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Table of Contents
1. List of functions..................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1. MagiCAD Room functions................................................................................................................4
1.2. MagiCAD Room Edit functions........................................................................................................ 6
2. Project.................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1. How to create MagiCAD Room project ........................................................................................ 10
Creating or selecting the project.........................................................................................................11
Editing the project database............................................................................................................... 13
Add, Edit, Copy storey........................................................................................................................ 15
Drawing the rooms.............................................................................................................................. 17
2.2. How to edit project data.................................................................................................................18
Project..................................................................................................................................................19
Summary..............................................................................................................................................21
Area methods...................................................................................................................................... 22
3D Preview.......................................................................................................................................... 23
2.3. How to edit room data................................................................................................................... 24
Edit room data with Part Properties....................................................................................................25
Edit room data via Project management............................................................................................ 26
2.4. How to renumber the rooms.......................................................................................................... 28
Renumber when using the Copy storey function................................................................................29
Renumber rooms separately...............................................................................................................31
2.5. How to edit / add structures...........................................................................................................32
2.6. Layer and color settings.................................................................................................................34
2.7. Copying calculation values to the clipboard.................................................................................. 36
Room calculations............................................................................................................................... 37
Summary data..................................................................................................................................... 38
2.8. Calculation methods....................................................................................................................... 39
Heat loss calculation method.............................................................................................................. 40
Calculating floor areas........................................................................................................................ 41
Calculating the room volume.............................................................................................................. 42
2.9. IFC data transfer............................................................................................................................ 43
IFC Export........................................................................................................................................... 44
IFC Import............................................................................................................................................45
IFC Space Update...............................................................................................................................46
IFC Merge Import................................................................................................................................ 47
3. Editing functions.................................................................................................................................. 48
3.1. Draw Wall....................................................................................................................................... 49
Commandline options..........................................................................................................................50
3.2. Install Window................................................................................................................................ 51
Commandline options..........................................................................................................................53
Installation............................................................................................................................................54
3.3. Install Door..................................................................................................................................... 55
Commandline options..........................................................................................................................56
Installation............................................................................................................................................57
3.4. Install Column.................................................................................................................................59
Commandline options..........................................................................................................................60
Installation direction.............................................................................................................................61
3.5. Install Beam....................................................................................................................................62
4. Viewing functions.................................................................................................................................64

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1. List of functions
MagiCAD Room toolbar is a standard AutoCAD toolbar, and it is always present when MagiCAD Room menu is
loaded and set to be visible.

The edit toolbar is visible when edit mode is on.

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1.1. MagiCAD Room functions

Project

This function is used to define general properties and initial values for the project, storeys, structures, etc
and to view the heat loss analysis of the rooms.

Part Properties

This function is used for examining and changing the properties of the selected object: wall, window,
door, or room. The information of the walls, windows, and rooms can be changed only in the edit mode.

Edit Storey

This function activates the edit mode and invokes the MagiCAD Room Edit toolbar.

Edit Storey Properties

This function is used for defining the storey properties, that is, the location of the storey origin and which
building database the storey is included

User Preferences

This function sets the size of the search circle. The search circle is active, for instance, when drawing the
wall and the Connect options is on.
You can set the size of the search circle between 1 and 100 pixels.

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DIALux Export

This function transfers the selected room to the DIALux program (with the help of a *.STF file). The inner
boundaries of the rooms in the storey coordinate system are written to the transfer file.

2D Mode

This function switches MagiCAD Room objects to 2D mode.

3D Mode

This function switches MagiCAD Room objects to 3D mode.

Show Room Objects

This function is used to define the room information that is displayed in the drawing (text label of the
room), and to read the storey from the building database.

Hide Room Objects

This function removes the storey information from the drawing. This function is not available in the edit
mode.

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1.2. MagiCAD Room Edit functions

Draw Wall

This function is used to draw exterior, interior, structural, and virtual walls.

Install Window

Install Door

Install Column

This function is used to install circular or rectangular columns.

Install Beam

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Define Room

This function is used to give the rooms the necessary information; for instance, name, height, supply/
extract airflows, temperatures, etc.

Erase MagiCAD Room Object

This function is used to erase a single object. If you want to remove several objects at a time, use the
ERASE function of AutoCAD.

Stretch or Move Wall

Change Wall Height

With this function you can change the wall height. It is possible to change the height of all exterior,
interior or structural walls at the same time using commandline options.

Set Wall Joint

With this function you can divide a wall into several parts to make it possible to define different properties
for different parts of the wall.

