Layers, floors and map styles
Show or hide shape layers, set their drawing order, choose the floor new shapes land on, switch between 8 map styles and tune graphics quality in the editor.
Show and hide layers
The Layers button in the tool rail opens a list of switches, one per kind of shape: Racks / grids, Markers, Circles, Polygons, Aisles / lines, Routes / paths, Floor plans, 3D models, Image planes, Text labels, Stairs & lifts and Doors. Turn one off to check the others in isolation. Nothing is deleted; it only changes what the map draws.
To hide a single shape instead of a whole kind, use the eye on its row in the side panel’s lists (Racks, Areas, Floor plans, …).
Change what draws on top
With nothing selected, the side panel’s Layers section lists the layers in drawing order: "Drag to reorder. Top of the list draws on top of the map." The order is saved for the facility.
| Default order, top to bottom | Notes |
|---|---|
| Assets | Always on top (marked TOP) and can’t be moved. |
| Image planes, 3D models | Placed objects. |
| Stairs | Solid steps above the flat shapes. |
| Routes, Aisles & walls, Areas, Circles | The shapes you draw most. |
| Racks | Usually the largest filled areas. |
| Floor plans | The backdrop, almost always at the bottom. |
Work one floor at a time
A facility can stack several floor plans at the same spot, each at its own elevation (see Add a floor plan to the map). Two controls keep multi-storey work tidy.
- 1Pin the floor you’re drawing on
Click the pin, Default floor plan for new shapes, in the tool rail. Pick a floor plan, or "No default (leave unassigned)". "New shapes drawn from now on will be pinned to this floor plan," and they start at its elevation. The button then shows the floor’s first letter (for example G for Ground Floor). The choice is remembered per facility in this browser. With no floor plans yet it says "Draw a floor plan first to pick one here."
- 2Hide the other floors
In the side panel’s Floor plans list, click the eye on every floor except the one you’re working on. Shapes on a hidden floor hide with it. Lifts and escalators stay visible while any floor they serve is shown.
- 3Fix shapes drawn on the wrong floor
Select them and use Assign selection in the tool rail (or Change floor for a mixed selection) to move them to the right floor plan.
The order of the Floor plans list matters too: the top floor is the Default shown first in Preview and in shared views. How visitors switch floors is covered in Floors in the viewer.
Change the map style
Change map style in the tool rail swaps the map underneath your drawing. Your shapes stay put; only the background changes. The editor remembers your choice in this browser.
| Style | Good for |
|---|---|
| Standard | The default: a balanced map for everyday work. |
| Standard Simple | Less map detail, so your drawing stands out. |
| Light, Monochrome Light | Bright, quiet backgrounds for exports and print. |
| Dark, Monochrome Dark | Control rooms and always-on screens. |
| Dusk | A darker, atmospheric look for presentations. |
| Streets | When road names and street context matter. |
Share links can set their own map style; see Share link appearance.
Graphics quality
The side panel’s Graphics quality section holds display settings for this browser. They don’t change the facility for anyone else.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| 3D shadows | Off | "Realistic wall & rack shadows. Higher GPU cost." |
| Ambient occlusion | Off | "Soft shading in corners. Screen-space GPU pass." |
| Hide markers under floors | On | Markers behind a floor plan are hidden, like real 3D geometry. |
| Lift icons | On | Escalator and elevator icons and labels on the map. See Lifts & escalators. |
| Building base | Solid | Fills the space under an upper floor shown on its own: Solid, Ghost or Off. |
More in Build a facility
- Build a facility · FacilitiesCreate and manage facilitiesAdd a facility with a name, address and colour, then open, preview, share, duplicate, configure or delete it from the Facilities screen in Spatial Map.
- Build a facility · EditorTour of the layout editorA guided tour of the Spatial Map layout editor: the tool rail with its Draw and Data menus, the top pills, the side panel and the status bar.
- Build a facility · ImportImport a PDF or DWG floor planTurn a PDF drawing sheet or an AutoCAD DWG file into a true-to-scale floor plan image: pick the sheet or layers, confirm scale or units, then place it.
- Build a facility · Floor plan toolAdd a floor plan to the mapPlace a floor plan image, PDF sheet or DWG drawing on the map, resize, rotate and crop it, reuse earlier uploads and stack several floors by elevation.