Draw walls and rooms

Arcvelle Studio builds rooms from walls. Draw walls that enclose a space and it becomes a room automatically, with its area shown live. Rooms inside rooms, such as a cupboard inside a bedroom, are found too. The Build panel holds all the drawing tools.

Steps

1. Open the Build panel. Under Plan settings, set Wall height and Wall thickness for the whole plan.
2. To draw a rectangular room, pick Room (B) and drag. The size shows as you drag. Rooms that share an edge join automatically.
3. To draw any other shape, pick Wall (W). Click to place each corner. Lines snap to 45° and to existing corners. Click an existing corner, double-click or press Esc to finish.
4. Pick Select (V) and click a wall. In the properties panel, type its Length, Thickness or Height and press Enter.
5. Drag a wall to slide it sideways, or drag a corner to reshape the rooms that meet there.
6. Click inside a room to give it a Name and a Room type. The type is used by Smart Layout.
7. To remove a wall, select it and press Delete or click Delete wall.

Tips and limits

• Snap to grid (5 cm) under Plan settings keeps corners on round numbers. Hold Alt while drawing or dragging to place points freely.
• Hold Shift when you release a room to keep the Room tool active.
• Changing Wall height or Wall thickness in Plan settings changes every wall. To change one wall, select it and edit it in the properties panel.
• With nothing selected, the properties panel lists every room with its area. Click a room's name to select it.
• Walls are measured along their centre-lines.
• Next, add doors and windows.