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Chapter 12:

Rooms

When walls or railings create an enclosed Chapter Contents
area, a “room” is created. You can select • Room Definition
rooms defined in this manner like other • Floor and Room Defaults
objects in Chief Architect. • Room Types and Functions

Rooms are assigned a Room Type. Each • Displaying Rooms
Room Type has predefined characteristics. • Selecting Rooms
For example, a room defined as Porch is • Editing Rooms
assigned certain attributes that are different • Room Types and Functions
than a Kitchen. • Room Labels
• Decks
Floor and ceiling heights, baseboard, chair- • Floor and Ceiling Heights
rail, and crown moldings and materials can • Floor and Ceiling Platforms
be defined room-by-room or for the entire • Special Ceilings
floor. • Room Polylines
• Room Specification Dialog
• Room Schedules

Room Definition

A room is a totally enclosed area defined by Unless otherwise specified, rooms generate
any combination of joined walls or railings, floor and ceiling platforms automatically.
visible or invisible. To be recognized as a Most rooms are also automatically covered
room by Chief Architect, a room must have by the roof when one is built. There are
an unbroken perimeter. exceptions to this, such as rooms defined as

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