Move Door or Window

Save, Calculate and Update Texts

This function checks the room definitions, performs heatloss calculation, saves the room data, and
updates the text labels of the rooms.

Close Edit Mode

This function closes the editing mode. If MagiCAD Room objects have been changed since the last save,
you can save them also at this point.

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2. Project

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2.1. How to create MagiCAD Room project

First, create and save a new drawing or open an existing drawing you want to include in the project. The existing
drawing can be, for example, a drawing created with MagiCAD Heating&Piping, Ventilation, or Electrical.

If you use an existing drawing that already has the storey information defined (MagiCAD Electrical), you can
view the information with the Edit Storey Properties function. If the information has not been defined, they can
be input at this stage.

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Creating or selecting the project

Storey Origin in Dwg

Here you can define the location of the storey origin (bottom-left corner). You can also set the rotation
angle for the building.

Show origin
You can use this function to show the location of the bottom-left corner of the storey (i.e. storey origin)
and the direction of the positive x-axis.

Move origin
With this function you can move the storey origin.

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By clicking this button you can open the window where you can select the building database.

Available projects
The Available projects list shows the building databases that exist in the directory or in the path towards
the root directory. If there are no building databases in the path, the list window is empty. If you select a
building database from the list and click the Select button, the selected database is taken into use.

Create a new building database

Project filename
Give the name for the database.

Location
Select the directory where you want to save the database.

Template
Select the template database. Templates that are installed with MagiCAD are saved in the Template
subdirectory of the MagiCAD Room program directory.

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Editing the project database

None
With this function you can detach the drawing from the building database.

Select storey
Select the storey, which the active drawing represents.

OK
Click OK to accept the settings and continue to the project management dialog.

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Project management dialog

You can manage the information that covers the entire project (i.e building). Here you can manage all
storeys of the building.
The left panel shows tree of the types of data that is defined for the project. When you click a tree item,
the more detailed view of the contents appears in the right panel.

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Add, Edit, Copy storey

Edit selected storey

You can edit the selected storey (Name, Position, Rotation and Default height) by double-clicking the
right panel.

Copy storey
You can copy the selected storey. It is possible to renumber the rooms when the storey is copied.

Delete storey
You can delete the selected storey.

Storey name
Give the name to the storey.

Origin position
x, y and z – define the location of the storey relative to the storey origin. This is the left lower corner. This
defines how the storeys are located according to each others.

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Install the Storey origin to the point, which is same in all storeys. Good points are for example the corner
of the building, crossing point of module lines. Sometimes it is good to draw a helping line for example
from the corner of the elevator.

Rotation angle
Here it is possible to define a rotation angle of the storey for the project database.

Default height
Give default height for the room. This default height is used with all new rooms that are defined in the
building.

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Drawing the rooms

All modifications to the room's geometry are made in the edit mode. Click the Edit Storey button to switch on the
edit mode.

In most cases, the information should be read from the database (that is, Yes is selected). However, if the data is
not yet in the database for some reason, No is selected. In the latter case, the program switches to the edit mode
without updating the drawing with the data in the building database.This default height is used with all new rooms
that are defined in the building.

Draw the walls and place the doors and windows. Define and place the room data for each room with the Define
Room function.
When you have done your modifications, click the Close Edit Mode button. If the objects have been changed,
you can at this stage decide whether they will be saved to the building database. You can save the objects in the
database any time with the Save function.

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2.2. How to edit project data

When you click Project… button, the Project management dialog opens. The main view applies to the entire
building. The basic idea is that the left panel shows a tree of the types of data that is defined for the project.
When you click a tree item, more detailed view of the contents appears in the right panel.

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Project
In these dialogs it is possible to give information to the project. To edit project data, click the tree item Project and
double click on the top of right panel.

Double-click the right panel

The project description dialog opens.

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Automatic calculations
Select this option if you want the calculations to be updated automatically when changing values.

Output temperature
This temperature is used in heatloss calculations.

Create slabs automatically

Select this option if you want to create horizontal surfaces (slabs) automatically.

Default roof slab

This structure is used as the default roof slab. Background temperature, usually the outside temperature,
is used in the heat loss calculations. For each room it is possible to define an exceptional roof slab with
different background temperature.

Default floor slab

This structure is used as the default floor slab. Background temperature, e.g the temperature of the
ground, is used in the heat loss calculations. For each room it is possible to define an exceptional floor
slab with different background temperature.

