3Com 3CRWXR10095A, 3CRWX120695A WXR100 manual Importing or, Drawing Floor, Details

78CHAPTER 5: PLANNING THE 3COM MOBILITY SYSTEM

6In the Height of the Ceiling box, type the number of feet or meters from the floor to the ceiling (1 to 1000 feet or meters).

The ceiling height is based on the surface of the ceiling where the access points will be mounted, not on the center of the plenum space between floors.

7Click OK.

After creating a floor, you can import or draw details about the floor. See “Importing or Drawing Floor Details” next for more information.

Importing or	You can add information for a floor by importing a drawing of the floor
Drawing Floor	or by using 3WXM’s graphics tools to draw the floor.
Details	After you import or draw the floor, you need to specify the RF
	characteristics of the floor, by specifying the attenuation of obstacles such
	as walls, doors, windows, and so on. The attenuation of an object indicates
	how much the object affects an 802.11 radio signal. 3WXM uses the
	attenuation information when calculating how many MAPs you need and
	where to place them in order to provide the desired wireless coverage.
	The following sections describe how to import or draw a floor. For
	information about specifying the RF characteristics of the floor, see
	“Specifying the RF Characteristics of a Floor” on page 94.

Importing a Drawing You can import a drawing of your floor plan into 3WXM. 3WXM supports of a Floor the following file types:

„AutoCAD drawing (DWG), a native binary format used by AutoCAD. You can import the following versions: R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if available.

„Drawing Interchange Format (DXF), an ASCII-based interchange format used for multi-vendor interoperability. You can import the following versions: R12, R13, R14, R2000. Use R2000 if available.

„Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) (.gif)

„Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) (.jpeg, .jpg)

3WXM cannot import files in Visio format. However, you can export a Visio file to a DXF or JPG file, then import that file into 3WXM.

You can also draw a floor plan in 3WXM if you do not have a drawing of your floor in one of the supported file formats.