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Drawing Walls

Temporary Dimensions are toggled on
and Show Wall Length When Editing is
checked in the General Wall Defaults dialog.
See “Temporary Dimensions” on page 468
and “General Wall Defaults” on page 340.

Continuous Wall Drawing

You can draw walls continuously by right- Show Arc Center
clicking, Alt+clicking or Alt+dragging. See The radius of a curved wall is measured from
“To draw continuous lines” on page 297. the center to a surface or layer of the wall.
By default, this continuous drawing behavior The radius can be defined in the Wall
will turn off when walls are drawn to form an Specification dialog. You may elect to
enclosed area. You can specify that this define the radius to the exterior or interior
behavior remain on in the Preferences wall layers. See “General Panel” on page
dialog. See “Behaviors Panel” on page 125. 390.

Drawing Curved Walls Space Planning Assistant

Drawing a curved wall, curved railing, or The Space Planning Assistant Tools
curved fence is similar to drawing a CAD allow you to place and arrange room
arc. See “Arc Tools” on page 306. boxes that can then be converted into a fully
editable house plan, including walls. See
As with CAD arcs, the method used to draw “Space Planning” on page 80.
a curved wall depends on which Arc

Creation Mode is currently active. See Wall Framing
“Drawing Arcs - Arc Creation Modes” on
page 305. Once walls have been drawn, they can be
framed. For best results, avoid generating
A straight wall can also be converted into a framing until your model is in its final form.
curved wall and vice versa using the Change See “Wall Framing” on page 836.
Line/Arc edit button. See “Change Line/ Framing for an individual wall can be built or
Arc” on page 260. rebuilt using the Build Framing for
Selected Object edit tool. This tool is
To create a room in the shape of a cir- only available if the selected wall has a
cle, you must draw two curved walls. framing material assigned to its Main Layer,
and is not available if Retain Wall Framing is
A curved wall always has a center point. The checked in the Wall Specification dialog.
center displays as a small cross when Show See “Build Framing for Selected Object” on
Arc Centers and Ends is enabled. See page 868.
“Arc Centers and Ends” on page 226.

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