The Viewer: a read-only facility map

What the Viewer is

The Viewer is the read-only way to look at a facility. Teammates who don't need to draw can do everything they need here: switch floors, show or hide layers, watch the data-link layers, open a shape's details and get walking directions. Nothing on the map can be moved, reshaped or deleted from the Viewer.

The same screen has two addresses. Signed-in members open `/view/<facility-id>`, which is where the editor's Preview button goes. Anyone else opens a share link, `/share/<token>`, which needs no account. Both show the same map. The share-link page also applies whatever settings the link carries (see Share a facility with a link).

Retail Mart Store open in the Viewer at /view: Back to editor and a "PREVIEW · Retail Mart Store" pill top-left, the floor, Light map style, Layers (11/11) and Quality pills stacked top-right, stock-level percentages and RFID reader markers from data links over the store, and Navigate and Auto-rotate buttons bottom-left

How to open it

From the editor: click the eye-icon Preview button on the left toolbar. The Viewer opens in the same tab, and Back to editor brings you back. See Preview a facility.
From the Facilities page: click Preview on a facility card to open it in the same tab, or use the card's ⋯ menu → Preview to open it in a new tab.
From a share link: paste the `/share/…` URL into any browser. No sign-in needed.

Members' Viewer vs. the share-link page

	/view/<facility-id>	/share/<token>
Who can open it	A signed-in member of the workspace, any role (including Viewer).	Anyone who has the URL, signed in or not.
Around the map	The usual app sidebar and top bar, plus Back to editor and a "PREVIEW · <facility name>" pill top-left.	Nothing but the map and its controls. An optional watermark and a "Shared view" badge sit at the bottom.
Settings applied	None. Everything starts on its default.	The link's settings: map style, light/dark mode, accent palette, floor lock, hidden layers and hidden controls.
Editor changes	Pushed through while the page is open.	Loaded when the page opens. Reload to see newer edits.

Where the controls are

The map fills the screen and every control floats over it as a rounded pill.

Position	Control	Guide
Top-left	Back to editor and the PREVIEW pill. Members only, never on a share link.	Preview a facility
Top-right, 1st	Floor switcher, e.g. "Ground Floor". Shown when the facility has floor plans.	Floors
Top-right, 2nd	Map style, e.g. "Light".	Map style & graphics
Top-right, 3rd	Layers (N/M)	Layers panel
Top-right, 4th	Filters. Only appears when a data link has saved filters.	Filters
Top-right, 5th	Quality	Map style & graphics
Bottom-left	Navigate and Auto-rotate	Below
Bottom	The History player, shown only for a data link that uses Historical movement. A share link can also add a watermark (centre) and a "Shared view" badge (right).	History player

Clicking a marker, an area or a live data point opens a detail drawer on the side. A share link can hide most of the top-right pills, and it can lock panning and zooming. See Viewer chrome.

Navigate: directions from A to B

Click Navigate in the bottom-left corner, then click a start point and a destination on the map. Spatial Map draws a walking path that goes around walls and racks and through doors, and opens a Directions panel on the left.

At the top of the panel: the total distance, an estimated walking time and the number of turns.
Below that, step-by-step instructions that end at "Arrive at destination".
When there is no route, the panel says No path found. If you clicked inside a wall or rack, it says Start point is blocked or Destination is blocked.
Click Stop navigating to switch the tool off.

Auto-rotate

Auto-rotate slowly turns the camera around the centre of the screen, one full turn about every 24 seconds. It's meant for screens nobody touches, such as a lobby display or a control-room wall. You can still drag and zoom while it runs. Click Stop rotate to end it.

What appears on the map

The Viewer draws everything the editor does: floor plans, racks and bins, areas, circles, walls and aisles, stairs, lifts and escalators, doors, 3D models, image planes, text labels and markers. It also draws every enabled data link on the facility, such as the stock-level and RFID reader markers on the Retail Mart Store. Data-link layers keep themselves up to date while the page is open.

Shapes you hid with the editor's Layers menu still show here. The Viewer has its own Layers panel, and share links have their own layer settings.

Viewer vs. editor

You want to…	Editor	Viewer
Draw, move, reshape or delete shapes	Yes	No
Show or hide layers	Layers menu on the toolbar	Layers pill, for this visit only
Change the map style	Yes	Yes
Click a shape	Side panel with the shape's settings	Read-only drawer with the data linked to it
Get directions	Route from A to B tool	Navigate button
Pick a saved filter for a data link	Saved filters are written in the data-link editor	Filters pill
Create or revoke share links	Yes	No