Adding and Removing Flooring

You can manually draw a floor section that exists independent of an existing floor or surface. This enables you to customize the shape, thickness, and surface material to create a unique floor section.

You can also remove flooring by defining a cutout area. This works for floors drawing using the Floor Tool as well as auto-floors created within enclosures.

The following options are available:

Floor Tool
Floor Cutout Tool

Below are some references that may be useful as you design
Floor Properties Reshaping and Resizing 2D Objects Elevating Objects Component Description Applying Building Materials

Floor Tool

You can use floor sections in place of an auto-floor, for raised areas in a room, to create ceilings for patios or porches, or for other situations that call for an adjustable surface.

Note : If necessary, you can turn off the automatic flooring option. Click within an enclosure and deselect “Display Floor” on the Properties pane.

To draw flooring

1 Choose the Floor button from the Floor Tools group. Its properties appear on the Properties pane.

2 On the Properties pane, choose how you want to draw the shape.

3 Use the Define 2D Shape drawing method to draw a floor section.

This example shows a floor drawn using the Rectangle From Corner shape

Floor Cutout Tool

You can easily design lofts, creative staircase openings, create an opening where one does not currently exist.

To draw a floor cutout

1 Choose the Floor Cutout button from the Floor Tools group. Its properties appear on the Properties pane.

2 On the Properties pane, choose how you want to draw the shape.

3 Use the Define 2D Shape drawing method to draw a floor cutout section.

This example shows a floor cutout drawn using the Square From Center shape