Furniture?

[Gunzel73]

Is it worth putting together a few templates of standard full-size furniture items, as a guide for the baseboard design stage? For example, the layout I'm designing at the moment needs to be of sufficient height and leg spacing that a number of IKEA Kallax storage units can be placed underneath, in the 4-wide / 2-tall formation. Note this demonstrates the top Kallax unit is clear of the operator (while the drawers are closed), and also clear of the path needed to access the duck-under area at the top-right. Similarly, the left unit is entirely under the board.

Other than the IKEA Kallax, maybe the Billy bookshelf and a generic bed, chair and desk from their range, what other objects would be worth prioritising? At this stage I only want to model internationally-available furniture items, so I don't know if, say, the Officeworks range is worth modelling?

[David]

Nice! This will help to get a sense of scale.

Officeworks is Australian?

We have customers around the world, and many in Australia. So it might help some people.

Of course IKEA is available around the globe.

[Gunzel73]

OK, I've just about finished the Kallax range for uploading (not counting the optional frames). I'm categorising them as "unspecified" for now, though in future a new Furniture, Objects or Other category could be worth considering? Is that something that can be updated later, without impacting peoples' files that use the "unspecified" category?

[Gunzel73]

I noticed today that the furniture category has been added. Has anyone else developed files for it, and/or are there any other requests?

[Nick the Cabin Boy]

On the subject of furniture to support a layout, my layout uses five halves of this (there's a join half way up).

https://www.bunnings.com.au/montgomery-1830-x-910-x-410mm-5-tier-shelving-unit_p2760578

The boards are built around a frame of 2x1 which fits snugly over the tops of the legs, at a consistent (and convenient) height. Room underneath for storage.

I would imagine that something similar would be available in most countries. Mine cost Oz$54 each, which is about £27.

Cheers,

Nick

[Gunzel73]

On the subject of furniture to support a layout, my layout uses five halves of this (there's a join half way up).

https://www.bunnings.com.au/montgomery-1830-x-910-x-410mm-5-tier-shelving-unit_p2760578

The boards are built around a frame of 2x1 which fits snugly over the tops of the legs, at a consistent (and convenient) height. Room underneath for storage.

I would imagine that something similar would be available in most countries. Mine cost Oz$54 each, which is about £27.

Cheers,

Nick

Hi Nick,

I've got a few of these as well because at double-depth, they're perfect for storing the 62mm-tall Auscision boxes (but not so much the 66mm-tall versions ). I've just measured mine and created a user object for it.