In the Room Survey app, you can add a niche into your plan to create a recessed opening into a wall. Once a niche has been added to your plan it can then be edited.
| Note: Niches are easiest to add in wall area view. |
In Room mode:
- Under Niches, located in the panel on the left, tap to select the desired tool. Niches can be added as rectangular or circular shapes.
Note: To deselect a tool, in the Tool control dialogue box, tap the Undo/Cancel icon:
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Press and hold to select the start point for the niche.
Note: A preview of the niche is shown highlighted by a dashed red line.
- Move your finger to draw the desired shape and release to confirm.
Editing a niche
You can now alter the shape of the niche using the menus located on the right side of the screen, under the headings Positioning, Polygon and Niche.
Positioning
Under Positioning, you can adjust the location of the niche by using the icons or entering new values into the Space left, Space right, Space top and Space bottom fields.
| Note: The Shift step length field determines the distance moved when using the Move selection up, Move selection down, Move selection left and Move selection right icons. |
Polygon
Under Polygon, you can adjust the size of the niche by entering new values into the Width and Height fields.
Under Polygon, you can also tap the Edit polygon button. Using this tool:
- You can tap the measurements of the niche, shown in blue, and enter a new value into the field.
- You can drag and drop the points, shown as red squares, to alter the shape of the niche.
- You can add new points by double-tapping along the red dotted lines that outline the dimension of the niche.
Note: Points can be deleted by tapping to select them and then tapping the Delete icon:
- Under Tool control, in the dialog box located at the bottom right of the screen, you can use the icons to Apply the changes or tap X to cancel.
Niche
Under Niche, located in the panel on the right, you can adjust the depth and tilt of the niche in the Niche depth and Tilt fields, and illuminate the niche with LED lighting by ticking the Illuminate niche (LED) box. When the switch is active, the Light colour field is shown below. You can tap the field to alter the colour of the LED lighting.
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