Drawing Walls

 

Why learn drawing walls if the Building and Room Wizard create them in a few clicks? Knowing about walls helps you use plan3D in other areas as well.

 

WORKING ON DIFFERENT FLOOR LEVELS. You must adjust the work grid to the desired floor level to work on that floor. See Move Work Grid for more information. Move Work Grid is in the Edit menu. You can use the PageUp/Page Down keys to move the work grid. The current work grid level is shown on the status bar on the right side.
 

 

Contents

 

3D Perspective Mode

Draw Walls in 3D

Link Walls

Select, Delete and Move

Wall Size

Wall Angle Control

 

Blueprint Mode

Switch to Blueprint View

Draw Walls in Blueprint Mode

Link Walls

Select, Delete and Move

Dimensions

Wall Size

Curved Walls

 

Draw Walls in 3D

 

To draw a wall choose Build> Draw Wall and click-and-drag in work area. Example:

 

 


Link Walls

 

Link walls in 3D mode by putting the cursor over the end of an existing wall and drawing as shown above.

 


Select, Delete and Move

 

Double-click walls to select. Press delete key to delete. Click-and-drag walls to move them around.

 


Wall Size

 

Drag handles or right-click wall and choose "Set Dimensions..."

 

Also see Build> Draw Walls for more information.Learn how to draw walls in blueprint view so you can see dimensions. Switch between blueprint and 3D modes as needed.

 

Drawing walls is done using click-and-drag.

 


Wall Angle Control

 

Wall angles will snap to 15 degree angles by default as you draw them and adjust the mouse left, right, up or down. For example, angles will always be 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, etc.

 

To draw walls without 15 degree increments, simply hold down the SHIFT key while drawing walls.

 

Switch to Blueprint View

 

Example:

 

 


Draw Walls in Blueprint Mode

 

Click-and-drag in the work area to draw walls. Example:
 

 


Link Walls

 

Link walls by putting the cursor over the end of an existing wall and drawing.

 


Select, Delete and Move

 

Double-click walls to select. Press delete key to delete. Click-and-drag on walls to move them around.

 


Dimensions

 

Add your own dimensions by choosing Build> dimensions. Add your own custom dimensions here too.

 

Exterior or Interior Dimensions? Right-click wall, choose "Measure Other Side."

 


Wall Size

 

Right-click walls and choose "Set Wall Dimensions..." to change height, length and thickness by entering dimensions.

 

Adjusting Linked Wall Lengths: When linked, drag adjoining walls to resize.

 

 

 

Also see  Build> Draw Walls for more information about walls.


Curved Wall and Rounded Wall

 

Draw short straight wall segments around a reference image or shape to make a curved wall.

 

If you don't want the walls to snap to 15 degree increments hold down the shift key when drawing the walls.

YouTube Example...

 

Steps:

 

  1. You need to import a JPG or GIF image or Directory Shape you can use as a "Reference" for drawing your curved walls.

    Either 1.) Drag-in a "Cylinder" shape from the "Your Shapes" Directory in Plan3D or 2.) Import a JPG or GIF or BMP image as a trace file.

  2. Scale the image or shape before tracing over it with walls. For JPG or GIF right-click on it and choose Scale Trace Image. For shapes from the directory hold down the ALT key and drag them to the size you want or right-click them and choose "Set Dimensions."

  3. Put the shape where it's supposed to go in your plan.

  4. Use the shape as reference while drawing walls. For shapes from the directory it may be easier to trace it in blueprint mode.

  5. LINKING: Walls will link automatically if you don't use the shift key (15 degree increments). If you hold down the shift key when drawing walls you may need to double-click them to get them to link.

Note: Doors and Windows can only fit on wall segments that are large enough to hold them.