This tutorial will guide you through creating new stories for your project on Snaptrude. By the end of this article, you'll know how to add, modify, and remove stories.
Add New Stories
Step 1: Go to the Stories tab located next to the Views panel. Here, you'll see the default Story 1 with a height of 3 meters (3000 mm, or 9 feet 10 inches in the Imperial system), along with the total building height.
Step 2: Click on the Add Stories button to create a new story.
Note: Story cannot be less than 2100mm or 6' 10 3/4" in height.
Step 3: When adding a new story, you'll have the option to select the count (how many new stories you want to create) and the height of each story.
Note: You'll also see a projected area, which shows the total projected area for all the stories, accounted for based on the total area of the previous story.
Step 3: Click Add to include these stories in your project.
Add Below Grade Story: Follow steps shown above to add below grade stories.
Edit & Delete Stories
Edit Story Height: If you want to change the height of a specific story, select that story and adjust the height.
Delete Stories: To remove stories, click on the Remove Stories option.
Note: When you remove stories, they’re deleted from the top down. The building height and projected area will adjust accordingly. Any objects within the removed stories will also be deleted.
You can access all the stories you create from the Views panel.
Pro tip: To hide the panel, click on the Hide Panel option. If you want to bring the panel back, hover over the side panel to view your stories. If you want to dock this panel, click on the Dock panel option.