Doors and windows

Openings sit in walls. There are six types: Door, Double door, Sliding door, Window, Floor-to-ceiling window and Open passage. Each has a width, height and sill height that you can type exactly. Doors also have a swing direction and, for single doors, a hinge side.

Steps

1. Open the Build panel and pick a type under Doors & windows, or press D for a door or N for a window.
2. Move the pointer over a wall; a marker shows where the opening will go. Click to place it. The side of the wall you click decides which way a door swings.
3. Hold Shift while clicking to place several openings without picking the type again.
4. Click an opening to select it. In the properties panel, change its Type or type a Width, Height and Sill.
5. For a door, click Flip swing to make it open the other way. For a single door, click Switch hinge to move the hinge to the other side.
6. Drag the opening along the wall to move it, or onto another wall.
7. Press Delete or click Delete opening to remove it.

Tips and limits

• Common sizes: internal door leaves about 0.8 to 0.9 m wide (2 ft 8 in to 3 ft) and 2.0 to 2.1 m high; window sills about 0.8 to 1.0 m above the floor.
• An opening cannot be wider than its wall allows, and its height plus sill cannot exceed the wall height. Arcvelle limits the values for you.
• Changing the Type resets the height and sill to that type's defaults.
• Openings appear in the door and window schedules of the drawings set and on separate layers in the DXF export.
• Smart Layout reads doors and windows to keep furniture clear of them, so add openings before you furnish.