Create a non-rectangular room

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Create a non-rectangular room

To create a non-rectangular room (e.g. 'T' shaped or 'L' shaped) you can either:

1.Add Walls to the Floor Plan pane.

or

1.Click the ruler_16Dimensions icon at the top of the Floor Plan pane.

2.Set Size across and down to the maximum dimensions of the room and click OK.

3.Click the shape_16Insert shape icon at the top of the floor_plan_16Floor Plan pane.

4.Create a shape equal to the same size as an unusable area of the room, set it to the same colour as the outside of the floor plan and click OK.

5.Drag the shape to the appropriate position.

6.Repeat 3, 4 and 5 as necessary.

create a non-rectangular room

Advanced and Professional editions only

If you have a scale image of the venue you can use it as the background to the floor plan.

use a scaled image as the floor plan

See also:

videoCreate a floor plan (video with audio, 10:27 minutes)

Create a re-usable template plan

Add walls to the floor plan

Change the size of the room

Handle multiple rooms