How to create a wall opening with round arch

In this Video-Tutorial we show, how you can create a wall opening with round arch in the 3D CAD house planning software cadvilla. Please note that some of the functions in this Video-Tutorial are not available in the product version cadvilla basic. The basic workflow: In the first step we select the desired wall, in… … »»»

How to define the environment

In this Video-Tutorial we show you how you can define the size of the environment in the 3D CAD house planning software cadvilla. The predefined standard environment (environment size) on the layer environment has a size of 50 x 50m. The basic workflow: To select the environment in a project we have to select it… … »»»

How to display a stair and a chimney as a 2D symbol (Works also with other objects)

You have entered at the ground floor of your project for example a stair (or a chimney, a fire place, a pillar…) and you want to display the stair (or a chimney, a fire place, a pillar…) in the 2D-view in the floor above as a 2D-symbol. Because you add with this method only a… … »»»

How to enter and define a dormer (Shed & Flat Dormer)

In this Video-Tutorial we show you can enter and define a shed and a flat dormer in the 3D CAD house planning software cadvilla. The basic workflow: How to enter a shed dormer with a window construction: We define the width of the dormer with the help of guidelines (“2D & Layout” – “2D Guidelines”).… … »»»

Using windows and window constructions from the catalog

Windows and window constructions have their own catalogs from which you can select the needed type during input or later. The video shows how you can choose a new type:

Scaling windows, change window size

There are two types of windows, those made of fixed 3D Objects like other elements from the 3D catalog and so called window constructions which are generated by the software based on the current properties. Even when you change the size of a window both variants show a different behaviour. I you change the size… … »»»