I've been trying to find the answer to this to no avail and I'm hoping someone here will know if it's possible to create a curved roof on a building that has a foundation? I know you can do it with ground floor walls but I'm hoping someone can point me towards a tutorial for something over a foundation. I've been trying for 2 days now and still no luck lol
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Are you asking about Sims 3 or 4?
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Nothing to be sorry for @AbellaKellaher . This is indeed for Sims 3... was just double-checking
What kind of curve are you trying to make?
Are you just using the roof tool? If so, perhaps the tutorial link below can help (see conical, dome, pagoda roofing tools). And yes... you can apply this easily to a house with a foundation using the standard tools. Just select auto-roof or add individual roofing pieces depending on what you want it to look like. The pagoda and curvature tool is great for curves for cottages, etc.
https://carls-sims-3-guide.com/buildedit/houses/roofs/
If you are looking for a more sophisticated curve using the ConstrainFloorElevation (CFE) false cheat that's more complicated. If you're just starting out with CFE, perhaps the tutorial below can help. There are other CFE tutorials on YouTube as well.
https://carls-sims-3-guide.com/buildedit/houses/walls/wallcurving.php.
If you are already comfortable using CFE, and just need to get around the foundation height popping back to a standard height when manipulating, then you can try what I did below. I think this method including the foundation in your guide walls is easier to manage...
First pre-determine the number of clicks in advance to make the curve you want. With that info you can lower the terrain where you plan to add the guide walls by the same number of clicks. Add a piece of foundation and guide walls. Then use CFE to curve your roof. In the example below, I started with the highest point of the curve (less lowering of the terrain); then the next set of guides I lowered the terrain even more since wanted the ends to curve downwards. Keep in mind placement of your guides in case you mess up and need to redo anything, it's good to have backup guides somewhere on the lot which you can use to fix things. A quick and dirty show and tell below assumes you already know to use CFE. To get a smoother curve, repeat at least 3 times and use less clicks between lowering. Remember to turn the cheat off (true) when done.
Hope the info above helps. Others may have other CFE methods as well. I find making backups of your WIP lot and just experimenting a great teacher. Good luck!
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still not done, obviously, and please forgive the grid lines, but it's turning out to be a cute little Romani wagon thank you so much!
Hopefully not... but during play testing if routing is a concern, an option is to flatten back to standard height then add another level and use that instead to do the curving. That could keep the integrity of the main floor height. If trying that option, suggest you shorten the height of the whole second level before curving so it’s not as tall to begin with. A quick way to do that is to use stairs to push the floor down. Don’t hesitate to touch base if you need additional help.
PS: Feel free to browse through my showcase to see some other fun things that can be done with CFE... from animals (beaver, bunny, bears, sheep, kitty, puppy, swan, even Nemo) to ‘lego’ people dioramas and a witch.
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My wagons and diner -
Wow. Thos are impressive!
Here's one of the camp with the Romani fair which is on the lot directly next to the "home" lot, where all the "wagons" are
And one from the fair lot to the home lot
(the set is for sims 3)