How to build a wall
WherePlan tableft panel
Steps
- Click and choose a tile:
centre line, 
left of the line, 
right of the line, 
as a room, 
partition, glazing or 
balcony. The Wall settings window appears on the right: the thickness and material of the future wall. - Move the cursor over the plan. A square with a side equal to the wall thickness moves in place of the cursor. This is the first section of the future wall.
- Click. The square stays in place, and a wall with its size stretches from it to the cursor.
- Click a second time where the wall should end. Or type the length with digits (the field is already in focus) and press Enter.
Buttons and keys
| What to press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Click | The first sets the start of the wall, the second sets its end |
| 0–9 | Enter the wall length. The first digit replaces the displayed length: the field shows 250, you press 3, it becomes 3 |
| Enter | Places a wall of the entered length in the direction the cursor points |
| BackspaceorDelete | Clear the length field |
| Esc | The first press resets the entered number, the second cancels the wall being drawn. If no wall has been started, returns the normal cursor |
| ×2Double-click | Stops drawing |
Keys in the tool window
| What to press | What happens |
|---|---|
| Click | place a point |
| 0–9 | enter an exact length, then Enter |
| Esc | reset the entered number; again: cancel the wall |
Good to know
- The entered length equals the visible length of the wall; at a corner, it is the inner side. A wall cannot be shorter than its thickness.
- The left of the line and right of the line tiles decide on which side of the cursor line the body of the wall will lie.
- Room builds a rectangle of four walls: the first click sets a corner, the second sets the opposite one. This mode has no length field.
- The thickness and material from the Wall settings window also apply when building in 3D: a wall in 3D is the same as the one drawn on the plan.