Entering Walls

A very valuable time saving feature of PlanTek PlanTek is a fully paperless plan management software developed specifically for designers, and integrates with MiTek's eFrame software. is the integration with eFrame.  The advantage is the improved flow of entering walls.  You can scroll around the plan with the left hand (on the keys E,D,S,F), and enter the dimensions with the right hand on the numeric keypad.  This is very efficient and fast, avoiding switching back and forth between programs, and also avoiding switching back and forth between your computer and a set of plans Meaning all pages within one plan set. on a plan table.

There are two ways in which a user can enter wall information into eFrame from PlanTek:

1. Keyboard method

2. eFrame Click Tracing (ECT) method

Using the Keyboard method for eFrame integration:

1. Open the eFrame application.

2. Click File > New Job from the eFrame main screen.

3. Create your Job name and click Save
   
   Job Dialog opens

4. Click OK to continue.

5. Select the wall tool from the toolbar or hotkey "shift + w"

6. Now return to the floor plan in PlanTek

7. Decide starting origin and zoom to appropriate level.

8. Use the numeric keypad and press the direction in which to draw the wall, just as you would in eFrame.

• To draw a 45° diagonal wall:

1. Press the diagonal keys on the numeric keypad in the direction you want to draw. (For example to draw an angle going right and up I would press the "9" key on the numeric keypad. To draw right and down I would press the "3" key on the numeric keypad.)
   The Wall Input dialog appears.
   
   
    

2. Default entry is diagonal distance, use this feature the same as you would in eFrame. To toggle between Diagonal measurement and Horizontal measurement entry press the "space bar".

1. To use the Diagonal measurement you must have or find the diagonal distance.

2. To use the Horizontal measurement simply enter the horizontal distance of a 45° wall.

3. Now enter the measurement.

4. Click OK, then continue to the next measurement.

• To draw any angle diagonal wall:

1. Press the comma key "," from the keyboard.
   
   The Angle by X, Y offsets dialog appears
   
   

2. Enter the distance for the X (horizontal) Offset and the Y (vertical) Offset direction. Use this feature if you only know these distances and not the angle of the wall just as you would in eFrame.

3. Click OK, then continue to the next measurement.

9. After completing the walls press "c" to close the walls, and select the correct wall edge.

View demo video on how to enter walls with eFrame Integration