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title: "About Wall Orientation and Direction in Handset Designer"
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# About Wall Orientation and Direction in Handset Designer

## Orientation

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Handset Designer references left and right when referring to one side or another of a Wall. These locations are relative to the direction the Wall is drawn. Once you highlight a Wall and see the direction, left is always the side on which the numerical length and the direction arrow appear.

Refer to [*Working with Walls in Handset Designer*](/v1/docs/working-with-walls-in-handset-designer) and [*Working with Sections and Elevations*](/v1/docs/working-with-sections-and-elevations) to see examples of how left and right elevations can differ.

## Direction

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Handset Designer offers several ways of identifying the orientation of the shapes you draw. Knowing Wall orientation is critical, because the left and right views of a Wall may differ, for example in a sloped floor. Most shapes (Walls, Curved Walls, etc) have start and end points. The direction of a shape can be determined in several ways. For example, when you highlight a wall you will see a numerical length with a grey arrow indicating the direction.