How to Use the Walls Tool

Overview

The Walls tool allows you to create architectural elements directly on your Canvas. Unlike importing floor plans, the Walls tool gives you the flexibility to draw walls from scratch, modify their properties, and create accurate spatial layouts for product placement. Walls intelligently join at intersections, making it easy to create clean, professional floor plans.

Accessing the Walls Tool

1. Open your Canvas project

2. Find the Walls icon in the left toolbar

3. Click the Walls icon to activate the tool

Drawing Walls

1. With the Walls tool activated, click on the Canvas where you want to start your wall

2. Move your cursor and click again to create wall segments

3. Continue clicking to add more segments as needed

4. Double-click or press Enter to complete your wall

Wall Intersections

Walls automatically join at intersections, creating clean corners and connections. When a new wall intersects with an existing wall:

• The walls will intelligently merge at the intersection point

• Corner joints will be created automatically

• You can continue drawing from any intersection point

Customizing Wall Properties

After drawing walls, you can customize their properties to match your design requirements:

Adjusting Wall Thickness

1. Select the wall by clicking on it

2. Find the contextual toolbar under the wall

3. Click on the width dimension

4. Select new dimension from list, or add custom thickness

Changing Wall Fill

1. Select the wall you want to customize

2. In the contextual toolbar under the wall selection, click on the fill button

3. Choose from default color palette or click “+” to create and save a new color

4. Adjust opacity as needed in color picker

5. User eyedropper tool to create a color from another color on the canvas

Changing Wall Stroke and Style

1. Select the wall you want to customize

2. In the contextual toolbar under the wall selection, click on the ‘stroke style’ button

3. Select stroke style: solid, dashed, or dotted

4. Adjust width with slider

5. Select color from palette, or create a new color with “+” or eyedropper tool

Editing Existing Walls

Moving Walls

1. Select the wall or wall group that you want to move

2. Drag the entire wall to a new position

3. Use the arrow keys for precise adjustments

Resizing and Extending Walls

1. Select the wall

2. Click the selected wall(s) again to activate control points

3. Grab any endpoint (indicated by control points)

4. Drag to extend or shorten the wall

Adding Points to a Wall

1. Select the wall

2. Click the selected wall(s) again to activate control points

3. Click on any wall segment to activate the segment

4. Add new point anywhere on the wall segment

5. Drag to reshape the wall

Pro Tips

• Double-Click Shortcut: Double-click on an existing wall to access control points

• Precise Angles: Hold Shift while drawing to constrain walls to 45° increments

• Quick Duplication: Hold Alt/Option while dragging to duplicate wall segments

Keyboard Shortcuts