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Conical Roof
I decided to write this tutorial for anyone wishing to achieve a slightly different roof for their homes.
Optional:
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Build the perimeter wall around the edge of the foundation, as you can see I have chosen to build
a two storey house, however these steps can be modified for single storey structures.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Select the Terrain tool within build mode; select the Elevation option from the menu. Choose
the Level Terrain Tool
and from the foot of the stairs drag and level the terrain as shown.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Once the whole floor has been levelled remove the stairs and flooring
Open up the cheat box (Ctrl, Shift & C) type:
boolprop constrainfloorelevation on, select return key.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Using the wall tool add another hexagon structure, 2 squares in from the straight edges, as shown
Then add a rectangular structure from the sides, 4 squares by 3 squares, as shown.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
From the Stairs menu in build mode select an option from Connecting Stairs section, any choice of
stair is fine as they are not a permanent structure.
Switching to Top Down View
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Select the Terrain tool within build mode; select the Elevation option from the menu. Choose
the Level Terrain Tool
and from the foot of the stairs drag and level the terrain as shown.
Once the whole floor has been levelled open up the cheat box (Ctrl, Shift & C) type:
boolprop constrainfloorelevation on, select return key.
Remove the stairs, flooring and the rectangular walls that were added to the hexagon structure.
Your building should now look like the picture below.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Next select the Domed Roof and drag in the same direction as before; as indicated by the crosses
and arrow. This may be a little trickier than before as the Cone roof will be covering the drag path.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
From the Bon Voyage collection in Buy mode select the Aspiring Spire by Architectural
Elements place the spire directly on the split-level foundation.
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Conical Roof
By ScoobySnax, 7 April 2008
Switch to roof mode and your building should look like the picture below.
Now you are ready to add the main roof and decorate your house as you require.
Tip: when adding the main roof of your building use the roofslopeangle cheat to get the height
exactly as you want it.
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