Floorplan

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The ‘Add Recess’ tool is available for rooms that have been closed/ended. It allows the measurement of complicated shaped rooms to be simplified although there will be instances when it is best to use a total station or measure with...

Note: All lessons are recorded with manual text entry for any measured values, for stairs the procedure is the same when using a Laser Measurement Device, but please refer to Topic 3a – Lessons 2 and 4 for measurement specific...

The ‘Add Beam’ tool is available for rooms that have been closed/ended and enables the addition of beams from 2 different walls, the beams can be perpendicular to the wall or at an angle. A beam can be extended to...

These are a collection of lessons on useful Floorplans tools that are independent of each other and do not fit into any other category. Lesson 1: Extend to Wall Tool including the Match Bearing tool For information on: Adding Symbols...

Notes: All lessons are recorded with manual text entry for any measured values. For specific information on using a Laser Measurement Device or Total Station refer to the devices specific Device Connections lesson in Topics 3a and 3b. To reduce...

First let’s define a regular shaped room, it’s one where all corners of the room are 90°or thereabouts. It could be a square, a rectangle or otherwise. You can start to minimise any errors, by carefully selecting your start point....

Scenario: We are going to start a new file and survey the Garden Room and two other regular shaped rooms of Soldridge Manor. The starting room will be the garden room from an arbitrary point. From this the internal Hall will be...

Scenario: We are going to open up an existing file of Soldridge Manor and add the following Irregular Shaped Rooms, to it, the Kitchen, conservatory and make a start on the footprint. Each of these will use different tools to enter...