Openings

About Openings
Use the Opening tools to cut openings in walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, structural beams, braces, and structural columns.

Cut a Rectangular Opening in a Wall
Use the Wall Opening tool to cut rectangular openings in a straight or curved wall.

Cut an Opening in a Floor, Roof, or Ceiling
Use one of the Opening tools to cut a vertical or perpendicular opening in a roof, floor, or ceiling (for example, to accommodate a chimney). You can cut openings in the faces of these elements, or you can select the entire element to make a vertical cut.

Cut a Shaft Opening
Use the Shaft tool to place an opening that extends through the entire height of a building (or through selected levels), cutting through the faces of roofs, floors, ceilings, or toposolids simultaneously.

Opening Instance Properties
Modify instance properties to change an opening's offsets, constraints, and more.

Openings

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