Multi-select and bulk edit shapes
Select many shapes at once in the Spatial Map editor, then recolour, raise, hide, move to another floor or delete them all together in one step.
Select many shapes
- Same kind: Shift-click (or ⌘/Ctrl-click) shapes on the map or rows in a side-panel list. Clicking another kind starts a new selection of that kind.
- Any kind: press Q (Marquee select) and drag a box. Every shape inside it is selected; labels and models count when their anchor point is inside. Shift-drag adds to what’s already selected.
The side panel switches to bulk mode by itself as soon as more than one shape is selected, and back again when you’re down to one.
| Selected | The panel reads |
|---|---|
| 1 area | The area’s name |
| 8 areas | "8 areas selected" |
| 5 assets | "5 assets selected" |
| 8 areas, 7 walls and 1 label (marquee) | "16 selected · 3 kinds" |
Bulk edit shapes of one kind
With one kind selected, the panel shows the fields that make sense to change on many shapes at once. Names, vertices and linked data stay per shape.
| Kind | Fields you can set for all of them |
|---|---|
| Racks | Colour, border colour, opacity, elevation, height |
| Areas, circles | Fill colour, border colour, border width, opacity, elevation, height, receive shadows, show labels |
| Aisles and walls | Colour, width, dash, opacity, border colour, border width, elevation, height, show labels |
| Assets | Colour, size, opacity, elevation, pole height |
| Floor plans | Opacity, elevation |
| Stairs | Fill colour, border colour, border width, opacity, steps, riser height, tread depth, width, elevation |
| Doors | Frame colour, leaf colour, opacity, door height, elevation |
| 3D models | Tint colour, tint strength, opacity, glow, elevation |
| Text labels | Colour, size, size behaviour, opacity, halo colour, halo width, elevation |
Each bulk panel also has Fit (frame the selection on the map) and Delete all, which asks for a second click ("Click to confirm").
Act on shapes of several kinds
With two or more kinds selected, the panel shows "N selected · K kinds", a Selected by kind breakdown, and only the actions that work for every kind. The same actions float in a bar at the bottom of the map.
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Change floor | Opens Assign facility & floor plan to move everything to another floor plan or facility. |
| Hide / Show | Hides or shows every selected shape. |
| Delete | Deletes every selected shape after a second click: "Deletes every selected shape across all kinds. Undo will restore." |
| Clear selection | Deselects everything (also Esc). |
Keyboard
| F | Fit the map to the selection. |
| Delete / Backspace | Delete the selected shapes of one kind, without a confirm click. In a mixed selection it removes only one kind, so use the **Delete** button there. |
| ⌘/Ctrl + Z | Undo a delete (racks, assets, circles, areas, aisles, 3D models, text labels, stairs and doors). |
| Esc | Clear the selection. |
Arrow-key nudges, rotation and duplicating work on one shape at a time; see Select, move, rotate and scale shapes.
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.