Create a Floor

To create a floor, define its boundaries by picking walls or sketching its profile with drawing tools.

1. Click Architecture tabBuild panelFloor drop-down (Floor: Architectural).
2. Draw the floor boundaries, using one of the following methods:
   • Pick walls: By default, Pick Walls is active. If it is not active, click Modify | Create Floor Boundary tabDraw panel (Pick Walls). Select walls in the drawing area to use as floor boundaries.
   • Sketch boundaries: To sketch the profile of the floor, click Modify | Create Floor Boundary tabDraw panel, and select a sketching tool. See Sketching.
   • Auto Floor: When you click inside walls that form a closed loop, the tool places sketch lines using those boundaries. It ignores room separator lines. Click Modify | Create Floor Boundary tabTools panel (Auto Floor). This tool is typically used to create floor finishes inside of rooms.

   The floor boundary must be a closed loop (profile). To create an opening in the floor, you can sketch another closed loop where you want the opening to appear.

3. On the Options Bar, for Offset, specify an offset for the floor edges.
   Note: When you are using Pick Walls, select Extend into wall (to core) to measure the offset from the wall's core.
4. Click (Finish Edit Mode).