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sprootle
7 years ago

Following Floor Plans

Fellow builders, do you follow real life floor plans? If so, how do you do it? I bought two books FULL of floor plans and when I tried to build one, even the simplest one, I couldn't do it. I know I don't have to follow the floor plan exactly, and I know that I could just build a house inspired by it, but honestly I'd say that I'm like a mediocre builder, lol. I've tried eyeballing and guessing how long the walls would be, but the house would either be too big, too small or nothing would match up. I wish we could still see the dimensions of walls when we drag them. I feel like maybe it would make following floor plans a bit easier. :/
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  • catmando830's avatar
    catmando830
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    I've done it many times. There are so many free floor plans on the internet. I have about 5 Hawaiian themed builds that I got the blue-prints off the internet.
  • SweetieWright_84's avatar
    SweetieWright_84
    Seasoned Ace
    7 years ago
    I usually start with cutting the dimensions in half. For example, if a living room on the floor plan is 12x14, I do 6x7 (grid squares). If it's 13x15, I still do 6x7 (since we can't do half-tiles). I then adjust accordingly. Of course, I usually don't follow the floor plan exactly. I just use them to get a basic shape of the house. It just seems easier (for me) to do it this way. But, as someone else said, another easy way is to look at the window placement. It also helps if you know what the sizes of windows and doors are in game.
  • aprilrose07's avatar
    aprilrose07
    7 years ago
    I follow floor plans that I find online sometimes and it can be very off scale which bothers me because it'll be like the perfect size in the example but super huge in the game.
  • KatzMeowz's avatar
    KatzMeowz
    7 years ago
    I usually put in the appliances and furniture as I build to help me get a sense of thescale

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