Default intermediate slab

This structure is used as the default “floor” between different storeys. For each room it is possible to
define an exceptional slab.

Site placement
You can define the place of the site with this information. The information is used in IFC export.
The height level from the sea can be defined to the Altitude [mm] field. If the Altitude value is used, then
the z coordinate of the storey is relative to that height level. It means that the storey`s level is from site,
not from the sea.

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Summary
This view shows the summary of the calculations that have been performed in the project.
Note! All the information and calculation results can be copied to clipboard by right-clicking on the top of
the right panel.

Area and volume

Contains e.g. net areas and volumes.

Airflows
Contains the supply and exhaust airflows.

Structures
Contains the gross heat transfer through the structures. Because internal heat transfer may occur in the
building (depending on the inner temperatures), the summary should not be interpreted as the total heat
loss at the outer surface, however, it describes well the share of each structure in the heat losses.

Ventilation
Contains the heating demand in the rooms, caused by supply air, exhaust air and leak. It does not
contain the heating power that is needed at the air handling unit.

Total heat losses

Contains the total heat loss of the rooms at each storey. It does not contain the heating power that is
needed at the air handling unit.

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Area methods
Area methods view shows a list of the criteria how the floor areas are calculated. You can edit area methods by
double-clicking on the top of right panel.

List of area methods

Double-click the selected area to modify the settings.

Exterior wall
The area is calculated from the exterior walls using one of the options: Inner surface, Centerline, Outer
surface.

Interior wall
The area is calculated from the interior walls using one of the options: Inner surface, Centerline, Outer
surface.

Structural wall
The area is calculated from the structural walls using one of the options: Inner surface, Centerline, Outer
surface.

Subtract the column area

If this option is selected, the areas of the colums are excluded when the areas are calculated.

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3D Preview
With the 3D preview function of the project dialog you can examine all storeys in the same view and, for
example, check that the storeys are located correctly in relation to each other (applies only to the storeys that are
on top of each other).

3D preview
This button in the project dialog opens the preview window.

Project tree
Examine each part of the project by selecting the item from the tree.

Building image
You can rotate the image of the building. Press the left mouse button.

Preview options
Select with these optionshow the 3D preview is presented.
It is possible to show floor/roof slabs by selecting Show floor slabs or Show roof slabs options.

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2.3. How to edit room data

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Edit room data with Part Properties

Room data can be edited separately by using the Part Properties function. Double-click the room text label
to edit information.

User code

Room data
You can find more information in the How to define room chapter.

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Edit room data via Project management

It is possible to edit information of several rooms at the same time via project management.
Editable values are: Room name, Temperature setpoint for heating (T-sph [oC]), Supply air temperature
(T-sup [oC]), Supply airflow (qv-sup [l/s] / [m3/h]), Extract airflow (qv-exh [l/s] / [m3/h]), Primary flow for
automatic values (qv-pri [l/s] / [m3/h]), Primary system for automatic values (Primary), Secondary airflow
percent (Percent), Transfer air temperature (T-trans oC), Leak factor ([1/h]), Room height (Height [m]).

Select rooms to edit

Select the rooms you want to edit by clicking top of them. You can select several rooms at the same time
by pushing Ctrl or Shift button while choosing the rooms.

Change value in the column

When the rooms are selected, right click on the top of that column which information you want to change
and choose Change value in the column option. This example shows how to change room name.

Accept new value

Enter the new value to the property, and click Ok.

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Updated values
In this example, all rooms named Office were renamed as Office south.

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2.4. How to renumber the rooms

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Renumber when using the Copy storey function

It is possible to renumber the rooms when the storey is copied. This function is very useful when project includes
similar storeys. Draw and define rooms for one storey and copy it as much you want. This example shows how to
copy Storey 1 to Storey 2 and how to change the room numbering 101…109 to 201…209.

Rooms in Storey 1
In this example, the room numbering in Storey 1 is 101 ... 109.

Copy storey
Click this button to copy Storey 1 to Storey 2.

Storey properties
Give the required information to new storey (Storey name, Origin position, Default height).

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Change user code

to remain unchanged in the room number (=User code) with a question mark. So when wanted to change
for instance 101…109 to 201…209 just write 2?? to Filter field. Click Ok to accept your changes.

Updated user codes

The room numbers in Storey 2 are now 201 ... 209.

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Renumber rooms separately

It is also possible to renumber the rooms separately inside the storey. Choose rooms you want to renumber and
right click on top of the User code column. Select the Change value in the column option from the popup menu.

