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    Edge visibility + groups + scenes question

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    • A Offline
      AndyG
      last edited by

      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

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        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...


        floors.skp

        Gai...

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          AndyG
          last edited by

          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...

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