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title: "Creating a Blockout"
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# Creating a Blockout

Use Blockouts to create the appearance of an opening in a Wall. They are a visual-only shape: the Formwork ignores the shape and treats the underlying Wall as though the Blockout isn't there.

To create a Blockout:

1. Click the **Structure** tab in the *Handset Designer* pane.
2. Click the **Blockout** shape, then drag and drop it onto the appropriate Wall.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a96e7b36-8efb-4f38-82e8-8a004785a05d.png)  
The Blockout turns the foreground color of the Wall to white, giving the appearance of an opening.  
Standard view                                                                        Formwork view  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/18d6dc68-17ce-446d-a2a5-86f7c207c80a.png)  ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/5d8ca29a-c84b-42ca-98f8-a62c8c05481b.png)  
**Note**: If you need to form two separate Walls with bulkheads at either end, you must create two separate Walls and not use a Blockout.