select the roof and modify as follows: - +hange ?> coordinates to 6<2$ - 7otate so that the section correctly aligns with the dormer roof *e@re almost done Eet@s fill in the holes at the side of the dormer and place some windows Aefore we continue we@ll make the roof in#isi%le 1 - Select all four roof parts 2 - "o right-click )roup furniture 3 - "o right-click 5odify furniture and uncheck the %o( Visible *e shall use upside-down triangles to fill in the missing wall parts 1 - .pen a new document in Sweet !ome 3" 2 - Insert a triangle 3 - +lick 3" #iew (port to .AB format and sa#e it 4 - +lick ,urniture Import furniture to import your triangle - In the second screen use the green ,own arrow to rotate the triangle 6 - ,inish importing This is what you should ha#e now
1 - Insert the upside-down triangle into your design 2 - Select it then use right-click 5odify furniture to make the following changes: - +hange -idth to 1$ cms - +hange ,epth to 1$$ cms - +hange Height to 1$$ cms - +hange #levation to 1$$ cms - Set .&/ coordinates to 2$ 4$ 3 - +heck if it fits correctly If necessary adapt the orientation 4 - 9S CTR!C and CTR!V to make a copy and place it at $4$ - Select %oth triangles do right-click 5odify furniture and gi#e %oth triangles the desired colour To finalie your design insert doors andDor windows into the wall %etween the two sloping roof sections If you@re a perfectionist you may consider the following impro#ements 1 - +hange the triangles from a width of 1$ cms to a width of cms Instead of one triangle on each side insert a second one Shift one 2 cms left the other 2 cms right The outer triangle gets the same te(ture as the walls The inner triangle gets the same colour as the inner walls or ceiling 2 - 5ake the outer roof sections slightly wider so that they e(tend %eyond the walls If you make the roof sections 2$ cms wider make sure to shift them 1$ cms outward This co#ers the wall thickness and looks more realistic 3 - 7e-design the roof making the sloping sides longer thus creating an o#erhang for the roof This also adds realism to your design
Note The designed roof has sides sloping at a 4 degree angle This means you can easily deform the designed roof to accomodate roofs with a different slope This is a matter of some &rather simple' math 9nfortunately I@m #ery %ad at math so you will ha#e to figure out for yourself how to do it
!ere is the resulting file: tutorial=slope=ch4sh3d
