Reviewed for Flex Version 3.0

Doors, windows, and openings are wall-hosted features in Flex.

When placed on a physical wall, they remain associated with that wall so Flex can maintain their relationship as the surrounding wall geometry changes.

As walls are edited, Flex automatically attempts to preserve the position of hosted doors, windows, and openings whenever possible, reducing the amount of manual cleanup required during layout changes.

Wall layouts frequently change throughout the design and estimating process.

If every wall edit required recreating every door and window, editing would become slow and repetitive.

Instead, Flex keeps wall features associated with their host wall whenever possible, allowing you to refine your floor plan without repeatedly rebuilding the same openings.

Flex supports three wall-hosted feature types.

Represents a standard doorway.

Doors remain attached to their host wall and participate in dimensions, elevations, and exports.

Represents a window opening within a wall.

Windows can be positioned, resized, and edited while remaining associated with their host wall.

Represents an opening without a door, such as an open passageway between rooms.

Openings are edited using the same workflow as doors and windows.

To place a new wall feature:

Flex places the feature on the selected wall near the location you clicked or tapped.

If necessary, Flex automatically adjusts the feature’s width so it fits within the available wall segment.

The object is automatically selected when placed, allowing you to resize directly by dragging the handles on the sides of the object on the floor plan, or in the attributes panel on the right hand side.

After placing a feature, the selected tool remains active.

This allows you to quickly place multiple doors, windows, or openings without reselecting the tool each time.

Continue selecting additional walls until you’re finished, then return to the Select tool.

Flex may prevent placement if:

If placement fails, adjust the surrounding wall geometry or choose another location before trying again.

Select the feature you want to edit.

Drag the on-plan movement control to slide the feature along its existing host wall.

The feature remains attached to that wall.

Drag the movement handle to slide the feature along its wall.

You can also drag the feature away from its current wall, move it through open space, and snap it onto another physical wall.

Doors, windows, and openings can be resized directly on the floor plan.

Drag either endpoint handle to adjust the width of the selected feature.

Drag either endpoint handle to resize the selected feature while it remains attached to its wall.

Flex automatically prevents features from overlapping one another or extending beyond the available wall.

Many wall feature measurements can be edited directly without dragging.

The available measurements differ slightly by platform.

Click the editable centerline distance measurement.

Enter the new value and press Enter.

To edit width, height, or sill height, use the Attributes Panel.

Press Escape before committing to cancel the edit.

Tap an available editable measurement.

Depending on the selected feature, this may include:

Enter the new value using the numeric keypad, then tap Done.

Selecting a door, window, or opening opens its Attributes Panel.

Depending on the platform, editable fields may include:

Changes are applied immediately after the edit is committed.

As you move or resize a door, window, or opening, Flex automatically updates the displayed measurements.

This allows you to verify spacing and positioning without manually recreating dimensions after every edit.

One of Flex’s biggest advantages is that wall features remain associated with their host wall whenever possible.

If you later edit the wall, Flex automatically attempts to preserve the position of hosted doors, windows, and openings as the wall geometry changes.

This helps reduce the amount of repositioning required after making wall edits.

If a wall feature isn’t behaving as expected:

✔ Confirm it’s attached to the intended wall.

✔ Verify the wall is connected correctly.

✔ Make sure there’s enough available wall length.

✔ Zoom in and inspect nearby geometry.

✔ Review the displayed measurements after making edits.

Large wall changes made after placing many features may require additional adjustments.

Whenever practical, finish major wall edits before placing numerous doors and windows.

If you already know the correct measurement, entering it directly is usually faster and more accurate than dragging.

If the wall geometry is incorrect, edit the wall first.

Doors, windows, and openings depend on accurate wall geometry.

Yes.

The available editable measurements depend on the platform.

The feature has likely reached the available limits of its host wall or another nearby wall feature is preventing further movement.

No.

Doors, windows, and openings can only be placed on physical walls.

Room Dividers cannot host wall features.

Flex prevents wall features from overlapping.

If there isn’t enough available wall space, reposition the existing feature or choose another location.

Flex automatically attempts to preserve the position of hosted doors, windows, and openings whenever wall geometry changes.