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Displaying Rooms

Displaying Rooms

Unlike most things in Chief Architect, a Room labels that include the room’s name as
room is not an individual object. Rather, a well as its size and other information can be
room is defined by the walls that enclose it. set to display in floor plan view. See “Room
Labels” on page 421.
You can see the primary and secondary
layers associated with a room by selecting it
and clicking the Object Layer In 3D Views
Properties edit button. See “Object Rooms can be viewed in views created by
Layer Properties” on page 195. any of the 3D view tools. The Floor
Overview tools can be used to see all rooms
In Plan Views on the current floor without their ceilings.
See “Creating Overviews” on page 1050.
Rooms typically display a transparent fill in
floor plan view. You can, however, specify a In the Materials List
solid color or fill pattern for all the rooms on
an entire floor in the Floor Defaults dialog, The contents of a room, including
or for individual rooms in the Room furnishings and floor and ceiling materials
Specification dialog. See “Fill Style Panel” can be calculated using the Calculate From
on page 444. Room tool. See “Calculate Materials for
Room” on page 1264.
In order for room fill styles to display, the
“Rooms” layer must be turned on. See
“Layer Attributes” on page 185.

Selecting Rooms

Room definition is established when a room
is completely enclosed by walls. You can
confirm that a room has room definition by
using the Select Objects tool to select it.
When a fully-enclosed room is selected, its
interior space becomes highlighted. See
“Selecting Objects” on page 213.
Although rooms may be visible, if the
“Rooms” layer is locked in the currently
active layer set, it will not be possible to
select a room. See “Locking Layers” on page The room at left is selected
186.

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