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Posted by Puybaret at Jan 13, 2021, 1:49:37 PM
Re: Complexity
SH3D files contain the plan you drew and all the 3D models and icons of the furniture you placed in it. Therefore, it can grow to quite large files if you use many complex 3D models, but you shouldn't worry too much about it if your computer seems to be able to handle it. If you want to check the size of the largest models, display the Model size column.
If you look at the examples in the tip about large buildings, you'll see that you can add many levels, and you shouldn't create a different project for each level for the moment. If performances get bad, you could make some levels unviewable afterwards.

can I virtually walk up and down stairs?
You can move forwards and backwards, up and down, but if the virtual visitor is somewhere in stairs, moving it won't follow the stairs slope. The visitor can have forward moves with a change of elevation only in videos if the elevation changes between two recorded points of view.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator