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fischdeo
New Traveler
4 years ago

Re: [OPEN] Roof clipping through walls

Bumping this thread as this issue is still present for me.

@DaniDaring wrote:

Everything is fine (picture 1) until I try to use fence where the stairs will be (pictures 2 & 3)! It even does it when I try to use half walls.

I've noticed that any room that is partially enclosed by fences or half walls (on any side) will have all intersecting roofs poking inside. The room will still be treated as being "inside" in any other regard (lighting, being selectable and draggable etc.).

Unfortunately, the only ways I've found around having roofs poking into your house are to either

  • not use half walls or fences to enclose any part of rooms that meet a roof or
  • only use roof shapes, eave lengths and trims that don't intersect the room or
  • only use flat roofs, platforms, scaled up overhangs and debug items to get around using actual roofs.

I wouldn't even call these workarounds—they're things to keep in mind when you're planning a build so that you don't get surprised by this issue while building.

Here's a video of a roof even poking into a "room" that doesn't border onto outside walls:

Edit: I somehow didn't see the second page of this thread. Hope this post isn't redundant.
And oh my, that video is tiny, haha Unlisted Youtube Link

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    SheriGR
    Hero
    4 years ago

    @fischdeo Another workaround that sometimes will be of use is to draw with the half-wall or fence tool in another area of that floor a length of the half-wall or fence that you need (to the full length you need) then use the 'move' tool on it and move that final wall/fence into place to 'complete' the new area (the 4th side of the 'room'). Doing this makes it not an official room/enclosed area and can avoid some results that an enclosed area would have. This is also handy for things like making a shed or out-building on a micro home and having it not considered a real room, etc. I've also used this as a workaround at times the fencing outdoors was throwing errors about connecting or not to the home or another fencing section.

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