In SimpliPlan, you can insert a niche into the plan in a variety of shapes. Once a niche has been added to the plan it can then be edited.
| Note: Niches are easiest to add in 3D view. |
In Room mode:
- Under Niches located on the left side of the screen, left-click to select the desired tool. Niches can be added as rectangular shapes, circles/ovals, or free drawn using lines.
- With the desired tool selected, move the mouse over the desired surface, for example a wall, the floor or ceiling. The currently selected surface will be highlighted by a dashed red line.
Note: To deselect a tool, in the Tool control dialog box, click the Undo/Cancel icon:
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Left-click to select the start point for the niche.
Note: A preview of the niche is shown highlighted by a dashed red line.
- Move the mouse to draw the desired shape and left-click again to confirm.
You can now alter the shape of the niche using the menus located on the right side of the screen, under the headings Positioning, Polygon and Niche:
Positioning
Under Positioning, you can adjust the location of the niche by using the icons or entering new values into the Space left, Space right, Space top and Space bottom fields.
| Note: The Shift step length field determines the distance moved when using the Move selection up, Move selection down, Move selection left and Move selection right icons. |
Polygon
Under Polygon, you can adjust the size of the niche by entering new values into the Width and Height fields.
Under Polygon, you can also click the Edit polygon button. Using this tool:
- You can left-click the measurements of the niche, shown in blue, and enter a new value into the box. Press Enter on the keyboard to confirm.
- You can click and drag the points, shown as red squares, to alter the shape of the niche.
- You can add new points by double-clicking along the red dotted lines that outline the dimension of the niche.
Note: Points can be deleted by left-clicking to select them and pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.
- Under Tool control, in the dialog box located at the bottom right of the screen, you can use the icons to Delete, Cancel and Apply the changes.
Niche
Under Niche, located at the right side of the screen, you can adjust the depth and tilt of the niche in the Depth and Tilt fields, and illuminate the niche with LED lighting by ticking the Illuminate niche (LED) box. When active, the Light colour drop-down menu is shown below. You can left-click the drop-down menu to alter the colour of the LED lighting.
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