Creating spaces from walls
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Command |
Workspace: Path |
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Create Spaces from Walls |
Architect: AEC > Space Planning Landmark and Spotlight: Add command to workspace (see Customizing workspaces) |
Floor plans can be created by first creating walls, and then automatically creating spaces to determine the area of each room or the gross area defined by the wall perimeter.
To create spaces from walls:
Create the walls and ensure that they are properly joined.
From the Attributes palette, set the 2D attributes for the spaces (fill, pen, opacity, and line thickness).
Click the Space tool, and from the Tool bar, click Preferences. Set the default parameters for the space objects.
Select the command.
The Create Spaces from Walls dialog box opens. Specify how to create the spaces, the minimum area for creating spaces, and their location.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Create Room Spaces |
Creates space objects for each room defined by the walls in the source layer |
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Create Gross Floor Space |
Creates a single space object equivalent to the entire outer boundary of the walls in the source layer |
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Source Layer |
Specifies the layer that contains the walls |
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Destination Layer |
Indicates the layer on which to create the spaces |
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Minimum area |
Specifies the threshold for creating a space; spaces will be created only for areas above this value |
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Create Spaces from Selected Walls Only |
Creates spaces only from selected walls; deselect to create spaces from all the walls in the source layer |
Spaces are created for all areas enclosed by walls, or for the gross area defined by boundary of the walls. Default room name information is set and should be edited to complete the floor plan.
After the spaces are created, the original walls can still be modified. To update the spaces to conform to the new walls, select the command again. The existing spaces are reshaped without losing any space parameters that have already been specified.
If the original spaces were not drawn perfectly straight, select the command with the Constrain Straight Walls option. Now that the walls are straight, select the command again to straighten the spaces.