Select rooms
Select room(s) you want to renumber.
You can select several rooms at the same time by pressing the Ctrl or Shift button while choosing the
rooms.

Popup menu

Change the user code

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2.5. How to edit / add structures

Structure group
Select the group you want to edit.

List of structures
Edit the existing information or add new structures by clicking the right mouse button in this window. Next
you can choose the operation from the popup menu.

Add a new structure

Delete a structure
Properties - edit structure data

Give the user code and description to the structure.

Define also the size and U-value of a structure.

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2.6. Layer and color settings

Select Layer definitions from the project tree. Edit the layers and colors by right-clicking or double-clicking on
the top of the structure.

Layer name
Give the name to the layer.

Color
Select the color for the object. This setting is the default color, which will be created when the object is
created to the drawing.

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Color of 2D objects
It is possible to define own settings to 2D and 3D objects. If ByLayer is selected, the color is defined
according to the settings of the Layer Definitions.

Color of 3D objects
See above.

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2.7. Copying calculation values to the clipboard

The result appearing in the project information can be transferred e.g. to Excel through the clipboard.

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Room calculations

Select room(s)
Select one or more rooms in the room data of the project (hold the CTRL key down and select the rooms
with the mouse or arrow buttons) and click the right mouse button.

Popup menu
Select the Copy calculations to clipboard option. After that, open e.g Excel and paste the results to the
sheet.

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Summary data

Summary category
Select one of the summary categories and right-click on the top of the right window pane.

Popup menu
Select the Copy all summary data to clipboard option from the popup menu.

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Heat loss calculation method

Heat loss through the structures
The heat loss is calculated with the following formula:

Øtransmission = Σ (U * A * (T1 – T2))

T1 = inside temperature
T2 = temperature behind the structure; another room in the same or different storey, outdoor air, temperature of
the ground, or temperature defined for the exception structure.

Ventilation
This calculation handles the effect that is needed to heat the supply air and transfer air to the room temperature.
The effect required to heat the supply air and transfer air is calculated with the following formula:

Øvent = 1,2 * qv * (T1 – T3)

qv = supply airflow or transfer airflow [l/s]

T1 = inside temperature of the room
T2 = air temperature

Transfer airflow is the remainder of supply airflow and exhaust airflow.

NOTE! The above formula does not consider the heating of the air from outdoor temperature to supply air
temperature. MagiCAD Room does not calculate Air Handling Units.

Leakage
The effect required to heat the leakage air (addition airflow) is calculated with the following formula:

Øleakage = 1,2 * (nleakage * V/3600) * (T1 – T4)

nleakage = leak factor [1/h]

V = volume of the room [m3]
T1 = inside temperature of the room
T4 = outside temperature

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Calculating floor areas

You can define how the program calculates the areas of the floors. The definitions are made in the Area methods
part of the project dialog.

Select the Project function, choose Area methods, and click the list with the right mouse button to open the
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Calculating the room volume

The room volume is calculated according to the same criteria as the floor area. Beams and columns that reside in
the room are subtracted from the volume.

NOTE! The heating demand calculations uses the midpoints of the walls when calculating the room volume.

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IFC Export
This function exports all storeys and structures from MagiCAD Room to an IFC file. The structures to export
consist of floor slabs, roof slabs, beams, columns, walls, and the doors and windows that are attached to the
walls. Besides the structures, the spatial definitions (ifcSpace) and spatial data is exported to the file. The spaces
to export are defined according to the inner surfaces of the walls that outline the space in MagiCAD Room. The
height of the space is the room height given by the user.

Click IFC Export button

Select IFC format

Ifc 2x3 should be used, because it is the standard IFC format.

Save the file

Select the path (Save in:) where you want to save the IFC file and give the name to IFC file (File name:).

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IFC Import
This function imports the storeys and rooms (ifcSpace) and the spatial data. The imported data consists of the
same type of information that is exported with the IFC Export function.

IFC Import function switches off the automatic calculations and generation of the horizontal surfaces (slabs).

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IFC Space Update

This function is used to read to the MagiCAD Room spaces the data of the corresponding IFC spaces (ifcSpace).
The rooms and IFC spaces are connected with the GUID. The imported data consists of name, identifier, supply
and extract airflows, heat loss, cooling demand and the room temperatures in the heating and cooling situations.

IFC Space Update function switches off the automatic calculations and generation of the horizontal surfaces
(slabs).

