Copy these with “c”, then paste them again in the same Layer with “v”. Keep the selection and activate the Move Tool, then use the following settings in the Numeric Panel.
Click Apply to perform the move. You should now have 6 of these ceiling supports and we need 2 more. Working in Top View, drag a lasso around the top left one, like in picture 54.
Picture 54: Drag a lasso around the top left one (Click to enlarge)
Copy this by hitting “c”, then switch to Layer 8 and paste it there. Under the Modify Tab you should have a few “More” pull-down menus, and under one of these there’s a tool called “Center1D”. When you activate the tool, set the axis to X and then hit OK. The object should now be centred on the X axis. Activate the Move Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Click Apply and the object should move. Activate the Mirror Tool, bring up the Numeric Panel and use the following settings.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Cut these two out of Layer 8 now and paste them back in Layer 7. When you’re in Layer 7, cut the ceiling supports out, then switch to Layer 3 and paste them there. Hit “s” now to save the progress we’ve made.
Go to Layer 6 now, where one of the Rail-Holders we pasted in earlier is. Activate the Move Tool and use the following values in the Numeric Panel.
Click Apply and the Rail-Holder should move.
Activate the Clone Tool and enter the following values in the Panel that comes up.
Number of Clones: 25
Offset
X: 0
Y: 0
Z: 280mm
Keep the rest to the default settings and click OK. Activate the Move Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Click Apply to move the Rail-Holders. Three of these Rail-Holders are now covered by the bigger ceiling supports. Keep Layer 6 active and put Layer 3 in the background, then select the Rail-Holders shown in picture 55 and delete them.
Picture 55: Select the three Rail-Holders shown and delete them (Click to enlarge)
Keep everything unselected and activate the Mirror Tool, then use the following values in the Numeric Panel.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Size up the Top View and fit the Rail-Holders in the view by hitting “ctrl+a”. Drag a lasso around the four top right Rail-Holders, like in picture 56.
Picture 56: Drag a lasso around the four top right Rail-Holders (Click to enlarge)
Copy these and paste them in Layer 7. Activate the Rotate Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Axis: Y
Angle: 90 degrees
Center:
X: 2,55m
Y: 0
Z: 2,55m
Click Apply to perform the rotation.
Activate the Move Tool and use the following values in the Numeric Panel.
Click Apply to perform the move. Activate the Mirror Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Cut these Rail-Holders out of Layer 7 and paste them back in Layer 6. Go back to Layer 7 and activate the Box Tool, then use the following settings in the Numeric Panel.
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to create the box. Activate the Mirror Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Switch to Layer 8 and activate the Box Tool again, then use the following settings in the Numeric Panel.
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to create the box. Activate the Mirror Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Switch to Layer 9 and activate the Box Tool once more, then use the following settings in the Numeric Panel.
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to create the box.
Size up the Side view and fit the box in the view. Switch to Points Mode and drag a lasso around the four left points, like in picture 57.
Picture 57: Drag a lasso around the left points in Side View
Activate the Move Tool and bring up the Numeric Panel, then use the following settings.
Click Apply to move the points. Deselect everything and activate the Mirror Tool, then bring up the Numeric Panel and use the following settings.
Axis: X
Center: 0 on all
Close down the Numeric Panel and hit Space to perform the operation. Activate Layer 7, 8 and 9 and cut the objects out by hitting “x”, then switch to Layer 7 and paste them there.
Switch to Polygon Mode and select all the polygons in Layer 7, then activate the Bevel Tool and use the following settings in the Numeric Panel.
Now we are finished with all the basic objects in our Mansion Hall. The next 2 chapters will be about creating a carpet for Level 0 and Level 1, but you don’t need to create these if you don’t want to, you can jump directly into the scenery part (Chapter 9-13).
Deslect everything and press “s” to save what we have so far.





