Multiple floors and stairs

A design can have several floors. Each floor has its own walls, rooms and furniture, and the 3D view stacks them. Use the floor switcher in the top bar, next to Undo and Redo, to add, rename, switch and remove floors.

Steps

1. Click the floor switcher (the stacked-layers icon with the floor name).
2. Click Add floor above to add a floor that copies the walls of the floor below, or Add empty floor above to start with nothing.
3. Floors are listed top to bottom with their height above the ground floor. Click a floor to edit it.
4. To rename the floor you are on, type in its highlighted name.
5. Draw and furnish as usual. The floor below shows faintly under the plan so you can line walls up.
6. To connect floors, open the Furnish panel, choose the Structure category and place stairs on the lower floor. The stairs cut an opening in the floor above.
7. To remove a floor, click the bin icon next to it. If it has walls or furniture, you are asked to confirm. You can undo this.

Tips and limits

• Changes on one floor do not change the others, even when walls were copied.
• The bill of materials counts every floor, and the drawings set includes plans for each floor.
• To see a worked example, open the two-storey family house.
• Roofs and exterior facades are not part of the Studio yet.