Lesson 20: Adding a Doorway

You will make a doorway by duplicating and resizing one of the cubes so that it cuts a Boolean hole through the wall.

To add a door:

1. Switch to Top View.
2. Select the wall objects.
3. On the Selection palette, click the Solo Mode button.
   
   All unselected objects (the ground plane and the boolean group) disappear, leaving only your selected objects and the camera.
4. Deselect the wall objects by clicking elsewhere in your scene window.
5. Click the bottom wall object to select it.
6. Duplicate the object by choosing Edit menu > Duplicate, or Command/Ctrl+D.
   
   This new object will become the doorway object.
   
   The doorway object must be a little thicker than the wall. While you're still in Top View, you will increase its depth slightly.
7. Click the Z axis on the Resize tool.
8. Hold down the Option (Macintosh) or Alt (Windows) key to change the size symmetrically.
9. Drag slightly to the right to make the doorway object thicker.
   
   The other resize adjustment must be made looking at the object from Front View.
10. Switch to Front View.
11. Click the X axis on the Resize tool.
12. Hold down the Option/Alt key and drag to the left until the object is about the width in the following figure.
    
    
13. Click and drag the top Y axis on the Resize tool to the left.
    
    This will shorten the doorway. Continue until it is about the height in the previous figure.

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