> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/drawing-your-building.md). # Drawing Your Home The walls, doors, and windows you draw are what make the model recognizably *your* place — not a generic box, but your home, with the kitchen where the kitchen is and the back door where the back door is. A few minutes of drawing is all it takes. This page shows you how. Prefer not to draw it all by hand? You can import a floor plan or trace your home from a map instead — see [Importing a floor plan](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/importing-a-dxf-plan.md) and [Tracing from the map](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/tracing-from-the-map.md). And you can mix the approaches: trace the outside, then draw the inside walls yourself. ## Drawing in 2D or 3D The editor shows your model in two ways, and you can draw in either: * **2D view** looks straight down, like a paper floor plan. It doesn't rotate, so it's the easy view for getting room shapes right. * **3D view** shows the walls standing up, so you can see how it really looks. Flip between them with the **3D / 2D** switch on the floor buttons. Most people sketch the layout in 2D and then pop into 3D to admire it. ## Drawing a wall 1. On the bottom toolbar, click **Build**. The building tools appear. 2. Click **Wall**. 3. Click once in the view to drop the **start** of the wall. 4. Move the mouse — a preview wall stretches out, with its length shown in meters as you go. 5. Click again to drop the **end**. The wall appears. 6. The tool stays on, so you can carry straight on to the next wall. Each wall is its own two-click action. Walls snap to a grid as you draw, which keeps your corners square and your rooms tidy without any careful aiming. If a new wall crosses one that's already there, the older wall splits at the crossing — handy later, because you can color each piece on its own. Done drawing? Press **Escape**, right-click, or click **Build** again. ## Adding doors and windows Doors and windows go *into* a wall, so draw your walls first. 1. Click **Build**, then click **Door** or **Window**. 2. Click on a wall where you want the opening. 3. It's cut into the wall. Switch to **Select** and click a door or window to tidy it up in the settings panel: * **Doors** — Width, Height, where it sits along the wall, which side it's **hinged**, and which way it **swings** (inward or outward). * **Windows** — Width, Height, where it sits along the wall, how high off the floor, and the sill depth. ## Drawing a fence A fence draws just like a wall — click **Build**, click **Fence**, then click a start point and an end point. Fences are great for the parts of your property that aren't house: the garden boundary, the edge of the driveway, a yard. ## Tweaking walls afterwards Switch to **Select** and click a wall to open its settings: * **Length** — shown so you can check it. * **Height** — how tall the wall is. * **Thickness** — how thick it is. * **Material** — a row of looks to choose from (white, brick, concrete, wood, glass, metal, plaster, tile, marble) plus a **custom** color. It's purely for appearance — it doesn't change anything about sensors — but a brick exterior and white interior walls make the model feel like home. To remove a wall, select it and press **Delete**, or use the Delete button in its settings. ## Naming things as you go As your home takes shape, open the **Scene** panel and give your walls and rooms real names — double-click to rename. "Living room wall" beats "Wall 12," and good names make connecting sensors much quicker later on. ## Tips * Draw the outside walls first, then the inside ones. The grid snap keeps it all lined up. * Lay it out in 2D, then switch to 3D to check the heights and the doorways look right. * Undo (Ctrl+Z) walks back through everything you've drawn, so don't be afraid to experiment. * It doesn't have to be a perfect architect's drawing — it just has to look enough like your home that you know which room is which at a glance. ## See also * [Importing a floor plan](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/importing-a-dxf-plan.md) — Start from a plan file * [Tracing from the map](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/tracing-from-the-map.md) — Trace your home from a satellite map * [Floors and levels](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/floors-and-levels.md) — Add upstairs, downstairs, the basement * [Placing objects](/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/placing-objects.md) — Furnish the rooms --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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