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Posted by Gollabhama at Mar 19, 2018, 1:44:32 AM
first attempt to design my own proposed home - so many difficulties
Hello all,
This is my first post, I am very new to SH3D. Only this weekend, yesterday morning I watched a youtube tutoril and started to design my home. Have 40'x30' land; which is very small; trying to do a split-level home.

Creating structure is very straight forward. I use Ubuntu OS and SH3D is working perfect. However, it is my own lack of experience with this software, engineering aspects (am an accountant), terminology and dimensions etc.

Please see the attached -
my attempt 01


It can be seen that - a) support columns are not aligned properly b) staircases not looking good at all c) many overlapping objects - windows, furniture d) no storage spaces (except one between splits) etc. Problem is I am not an engineer or architect.

At the end of Sunday, I really tired, blocked out. Cannot fix anything. T Importantly, I was unable to create a simple staircase between level 1 and level 2 (3 feet high).

Obviously it is not possible to approach any contractor with this little thing. Any help in identifying issues? any suggestions? please feel free to comment - I am planning to start construction very soon.

Thanks in advance, GB