Room Material Defaults

The default materials used for rooms are specified based on the type of room. There are four separate room types that can have their default materials specified:

The Room Material Defaults dialog is accessed by selecting Edit> Default Settings... . Expand the Materials category, select Room Materials, and click Edit.. Click the room type you want to edit to open the Room Material Defaults dialog for that room type. This dialog is similar to the Materials tab found in many specification dialogs. See "Materials Tab".

If a room type is assigned, the room uses one of the four defaults for its materials. If a room type has not been assigned, the room uses the General Rooms default materials.

Floor and Ceiling Materials

Introductory Training Video: Custom Flooring

Specify floor materials and subfloor material for the entire floor in the Room Material Defaults dialog or for individual rooms in the Room Specification dialog.

You can specify three separate ceiling materials for a ceiling.

Normally, only the Floor Covering and the Ceiling Covering display in 3D views. If the covering is specified as No Material, the material below is visible. If no floor or ceiling material has been assigned, then the program displays the default material for the floor or ceiling.

All floor and ceiling materials are used for the calculation of the materials list.

You can only assign unique ceiling materials to individual rooms when the checkbox Use Above Floor's Platform for Ceiling is unchecked in the Floor Defaults dialog. See "Floor Defaults".

Wall Materials

There are several ways that materials can be assigned to walls, depending on how the rooms and walls have been defined.

When you create a room, the wall surfaces use the default material specified in the Wall Type Definition dialog. See "Wall Type Definitions Dialog".

You can change a room's wall material on the Materials tab of the Room Specification dialog. See "Materials Tab". To restore the default Wall Type material, click Plan Materials and select Use Default from the list. See "Plan Materials Dialog".

In addition, you can change the surface material of an individual wall in the Wall Specification dialog. If you select Use Default as the material, the program refers to the material specified in the Room Specification dialog.

When neither the wall nor the room has a material assigned to it, the program refers to the general material for walls in the Material Defaults dialog. See "Material Defaults Dialog".