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LizArk Edit Opening tool for cutting custom shapes through SketchUp walls
LizArk native tool

Edit Opening Tool

Cut standard, custom, text, or array profiles through walls, finishes, floors, slabs, and multi-leaf assemblies.

1

Activate

Launch Edit Opening from the LizArk toolbar.

2

Choose a shape

Set profile, size, sill, array, or text options in the opening dialog.

3

Click a surface

Preview on a wall, plaster, floor, or slab, then click to cut.

What Edit Opening does

Edit Opening is a custom opening cutter. It previews and cuts rectangle, circle, arch, triangle, hexagon, pencil-drawn, text, and array profiles through supported LizArk building surfaces. It can resolve managed plaster back to its source wall and cut both layers.

Opening workflow

  • Launch Edit Opening and choose the profile in its dialog.
  • Set width, height, sill, array rows and columns, or text options as required.
  • Hover a supported wall or horizontal building surface to preview the cut.
  • Click to cut. Pencil mode accepts a custom closed path and finishes with Enter, double-click, or drag release.

Controls

Number and letter keys select the six primary profile shapes. Brackets cycle profiles, arrows change width or height by 6 inches, and the dialog unit toggle switches millimetres or inches.

Horizontal floors and slabs are detected automatically. Hold Shift as a fallback when an ambiguous horizontal surface is not routed correctly.

Tips

On multi-leaf walls, LizArk verifies every expected leaf before committing the cut.

Pencil paths need at least three points and cannot self-intersect.

Use Free Placement when the profile should be centered on the picked point instead of using a sill datum.

Text in Surface mode can create surface text without a through-cut.

Shortcuts
  • 1R
    Rectangle shape
  • 2C
    Circle shape
  • 3A
    Arch shape
  • 4T
    Triangle shape
  • 5H
    Hexagon shape
  • 6P
    Pencil/custom path shape
  • []
    Previous or next opening shape
  • ←→
    Decrease or increase width by 6"
  • ↑↓
    Increase or decrease height by 6"
  • ENTER
    Finish a pencil path
  • Backspace
    Undo the last pencil-path point
  • SHIFT
    Force horizontal-surface fallback for floors or slabs
  • ESC
    Cancel and exit