Draw walls that connect
Draw a continuous wall chain with a thickness preview and snapping feedback. Joined corners and intersections form a clean outline. Connected endpoints move together when the wall geometry changes.
Explore product workflowsDesign / Building installation
PRODUCT / DESIGN
Put the installation in its physical setting.
Draw connected walls, edit doors and windows directly on the drawing, and keep the same building geometry behind installation, alarm and evacuation plans. Build dimension sets from the geometry, reuse drawing styles and review readability before export.
All product workflowsIN PRACTICE
Connected building geometry, direct editing and dimensions that follow their source.
WHERE TO START IN ELX
Choose the Electrical installation workspace and set Drawing measurements. Use Wall on the toolbar; use Project setup → Shared building source to connect another drawing.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
The tools in this part of ELX.
Use these capabilities together as the drawing moves from layout to a reviewed project.
Enter the dimensions you mean
Select a wall to drag an endpoint or enter length, angle and thickness beside the drawing. Preview the change before applying it; connected endpoints and attached openings follow. Press L during wall drawing for precise entry. Wall properties also record height, type and base elevation.
Keep openings, rooms and devices attached
Host doors and windows on walls, then drag their centre or edges to move or resize them. Enter exact width and clearance from either wall end, and set a door's hinge and opening direction. Room boundaries and supported mounted devices follow the geometry they reference.
Create a dimension set in one operation
Select a wall or room and choose Dimension wall / room in its properties, or open Insert → Wall / room dimensions. Preview chain or baseline dimensions, optional overall dimensions, axis and spacing. Wall openings and room corners provide linked references, so measurements follow supported geometry edits. Undo removes the set in one step.
Reuse a live building source
Connect another sheet to the building's walls, openings, rooms and architectural symbols. Keep its equipment and annotations local. Edit the building at its source and let the dependent installation, alarm and evacuation drawings follow.
Change print scale without changing dimensions
Establish physical measurements with a known reference distance or explicit scale. Create linked print views at the scale you need while the original geometry retains its dimensions. Recalibration is a separate action for correcting the measurement basis.
Choose what is visible and what prints
Open Drawing layers from the toolbar. Set screen and print visibility independently for architecture, rooms, equipment, connections, routes, dimensions, annotations, evacuation markers and reference backgrounds.
Document physical routes and schedules
Draw cable, tray, duct, conduit or riser paths. Enter elevations, vertical segments and allowances, then review the length breakdown alongside room and opening schedules. Missing measurement information remains visible.
Prepare readable drawing output
Use View → Drawing styles to save and apply named text, line, dimension and layer presets across selected sheets. Use Drawing readability to inspect printed labels and preview free-text adjustments. PDF and SVG preserve the styled appearance; check R12 DXF line weights and colours in the receiving CAD application.
A PRACTICAL WORKFLOW
From first action to review.
- 01
Establish the building
Set the measurement basis, draw and join the walls, add openings and check the resulting dimensions against your source information.
- 02
Connect the discipline drawings
Choose the shared building source on each dependent sheet. Add the equipment, routes and annotations relevant to that drawing.
- 03
Compose and inspect the output
Preview a dimension set, apply a drawing style and choose the print layers. Run Drawing readability, review the drawing and schedules, then export or share the project.
SEE IT IN YOUR WORKFLOW
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