# Doors, windows and exits

> Add doors and windows to walls, choose a door's type and swing, size and move openings, and mark a door as an exit.

Doors and windows sit in walls. Add one from the tool bar or from a wall's card, then set its type, size and place on the wall from its own card.

## Add a door or a window

1. Press **Doors and windows** in the tool bar and choose **Doors** or **Windows**.
2. Click the wall you want. The card above the tool bar reads “Add a door to this wall.”
3. Press **Add door** (or **Add window**). It goes in the middle of the wall and is selected.

Quicker: select a wall and press **Add door** or **Add window** on its card.

| Opening | Starts as | Needs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Door | 900 mm wide and 2,100 mm high | A wall at least 1.3 m long |
| Window | 1,200 × 1,200 mm, with its sill 900 mm above the floor | A wall at least 1.6 m long and 2.1 m high |

If the wall is too short or too low, the message says so and nothing is added.

## Choose the door type

Select a door to open its card. Under **Door type**:

- **Door operation**: **Swing / sliding** or **Overhead door**.
- For a swing or sliding door, pick **Single left**, **Single right**, **Double door** or **Sliding door**, then the **Door swing direction**: **Open inward** or **Open outward**.
- For an overhead door, pick the **Overhead door style** (**Sectional**, **Roll-up** or **Dock**) and the **Overhead door position** (**Closed** or **Raised**).

Each choice changes the door at once, as one undo step.

![A door selected in 2D, its card showing the door type, swing direction, size and position, Mark as exit and Finish.](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/screenshots/door-card.webp)

## Size and move a door or window

- Drag a door or window along its wall to move it.
- Drag either end handle to make it wider or narrower, or focus a handle and use the arrow keys.
- Or type exact values under **Size and position**: **Wall offset**, the distance from the wall's start, and **Opening width**. Windows and overhead doors also have **Opening height**, and windows **Sill height**.

A door or window has to fit inside its wall, and two openings in the same wall can't overlap: “Openings cannot overlap. Leave space between the door and window.”

## Keep doorways clear

The plan check keeps an approach clear on both sides of every door. An item, column or stair standing in it is a blocking issue: “Door opening and both approach areas must remain traversable.” Where the depth kept clear is the planner's own default, **Space around** on an item's card says so: it is not a published standard. A new room can't be placed in front of a doorway either.

Every room also needs a route through clear doorways from a door in an outside wall. A room without one is flagged as blocking, and so is a plan with no door to the outside. See [Plan check and clearances](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/plan-check-and-clearances.md).

## Mark a door as an exit

1. Select the door.
2. Under **Exit**, press **Mark as exit**.

The door gets an **EXIT** marker on the 2D plan and the label “Exit”, which you can change in **Exit label**. The plan check then looks for a route from an entrance to each exit in an outside wall. Windows can't be marked as exits.

To take the marking off, press **Remove exit designation**, then **Remove designation** in the review. Only the marking goes; the door stays.

> **Warning:** An exit marker is a planning note, not an egress or fire design. Have a qualified professional plan and review exits and escape routes.

## Remove a door or window

Press **Remove opening** on its card, or `Delete`. A review shows what changes: press **Remove opening** again to confirm, or **Cancel**. A door marked as an exit needs its exit marking removed first.

## Related

- [Rooms and walls](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/rooms-and-walls.md)
- [Plan check and clearances](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/plan-check-and-clearances.md)
- [Columns, zones, venue size and the view](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/more-drawing-tools.md)

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Source: https://floorplancraft.com/docs/doors-windows-and-exits · Updated 2026-11-07