The object editing toolbar includes a tool to
work on the Room:
Some additional commands that can be used with
Room and elements can be found in another toolbar described in
General edit
commands:
The tools and commands to work with room
elements are also available in Main Menu >
Edit:
The tools and commands which are specific to
Room are described below.
This tool lets you select room elements and
perform various operations such as editing the room and its
elements properties or moving and copying elements.
Note: This tool is automatically
activated when you switch to Room. In contrast, the keyboard
shortcut activates the tool so you can select room elements even
without switching to Room.
Select (Edit room
elements)
- Click on Edit room elements.
- Select the desired room elements:
- To select one element, click on the
desired element in the visualization area.
- To select multiple elements: Hold the
Ctrl key while clicking on desired elements.
Or draw a rectangle with your mouse pointer across the
desired elements.
- Selected elements become(s) highlighted in
blue so you can perform several tasks with it (them).
To deselect one or more elements, click in an
empty area in the visualization area, or Ctrl + click on the
selected elements.
Move (Edit room
elements)
- Select elements.
- Drag the selected elements with the
left mouse button pressed.
- Release the mouse button.
Notes:
- With View grid, elements
are moved to 1 cm (or 0.5”) rounded position values.
- Without View grid, elements
are snapped to the grid lines.
- To move elements completely freely, you can
hold the space bar while moving, producing a slower motion and
preventing position rounding.
Tip: The position can also be defined
precisely. Consult Position Y (Selected
room elements), Position Z (Selected
room elements), Position X (Selected
room elements).
Copy by moving (Edit room
elements)
- Select elements.
- Press and hold Ctrl key down.
- Drag the selected elements with the
left mouse button pressed.
Notes:
- With View grid, elements
are copied to 1 cm (or 0.5”) rounded position values.
- Without View grid, elements
are snapped to the grid lines.
- To copy elements completely freely, you can
hold the space bar while copying, producing a slower motion and
preventing position rounding.
Resize (Edit room elements)
Elements can be resized by dragging handles on
the object(s) with your mouse:
- Select the desired room elements. They
(It) become(s) highlighted with round handles around the surfaces
most closely facing the screen.
- If the round handles do not appear on the
selected elements, use Zoom to
enlarge them on screen.
- If the round handles do not appear on the
desired surface, use navigation tools such as Orbit to make
the desired surfaces face the screen.
- Grab a handle with the mouse and drag it
until your elements reach the desired size(s). The corner handles
let you resize in two directions, while the handles along edges let
you constrain resizing to one direction.
- Release the mouse button when you are
satisfied with the element dimensions.
Note: room elements are normally
resized to 1 cm or 0.5” rounded position values. To resize elements
completely freely, you can hold the space bar while resizing,
producing a slower motion and preventing dimension rounding.
Tip: The dimensions of the resizing
rectangle are displayed while resizing if View dimensions is
ON, as shown in the above picture. This is useful if you know in
advance the space to allocate to the room elements.
Tip: The actual dimensions of the
selected room elements are displayed when View dimensions is
ON, and while you are not dragging a handle:
Tip: Handles are convenient for quick
mouse editing, but you can also specify precise values. Consult
Width (Selected
room elements), Height (Selected room
elements), Depth (Selected room
elements).