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Openings

Use an Opening tool to cut openings in walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, structural beams, braces, and structural columns.

  • Architecture tab Opening panel
    • (By Face)
    • (Shaft)
    • (Wall Opening)
    • (Vertical)
    • (Dormer)
  • Structure tabOpening panel
    • (By Face)
    • (Shaft)
    • (Wall Opening)
    • (Vertical)
    • (Dormer)
Topics in this section
  • 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.
Parent topic: Architectural Design

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