# WALL TOOL

Use the **Wall Tool** to draw walls with full control.

## BASIC CONTROLS * Choose a **wall type** and click on the map to draw your wall. * Click again to add another point. * Right click, double click or press ENTER to finish the wall (if you end on your starting point, your wall will be automatically closed without doing that). * **Remove** the last point (while drawing) by pressing DELETE or BACKSPACE *** ## **MORE CONTROLS** ### Curved walls Place a first point, then hold 🡅 SHIFT and click to bend the section.

Hold SHIFT before placing a new point, then move your mouse to bend the line, then right click or press ENTER to finish the wall

{% hint style="success" %}

Pro Tip:

Draw a full circle in by using Snap to Grid and making quarter circles.

{% endhint %} ### **Editing Wall Points** First, click on the **Edit Points** button.

* To **move** a **point**, click on any point of the wall and drag it where you want. * To **create** a **new point**, click anywhere on the wall. * To **delete** a **POINT**, click on **Edit Points****,** hover over a point and press DELETE or BACKSPACE. * To **delete** a **SEGMENT**, click on **Edit Points****,** hover between two points, and press DELETE or BACKSPACE. * To exit that mode, click on one of the **shapes** above the button.

Press Delete or Backspace to remove that segment

Press Delete or Backspace to remove that node

### **Merging and continuing walls** {% hint style="success" %} * Works with lines and corners {% endhint %} {% hint style="danger" %} * Requires **Snap To Grid** * Doesn’t work with T or X intersections. * Requires connecting the **same wall types** {% endhint %} **Merging** Draw the first wall, then hold CTRL or CMD while drawing a wall until you meet a second wall end. You can also merge two meeting walls with the **Merge** button in the [Selection Tool](/guide/all-the-tools/select-tool/contextual-controls.md#walls). **Continuing**\ Draw the first wall, then place your mouse on the end of the wall and hold CTRL or CMD while drawing a new wall.

### Sorting positions Use the [**Sorting tab (Over and Under)**](/guide/general-info/layers-and-sorting.md) to set a wall to appear above or below others when drawing.

This cannot be changed afterward, so choose carefully, unless you have the Minor Utils mod.

### Color Change the **color** of the wall or the floor by clicking on the box below each library. The small arrow on the right resets the color to default.

Click on the colored rectangle to set another color

{% hint style="info" %} See the [Custom Color Palette Chapter](/guide/general-info/custom-color-palette.md) for more info. {% endhint %} ### Shadow Toggle **shadow** on/off

### Changing corner type Enable **Bevel Corners** for rounded angles.

*** {% hint style="success" %} ✅ ***Pro Tip:** Use the **Selection Tool** to **replace** existing walls (works also for paths, patterns and lights)* {% endhint %} ## USEFUL INFO {% hint style="warning" %} ### 📌 Good to know 📌 * Walls can’t be moved, you can only edit their points.
* Walls [block light](/guide/all-the-tools/effects-tab/light-tool.md#blocked-light) by default.
* Editing a **Wall** in **Edit Points** mode will remove any **Portal** placed on it.
* Using the [UVTT format](/guide/final-steps/exporting-your-map/universal-vtt.md) at Export will let you import the file in different VTT programs like Roll20 or FoundryVTT that can read that format. The walls will then be detected and block the players’ movement and sight if your VTT allows it.
* Since Dungeondraft 1.1.1.1, all the default Walls are available as [Paths](/guide/all-the-tools/terrain-tab/path-tool.md) too.
* Walls from the Wall Tool don't interact with cave walls from the [Cave Tool](/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/cave-brush.md) but walls from the [Building Tool](/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/building-tool.md) do. {% endhint %} {% hint style="danger" %} ### KNOWN BUGS **Version:**\ \&#xNAN;*At least from 1.1.0.6 to 1.2.0.0* **Bug description:**\ [*Editing Points*](/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/wall-tool.md#editing-wall-points) *on a Wall after placing* [*Portals*](/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/portal-tool.md) *will often result in some weird behavior.* **Workaround:**\ **-** *If the issue is about portals that can't be placed where they should, saving and reopening the map should fix it.*\ *- If the issue is making walls go crazy, remove the portals and edit points again.*
{% endhint %} *** {% hint style="info" %} ## Related Mods * [Additionnal Search Options](/guide/custom-assets-and-mods/some-useful-mods/additional-search-options.md) adds a search box for walls * [Color and Modify Things](/guide/custom-assets-and-mods/some-useful-mods/colour-and-modify-things.md) adds more options to recolor walls * [Minor Utils](/guide/custom-assets-and-mods/some-useful-mods/minor-utils.md) adds the walls [sorting buttons](/guide/general-info/layers-and-sorting.md#reorder-after-placing) in the [Selection Tool](/guide/all-the-tools/select-tool.md) * [Move Walls](/guide/custom-assets-and-mods/some-useful-mods/move-walls.md) lets you move walls/rooms from the wall tool (not the Buidling Tool) and their contents * [Scalable Walls](https://cartographyassets.com/assets/41420/scalable-walls/) offers a way to have thicker walls * [Wall Shapes](/guide/custom-assets-and-mods/some-useful-mods/wall-shapes.md) lets you draw shapes as in the [Building Tool](/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/building-tool.md) {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://dungeondraft-encyclopaedia.gitbook.io/guide/all-the-tools/design-tab/wall-tool.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.