In SimpliPlan, users can create material areas on any room surface, such as the walls, floor and ceiling. Material areas can be used to create individual tile or material designs in a plan, the separation of areas, as borders and more. Material areas can also be drawn in Room mode. For more information, see How to add and edit niches, holes and material areas.
Note: Material areas cannot be drawn on manufacturer objects.
Create material area
In Materials mode:
- Click the Create material area (rectangle) icon:
Or Create material area (free) icon: - 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. Hold the SHIFT key on the keyboard to place freely.
Note: To deselect a tool, in the Tool control dialogue box, click the Undo/Cancel icon: - Left-click to select the start point for the material area.
Note: A preview of the material area is shown highlighted by a dashed red line. - Move the mouse to draw the desired shape and left-click again to confirm.
Note: If using the Create material area (free) tool, users can continue using left-click to draw the desired shape.
Users can now alter the shape of the material area using the menus located on the right side of the screen Positioning and Polygon.
Positioning
Under Positioning, users can adjust the location of the material area 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, users can adjust the size of the material area in by entering new values into the Width and Height fields.
Under Polygon, users can also click the Edit polygon button. Using this tool:
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- Users can left-click the measurements of the material area, shown in blue, and enter a new value into the box. Press Enter on the keyboard to confirm.
- Users can click and drag the points, shown as red squares, to alter the shape of the material area.
- Users can add new points by double-clicking along the red dotted lines that outline the dimension of the material area.
Note: Points can be deleted by left-clicking to select them and pressing the Delete key on the keyboard. - Under Tool control, in the dialogue box located a the bottom right of the screen, users can use the icons to Delete, Cancel and Apply the changes:
- Users can left-click the measurements of the material area, shown in blue, and enter a new value into the box. Press Enter on the keyboard to confirm.
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