This article shows you how to use the space divider tool in the editor to split up areas of a space without without separating them with walls
There might be situations in which you need to split up a large space or room into smaller spaces. Doing this allows you to access and adjust these areas individually. It also allows you to assign custom attributes to such an area.
Space dividers can be used to divide a space or a room into smaller, separate areas without the need of a wall that separates them.
To draw a space divider you have to first open an Archilogic building model in the editor and unlock structural editing.
Once structural editing has been unlocked open the drawing tool drop-down menu by left-clicking the little arrow icon that is pointing down in the menu bar on the top and select the space divider drawing tool from the selection. The selected drawing tool will replace the icon of the drawing tool menu while also showing you which tool is currently active.
You can also type the keyboard shortcut SD on Mac or Windows to activate the space divider drawing tool.
With the space divider tool activated, move the mouse cursor to the canvas, left-click where you want to start drawing a space divider, move your mouse cursor, and then left-click again where you want the space divider to end.
When snapping the end of your space divider to another already existing space divider or wall you can continue drawing new unconnected space dividers. If you don’t snap to an already existing space divider or wall you can automatically continue to draw connected space dividers until you snap to an already existing space divider or wall.
If you wish to confirm the drawing of your space divider segments without snapping the end to a wall or another space divider you can either press the Enter key on your keyboard or double-click your left mouse button.
At any given time, you can exit the space divider drawing tool by pressing the Esc key on your keyboard. Please note that this will cancel your space divider action and remove any unconfirmed space dividers.
Once the space divider creates a new enclosed area, a new space will be created automatically. You can then select and interact with this new space to assign different space usages, custom attributes, or materials.
Delete a space divider
If you wish to modify the space divider select it by left-clicking it. You can then move it around or also delete it by pressing the Backspace or Delete key on your keyboard or by right-clicking and selecting Delete from the context menu.
If a space divider between two separate spaces is deleted the smaller space will be dissolved into the larger one. The smaller area will therefore inherit all attributes of the larger one and won’t be separately accessible anymore.
Split a space divider
To split a space divider you have to first select it by left-clicking it before doing a right-click. Then select Split space divider from the context menu.
Alternatively, you can also press the K key on your keyboard to achieve the same.
The split tool will appear allowing you to set a cut by moving your mouse over the space divider and selecting the desired position for the cut.
Left-click the space divider with the split tool active to cut the space divider into two separate objects.
To exit the split tool without making a cut simply press the Esc key on your keyboard.