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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Space Planning

The Space Planning Tools are a time- Placing Room Boxes
saving way to create a preliminary
room-by-room design of a home without In addition or as an alternative to the room
getting caught up in the details. Once the boxes created for you by the Space
shape and layout of the rooms are finalized, Planning Assistant, you can create your
the Build House tool converts them into a own room boxes. To do so, select Tools>
working plan that can be edited and detailed Space Planning , then choose the desired
to completion. room type from the submenu. Click in floor
plan view to place a room box of the selected
Space Planning Assistant type at that location.

Select Tools> Space Planning> Displaying Room Boxes
Space Planning. The Space
Planning Assistant leads you through a Room boxes and their labels are located on
series of windows that gather information the “Space Planning Boxes” layer. Space
about the rooms you want to include in your Planning Box labels use the Text Style
house. When you click Finish, the selected assigned to that layer, as well. See
room boxes display. “Displaying Objects” on page 184.

Editing Rooms
Once created, room boxes can be edited in a
variety of ways.

Room boxes can now be arranged into a floor
plan.

Note: Each Bedroom called for in the Space
Planning Assistant also produces a Closet.
• Select room boxes using the Select
Objects tool just like other objects in

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