Create Floors from Walls

[Jim Smith]

I'd like to be able to do this without having to first make a shape from my walls as I can with a Roof - seems like an odd thing to have to ask for.

[AlanW]

Hi,

If your walls all close a loop you dont need a polyline.

Select create slab and select closing walls and tick will create a slab.

HTH

[Kevin McAllister]

Note that in an alternate thread it was indicated that slabs were being recommended over floors by NV. It sounded like floors may be becoming old technology.

KM

[Jim Smith]

I guess that's what I was thinking, that slab may be replacing floor

[zoomer]

I always used slabs only.

That came from the attempt of creating multi component slabs including

finish floor components.

Because that won't work because of structural interior walls, I just switched

to create my finish floor packages by a second component slab above the

structural slab package.

I din't even think of that there may be a floor tool

But I have no problems with placing floors (by slabs) at all.

(Or nearly at all, in deed I have lots of problems with slabs *)

As I want a separate floor for each room, I simply use the fill bucket.

*

- slabs derive from extrudes, extrudes have wrong face normal directions/bad geometry

- slabs don't show cut faces in OpenGL clip cubes (like Stairs ?)

- slabs don't show surrounding geometry when in modifier editing mode

- floors by slabs boundary to surrounding walls only, what about structural interior wall

cores, columns, stair cuts, flooding the areas under doors, ...

[Andrew Davies]

I like using this tool with the paint bucket - seems to work a little better for me.

 

Andrew

[Markvl]

Slabs are great for some things and Floor is great for others.  I like to use Floor for my floor finishes