Drawing Inner Walls

Wall materials affect the propagation of the signal and estimation models. An accurate representation of the walls is essential to the accuracy of the model.

We recommend that you draw inner walls for a custom environment and choose material types, such as concrete around stairwells. It is important that you draw inner walls that are made of concrete or brick because these materials have a strong effect on the propagation. If installation requires that an AP be placed within a walled area, then define both walls on either side of the AP.

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If you do not want to create a custom environment and draw the inner walls, you can select basic inner wall types from the Environment drop-down list instead, such as office drywalls or cubicle walls. Office drywall has minimal impact on the RF signal propagation.

To draw inner walls for a custom environment:

Go to Configure > Sites. Add a new site or select a site and select Floor Plans tab.
Select Draw Tools to display floor plan tools.
Select Custom from the Environment drop-down.
Under Draw Walls field, select a wall type.
The pen icon is enabled.
To anchor the line drawing, select a corner of the inner wall.
Select each corner of the inner wall to anchor the line, and progress to the next corner.
When you reach the end of your inner wall boundary, double-click the last corner to anchor the final line and disable the pen tool.

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Right-click on a wall to change its type or to delete it. You can also select to modify a wall or click to delete it.

Next, go to Placing Devices.