Draw Walls
Draw walls in your plan in any viewing mode except elevation.
Contents
Draw WallDraw interior and exterior walls in two steps:
Wall LengthsIf a wall is not linked at both ends, adjust length in two ways:
If a wall is linked at both ends, click-and-drag attached walls to adjust length. For example, if you have four walls, drag side walls to adjust the top and bottom lengths. Drag top or bottom walls to adjust side lengths. Wall HeightAdjust wall height by dragging top wall handles up or down. You may also right-click the wall and choose "Properties" or "Set Wall Dimensions" and change the walls height.
Default wall height under Edit> Preferences> Walls. This is also the distance between floors in multi-story buildings.
Wall BottomChange Height of Wall bottom by dragging lower wall handle upwards. You may also add new points to a wall bottom as you do with wall tops by Ctrl-clicking the bottom edge. See Reshape Wall below. Wall ThicknessSet wall thickness by right-clicking the wall and choosing "Set Wall Dimensions" or "Properties."
Default wall thickness: Set the default for interior and exterior wall thickness under Edit> Preferences> Walls. Linking WallsWalls drawn over the end of another wall, or ending near the unlinked portion of another wall will be linked - unless wall thickness or altitude are different.
Drawing linked walls:
Ways to stop walls from linking
Multi-Storied WallsWalls may be drawn on one floor and their height raised to the top of the second, third or higher floor levels. It may be easier to modify your plan if exterior walls heights are set this way.
However, walls may be drawn on top of other walls beneath them when the grid level is set atop those walls. The upper story wall will attempt to snap to the ends of the lower story wall when drawing (unless the shift key is held down.)
Set Wall Drawing Level: Walls draw on the grid - not on top of other things. Set grid level with the Page Up and Page Down keys or use Edit> Move Work Grid. Select WallSelect walls in several ways:
When you see handles on the wall it is selected. Delete WallSelect a wall and press the Delete or Backspace keys - or right-click the wall and choose "Delete." Move WallTo move a wall, click-and-drag it to a new position. Use shift to constrain movement when dragging.
Moving linked walls will adjust the lengths of walls linked to it.
To move a wall up, you can adjust the lower handle on the wall, however, it is often best to move the grid level to the altitude you want the wall to be and redraw the wall on that level. Hide WallTo hide a wall for editing inside a room behind it, right-click it and choose "Hide."
To show a hidden wall choose View> Show All or Show Last Hidden. Also see Build>Hide for more information. Lock WallRight-click a wall and choose "Lock" to prevent it from being modified accidentally.
Right-click the wall, choose "Properties" and set reflectivity as a percentage - where a mirror is 100% and no reflectivity is zero.
To turn on reflections see
Edit> Improve Edit Speed> Turn
Off Reflections or just press the "M" key. The green dot
next to the "M" on the tool bar indicates reflections are on. |
Paint and MaterialsAdd bricks, siding, stucco and other materials to all or part of a wall by dragging them in from the Directory - see Materials and Textures
Add paint to walls from the Paint and Color Directory.
To apply paint and materials to part of a wall, floor, roof or countertop, see Build> Draw Material. Reshape WallReshape walls by dragging red handles. Add new red handles to wall tops or bottoms by Ctrl-clicking wall edges - and then dragging those handles. Delete handles you've adding using Ctrl-click as well.
Reshape a wall to have a roof peak:
Disable Snap: To disable snap (you don't want to disable snap above), drag red handles while holding in the shift key. Duplicate WallWalls may be duplicated by selecting them and choosing "Duplicate" from the Edit menu. You can create evenly spaced rows of walls by holding in the Q key, peeling off a copy of the wall, then choosing Duplicate fr`om the Edit menu to repeat the wall duplication in the same direction and same distance as many times as you want.
Hold in the shift key while Q-dragging a wall to keep it even with the first wall.
Also see Edit> Duplicate. Wall DimensionsWalls are automatically given dimensions in blueprint mode. See Build> Dimensions for more information.
Also see Build> Tape Measure for other ways to measure. Cut HolesCut holes in walls with Build> Cut Hole. Frame wall holes using Build> Draw Molding. Convert wall holes to generic windows or doors by right-clicking them. In-Wall ObjectsDirectory doors, holes, showers, fireplaces and other in-wall objects cut a hole in the wall before they're inserted. Allow enough wall space for these objects to fit when dragging them in. Otherwise they will disappear.
Linked walls won't allow doors, windows and holes to overlap the link area so you'll need to move them in the thickness of the wall.
See Door and Window tutorials and Directory for more information. On-Wall ObjectsSome objects attach themselves to the surface of a wall when you drag them in from the Directory. For example:
Wall PropertiesSet wall properties by right-clicking and choosing "Properties."
Wall Properties
Wall thickness
can be adjusted here as well as by right-clicking and choosing "Set
Wall Dimensions"
Side of Wall: If you right-click on the outside or edge of a wall, the Property window will show outside or edge instead of "inside" as shown below. Wall sides may have different materials.
Material Properties
Reflectivity: 100% is a mirror, 15% is a shiny floor, 0% is flat.
Scale:
How much to scale the original image. For example, if this is set to 50%
then the material will be reduced by 50% (half.)
Wall Label
Create custom wall labels for Help> List of Materials.
For example, to change the label "name" to "Bathroom East Wall", and "category" to "Bathroom" do this:
Try adding new labels like the ones below:
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.
Steps:
Note: Doors and Windows can only fit on wall segments that are large enough to hold them.
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