Edge visibility + groups + scenes question

[AndyG]

Hello,

following problem: suppose i model a simple 2-story house. I want to create 2 scenes, one where the upper story is turned off so i can look into the ground floor, and one scene with the complete house visible.

So i put the ground-floor in one group and seperate layer, and the upper-story in a seperate group and layer, and turn the visiblity of the upper-floor off to create the first scene. But when i turn on the upper story layer to view the complete house, i get an edge between ground and upper floor, since they are on seperate groups. How can i get rid of this edge, and still preserve the 2 distinct groups?

Best regards,
Andy

[Gaieus]

Hi Andy,

Create a 3rd layer for the top face of the ground floor walls. Now open that group, double click on the top face and copy it on the clipboard (Ctrl+C). While that top face+its bounding edges are still selected, right click and hide.
Now close the group and paste the copied top face in place (Edit menu). Make it a group, too, and set the visibility to be ONLY visible in Scene 1 (with groundfloor) while hidden in Scene 2 (with second floor, too).

Now open the second floor group, too, double click on its bottom face and hide that, too.

See attached file for ideas...

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floors.skp

[AndyG]

Thanks Gaieus, got it.

@gaieus said:

Hi Andy,

Create a 3rd layer for the top face of the ground floor walls. Now open that group, double click on the top face and copy it on the clipboard (Ctrl+C). While that top face+its bounding edges are still selected, right click and hide.
Now close the group and paste the copied top face in place (Edit menu). Make it a group, too, and set the visibility to be ONLY visible in Scene 1 (with groundfloor) while hidden in Scene 2 (with second floor, too).

Now open the second floor group, too, double click on its bottom face and hide that, too.

See attached file for ideas...