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next time you can better post images of what you work on in the 3d moddeling area of this forum Wink

Sorry about that. Can I, or an Admin person move this thread to the appropriate area?

Started work on a new building, a RNLI Lifeboat House

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobhog/LBH3.jpg

you can better do it like this to have better screenshots:
press F8 to make your grid dissapear.
then right click on the 3d view, then you see "quick screenshot" and "screenshot&quo ...

Special Limited Edition for elementrix

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobhog/house6.jpg

actually, I think your right, it does look better, it's just that I always paint the eaves of our own house gr ...

also: get rid of that green, i hate green Razz

than it will look even better Very Happy

While I will always bow to your excellent judgement, elementrix, I must draw your attention to the predominant colour ...

Screenshots, we demand screenshots! Laughing

Oh very well, but you good people must be getting fed up with looking at it!!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobhog/house5.jpg

It comes to somethin ...

I'd say that place calls for a fireplace, to keep it warm and cozy. Very Happy

I have actually added a small chimney, with a single pot on it.
It must be a case of great minds thinking alike!

Thanks again elementrix, that will teach me to read things properly, that has made a world of diference Very Happy

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobhog/house4.jpg

Just about finished, everything else went smoothly, just need to get a decent glass texture.

Is it possible to scale textures to fit?

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bobhog/house3.jpg

ahh i think i know what the problem is: the upper polygon of the box you turned into the roof is still there and it's now very very small. when i wrote the tutorial i also didn't knew anything of ...

Again, my thanks to all, unfortunately I'm still not achieving, I'm going to give it a rest and (hopefuly) come back with a clearer brain (or cauliflower)

I have got "extrude by region" t ...

Thanks to you both, yes that has done the trick, but I still have the "V" between the two sides at the apex of the roof, I will have to try and devise a ridge tile of some sort.

http://my ...

In an effort to learn to use DeleD, I am folloing elementrx's tutorial, "how to create a simple house", having first read all that I could find.

All goes well untill I come to extrude the ...

Thanks for that, now I know where I am working, (I want to create models 1/12th full size)

When I create a primative, a box appears for me to enter the dimensions that I want. What are these Units? (eg meteres, feet inches etc)
Is there somewhere that I can set which units I prefair to use ...