ᐅ Creating Floor Plans with SweetHome3D: How Do I Design an Attic or Loft?

Hello everyone,
I am planning my floor plan with SweetHome 3D and am having some issues with the attic. Do I really have to adjust the slope of each wall individually? Or is there a trick to it? I found the roof, but in my case, every wall extends beyond the roof at the top.
Thank you very much if someone can help me here.

hausBauMTK schrieb:

I’m planning my floor plan with SweetHome 3D, and I’m having some trouble with the attic floor. Do I really have to adjust the slope of every wall separately? Or is there a trick? I found the roof, but with me, every wall sticks out above the roof.

That probably looks strange, but just “imagine it away.”
Unfortunately, I can’t give you any tips on operating SH3D. However, I can offer advice regarding walls in the attic in general, or floor plan design—in particular, planning “from top to bottom,” because due to the more complex structure of upper floors/attics, issues arise not only during drawing if you start with the ground floor. Using lightweight partition walls as much as possible helps a lot in easing this, which applies both to upper floors and attics.

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I had given up on that back then and simply drew lines marking the respective clear ceiling heights along the slope—2m (6 ft 7 in), 1.5m (4 ft 11 in), 1.0m (3 ft 3 in), down to the knee wall. This was intended purely as a 2D floor plan top view.

Yes, I have used it for now to create the floor plan, but an exterior view is only possible if I hide the upper floor; otherwise, everything overlaps.

hausBauMTK schrieb:

But an exterior view only works if I hide the top floor, otherwise everything overlaps

And you can't ignore the walls that penetrate the roof in your mind?

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You can change the height of an entire wall under the roof. Just experiment a little. You can also create sloped walls by entering the start and end heights. Sometimes you need to split a wall and edit it. You can select multiple walls if needed and enter uniform values. SH3D can do all of this. Double-clicking on furniture or a wall always opens the edit menu. In the beginning, you need to try a lot or watch a tutorial video.