A set of different tools are at your disposal for creating Flooring Surfaces. They are each described in this article.

Custom shape tool

With this tool, you can define a flooring surface in any shape needed. Each time you click, a new edit point is added to the shape. To use the Custom shape tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Custom shape tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The Custom shape component is attached to the cursor, and in the Quick Properties box, you can decide whether to draw a line or an arc.
   
   
3. Click once to set the starting point.
   
   
4. Move the cursor in any direction and click once each time you want to add an edit point to the custom shape. The Quick Properties box provides the following options:
   
   
• Create segment from suggestion: When drawing flooring on top of a CAD drawing, CET will recognize it as a DWG file and read ahead down the line until it finds what it thinks would be a good point to draw to, and suggest that. At this point, you either use the A key to use the suggestion or left-click anywhere you like to place a point. Depending on how tidy the CAD drawing is, the suggestions may or may not be useful and could thus be ignored. This feature is enabled by default, but you can uncheck the box to disable it.
  
  
• Use the Quick Properties box while adding points to determine the length and direction of lines, to switch between a line and an arc, and more. You could also use the arrow keys to lock the line direction to 0° (right), 90° (up), 180° (left), or 270° (down).
  
  
5. Connect the endpoint to the starting point to close the shape. It is important that they meet exactly to fully close the shape.
   
   
6. The custom shape is now in place and a new, custom shape component is attached to the cursor. To draw more custom flooring surfaces, repeat steps 3-5.
   
   
7. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Custom shape component.

Rectangular flooring surface tool

With these tools, you can quickly create a basic, rectangular flooring surface. To use the Rectangular flooring surface tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Rectangular flooring surface tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The Rectangular flooring surface component is attached to the cursor.
   
   
3. Click once to set the starting point.
   
   
4. Draw your rectangle in one of these two ways:
   A)
   
   1. Move the cursor in the desired direction until the rectangle reaches the desired width.
   2. Click once to confirm the width.
   3. Move the cursor in the desired direction until the rectangle reaches the desired depth.
   4. Click once to confirm the depth.
   
   B)
   
   1. Move the cursor in the desired direction and enter a value for Width in the Quick Properties box.
   2. Press the Enter key to confirm the width.
   3. Move the cursor in the desired direction and enter a value for Depth in the Quick Properties box.
   4. Press the Enter key to confirm the depth.
      
      
5. The rectangle is now in place and a new, rectangular flooring surface component is attached to the cursor. To draw more rectangular flooring surfaces, repeat steps 3-4.
   
   
6. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Rectangular flooring surface component.

Circular flooring surface

With this tool, you can quickly create a basic, circular flooring surface. To use the Circular flooring surface tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Circular flooring surface tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The Circular flooring surface component is attached to the cursor.
   
   
3. Click once to set the center point.
   
   
4. Move the cursor in any direction to increase or decrease the circle radius, or enter a value for Radius in the Quick Properties box.
   
   
5. Click once or press the Enter key to confirm the radius.
   
   
6. The circle is now in place and a new, circular flooring surface component is attached to the cursor. To draw more circular flooring surfaces, repeat steps 3-5.
   
   
7. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Circular flooring surface component.

Add point tool

You can place additional snap points along the edge of any flooring surface. To use the Add point tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Add point tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The Add point component is attached to the cursor.
   
   
3. Let the component snap to a flooring surface. You will notice how the point stays along the surface edge.
   
   
4. Either let the built-in aid help you decide where to place a stretch point, or enter a value for Distance in the Quick Properties box.
   
   
5. Click once to place the stretch point.
   
   
6. The new stretch point is now in place, and a new stretch point component is attached to the cursor. To add more points, repeat steps 3-5.
   
   
7. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Add point component.

Remove edge tool

Edges can be removed from a flooring surface using the Remove edge tool, should you want to open up or edit a surface.

To use the Remove edge tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Remove edge tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The cursor arrow has been replaced with a removal X.
   
   
3. Move the cursor to a flooring surface and notice how the tool finds and highlights edges in red.
   
   
4. Click once when the edge that you want to remove is red. The edge is removed. Only one edge can be removed from each flooring surface.
   
   
5. To remove the edge from another surface, repeat steps 3-4.
   
   
6. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Remove edge tool.

Slice tool

With this tool, you can divide flooring surfaces into more sections than the original layout. To use the Slice tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Slice tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. A black dot is attached to the cursor.
   
   
3. Move the cursor to a flooring surface and let the black dot snap to the edge.
   
   
4. Click once to set the slice starting point.
   
   
5. Move the cursor to draw a line across the flooring surface.
   
   
6. Click once to set the slice endpoint.
   
   
7. Repeat steps 4-6 to create more separate sections.
   
   
8. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Slice tool.
   
   
9. The newly created sections can now be detached from each other and edited independently of each other.

Remove hole tool

With this tool, you can remove holes from a flooring surface, i.e. mend a flooring surface that has a cutout in it. To use the Remove hole tool, follow these steps:

1. On the Flooring component tab, select the Remove hole tool:
   
   
   
   
2. Move the cursor to the drawing area. The cursor arrow has been replaced with a removal X.
   
   
3. Move the cursor to a flooring surface and notice how green highlights are used to show which holes can be removed.
   
   
4. Move the cursor to a hole; it is filled with green color.
   
   
5. Click once. The hole is removed.
   
   
6. To remove another hole, repeat step 5.
   
   
7. When you are finished, press the Esc key or move the cursor off the drawing area to release the Remove hole tool.