In the 2019 version of DomuS3D, the thickness of walls can assume varying shapes and sizes and no longer has to be uniform throughout: the software allows you to model walls adding corners, hollows, and/or clearings.
Below, these functions are described in more detail:
- Add corner: inserting an edge allows you to model a wall that has varying thickness. Once the command is activated from the Layout section in the Ribbon, the software asks you to indicate the position of the edge. This position can be assigned freely by clicking the left button of the mouse on the wall or specifying the precise position using the fields that are shown on the right and on the left (to move from the right to the left input field use the TAB key).
Once the edge is added, it is possible to move it inside the room thus modifying the thickness of the wall where the edge was placed.
To learn more about this command, watch this video.
- Add hollow: if the layout has a full height re-entry (i.e. closet or wall bookcase), thanks to this command it is possible to modify the thickness of the wall in an easy and fast way. After the command is activated, specify the position of the re-entry on the chosen wall (the position can be indicated with a mouse click or using the specific fields - to move from the right to the left input field use the TAB key).
DomuS3D 2019 divides the wall at the selected point and holds the left portion of the wall fixed at the selected point (assuming a frontal view). Subsequently, the software asks you to indicate the direction the wall rises and its relative thickness. This can be set up manually with a simple mouse click or by writing the measure in the dynamic quote field.
To learn more about this command, watch this video.
- Add oblique hollow: DomuS3D allows you to insert a full height clearing. This can be done by selecting this command and specifying the starting point of the re-entry with a click. Considering that you are viewing the wall from the frontal view inside the room, the left part is not affected. With a second click, you can determine the wall portion that has to be inclined. Lastly, the thickness of the wall on the right side has to be specified. If you want to create an inclined re-entry that mirrors the previous one, you can follow the same steps as previously described keeping in mind that the first click will now be the starting point of the re-entry on the side with less thickness.
In the following figure the correct step-by-step procedure is shown following the convention that modification of the thickness is always placed on the right side of the starting point of the re-entry: if you want to create both a clearing and a corresponding symmetrical clearing, you have to create the left one first.
To learn more about this command, watch this video.
This article is valid for the 2019 version and later.