Add a floor plan to the map

A floor plan is a picture of one level, pinned to real-world coordinates. Everything else (areas, racks, walls, doors, lifts, live data) is drawn on top of it, so it’s usually the first thing you add to a new facility.

Open the tool with Add floor plan in the Draw menu, or press I (or 8). The side panel switches to Place a floor plan.

The panel has two tabs. It opens on From library once the workspace has uploads; otherwise on Upload new.

The chosen file shows in the panel with its pixel size, a PDF or DWG badge for imported drawings, and either "… m · to scale" (its size is fixed) or "No scale set — drag to size it." The × picks a different file.

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   Press on one corner

   The map stops panning while you place, so the preview follows the mouse cleanly.

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   Drag to the opposite corner and release

   A live preview of the image follows the mouse. For an image or an unscaled PDF, the box you drag is its size. For a scaled PDF or a DWG, the size is fixed by the drawing and only the position follows your drag.

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   The plan is created and selected

   It is named after the file (for a PDF, after the sheet and page, such as "A1 · p2"), starts at 0° rotation, and is selected so you can align it straight away.

Select a floor plan on the map or in the Floor plans list. The header shows its name, number and size (for example "Ground Floor · #58 · 363.9×197.61 ft"); click the name to rename it.

Replace image swaps the picture for another upload or a library image while keeping its position and size, so nothing drawn on top moves. Its own upload accepts PNG, JPEG, GIF and WebP; a newly imported PDF or DWG sheet is in the library and can be picked from there.

• Crop trims each edge by a percentage of the full image (0–95 %; opposite edges together can’t exceed 95 %). It is non-destructive: the original file is kept and Reset crop brings it all back.
• Hide outside walls "Hides the sheet margin, title block and dimensions around the outer walls of this floor." Draw the outer walls first. Margin around walls keeps a strip of the image around them.

A facility can hold any number of floor plans at the same spot. Elevation separates them: Ground floor at 0, the first floor at its storey height, and so on.

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   Add each level

   Same steps for every floor: image, PDF or DWG.

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   Set each floor’s elevation

   Select it and set 3D & Altitude → Elevation, or press PgUp / PgDn to raise or lower it by 0.5 m.

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   Name and order them

   In the side panel’s Floor plans list, double-click a row (or use its pencil) to rename it, and drag rows to reorder: "Top of the list is the default in Preview and shared views." The top row is marked Default.

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   Work one floor at a time

   Pin the floor you’re drawing on with the toolbar’s Default floor plan button and hide the others with the eye in the Floor plans list. Shapes on a hidden floor hide with it. See Layers, floors and map styles.

Several floor plans can be edited together: Shift-click them to get "N images selected" with Opacity and Elevation, plus Fit and Delete all. Width, rotation and crop stay per plan. See Multi-select and bulk edit.