Design SuiteCreating spaces from walls

Command

Workspace: Path

Create Spaces from Walls

Architect: AEC > Space Planning

Landmark: Landmark > Space Planning

Spotlight: Add command to workspace
(see Customizing workspaces)

To create floor plans, first create walls, and then automatically create 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.

Spaces_create.png 

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.

Parameter

Description

Create Room Spaces

Creates space objects for each room defined by the walls in the source layer

Create Gross Floor Space

Creates a single space object equivalent to the entire outer boundary of the walls in the source layer

Source Layer

Specifies the layer that contains the walls

Destination Layer

Indicates the layer on which to create the spaces

Minimum area

Specifies the threshold for creating a space; spaces will be created only for areas above this value

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_created.png 

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.

Space settings

Creating spaces with the Space tool

 

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