Click IFC Space Update button

Select the file

Select the IFC file whose information you want to update to MagiCAD Room.

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IFC Merge Import

This command overrides same existing storeys (if storey GUID in MagiCAD Room and IFC are the same) and
adds new ones to MagiCAD Room. If the function does not find the same storey GUID, storeys are imported
as new one (old storeys are not deleted like in normal IFC import). This function can be used e.g. to update the
storey(s) via IFC.

It is also possible to import many IFC files which each include only one storey and combine them as one building.

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3.1. Draw Wall

When you use the function for the first time, the Wall Options dialog opens.

Wall group
Select wall group. Each wall group has own wall types. Virtual wall is not an actual wall structure instead
it is used for dividing a space into several room areas and to connect together rooms that are inside
each other.

Thickness
If the thickness of the wall is defined in the project data, this field is disabled and its value cannot be
changed.

Height
Define the height for the wall.

Alignment
It is possible to select the alignment for wall drawing, that is, which edge or alternatively centreline
follows the cursor.

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Commandline options
The wall drawing function has the following commandline options. To select a commandline option, type its
hotkey on the commandline or click the right mouse button and select the item from the popup menu.

Connect / noConnect (c) – When connect is on, the search circle is visible and drawing must be started from an
existing wall (by default connect is on)

When you want to start drawing from an empty space, select noConnect.

It is also possible to create rooms without wall connections. In this case, the connecting walls must be at a
distance less than 100mm from each other. This makes it possible to create rooms e.g. by copying walls with
AutoCAD`s COPY function.

Options (o) – This option opens the Wall Options dialog, in which you can change the wall definitions.

Back (b) – Returns to the previous point, when drawing the wall.

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3.2. Install Window

When you use the function for the first time, the Window Options dialog opens.

Window type
Select the window type. X means that user give width/height manually.

Maximum width
Height and elevation are given in the dialog, the width is maximum that fits in the place.

Maximum height
Width is given in the dialog, the height is maximum that fits in the place.

Maximum width and height

The window is as large as fits in the place.

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Define width during installation

Height and elevation are given in the dialog, the width is defined by showing two points on the wall.

Define dimensions
Dimensions and elevation are given in the dialog.

Show installation point

One window is placed with one click.

Serial installation
Several similar windows are installed in a row. Give the number of windows and the gap between the
windows.

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Commandline options
The window installation function has the following commandline option. To select a commandline option, type its
hotkey on the commandline or click the right mouse button and select the item from the popup menu.

Options (o) – This option opens the Window Options dialog, in which you can change the definitions of the
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Installation
After you have chosen the window type, select the wall and location of the window.

Select wall
Select the wall where the window will be installed.

Place window
Select the window location on the wall.

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3.3. Install Door

When you use the function for the first time, the Door Options dialog opens.

Door type
Select the door type. The types are defined in the project data.

Dimensions and installation height

Give the dimensions and installation height for the door. The enabled fields (that is, which dimensions
can be given) depend on which dimensions are predefined in the project data.

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Commandline options
The window installation function has the following commandline option. To select a commandline option, type its
hotkey on the commandline or click the right mouse button and select the item from the popup menu.

Options (o) – This option opens the Door Options dialog, in which you can change the definitions of the door.

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Installation
After you have chosen the door type, select the wall, opening direction, and location of the door.

Select wall
Select the wall where the door will be installed.

Select opening direction

Select the opening direction of the door. The direction depends on which side you point with the mouse
(left/right).

Place door

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Show the location for the door.

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3.4. Install Column

When you use the function for the first time, the Column Options dialog opens.

Shape

Dimensions
Give the dimension for the horizontal column. Length represents the height of the column.

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Commandline options
This function has the following commandline options. To select a commandline option, type its hotkey on the
commandline or click the right mouse button and select the item from the popup menu.

Direction (d) – With this option it is possible to rotate the (rectangular) column to the suitable direction.

Options (o) – This option opens the Column Options dialog, in which you can change the definitions for the
column.

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Installation direction
After you have selected the column type, select the location where you want to place the column.

Show the location of the column

Elevation
You can give the elevations by typing them in the dialog field. The values are updated according to the
height of the column.

Elevation by a reference object

Alternatively, you can define the elevation for the column according to another MagiCAD Room object; in
this case, select one of the Top/Center/Bottom of… options and show the reference object in the
drawing. When you have showed the object, the program returns to the Elevation dialog.

Accept the elevation with Ok.

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Edit field

Edit field

Ok button

Cancel button

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