Drawing Floor Plan
You may optionally draw a basic floor plan or room layout in the software for organizing your
1.To draw a room, click the DRAW ROOMS button in the Design pane. This will enable DRAW ROOMS
mode. To exit this mode, click the | Click on DRAW ROOMS to enter | |
DRAW ROOMS button again. | ||
or leave drawing mode. | ||
Once in this mode, you may draw | ||
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one or more rooms. |
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To draw a room:
•Move your mouse pointer to the location in the open center area of the software interface where you would like to draw your room. This will be one corner of the room.
•Press the left button on your
mouse and then move your mouse diagonally to where the opposite corner of the room should be.
•To complete the room, release
the left mouse button. | Example of Floor Layout. | |
• When prompted, type a name | ||
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for the room. |
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To draw a non-rectangular room:
•Draw the largest rectangular section of the room per the above instructions.
•To draw an additional segment of the room, press the left mouse button inside the room and then move your mouse diagonally to an empty area outside of the room.
•To complete the extension to the room, release the left mouse button.
•To erase unwanted sections
of the room, use the ERASE mode (See next section).
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Common Operations
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