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# Plan-Mode - Drawing Floorplans

With the **Plan-Mode** of the HEGIAS.configurator, you can draw floorplans yourself and thereby create scenes in your projects.
The following article gives you an overview of all the functions the Plan-Mode offers for creating a simple scene.

| The Plan-Mode is available for self-drawn scenes as well as for scenes from the RoomScanner. It is accessed via the **Planer** tab and the **Modify Rooms** button.

In the Plan-Mode, the scene is displayed in a 3D top-down view. All functions are located in the left sidebar.

## 1. Tools

The **Tools** section contains the central tools for creating and adjusting the floorplan:

* **Select**: Activates selection mode to select and move walls, rooms, doors or windows.
* **Draw walls**: Enables drawing new walls or room structures.
* **Add door**: Inserts a door into an existing wall.
* **Add window**: Inserts a window into an existing wall.

The currently active mode is highlighted in colour.

${youtube}[Configurator - Using the Plan-Mode](eo1L-A16I2s)

## 2. Grid

These settings affect the behaviour when drawing and moving:

* **Snap to grid (10cm)**: Objects snap automatically to the grid. The grid size can be adjusted using the **1**, **10**, **50** and **100** buttons.
* **Snap angle (5°)**: Restricts rotation to 5° increments for precise alignment.
* **Move walls straight only**: Restricts dragging to horizontal or vertical directions to make exact alignments easier.

## 3. Dimensions

* **Show external measures**: Displays the external dimensions of the walls in the workspace.

## 4. Workspace

The large area in the centre shows the workspace:

* Rooms are labelled with a name and area (m²).
* Dimensions appear along the walls – both while drawing and for existing walls.
* Purple nodes mark corners and connection points, which can be edited in **Select** mode.

Above the workspace are the actions to **save** the floorplan as well as **undo** and **redo**.

## 5. Detail Panel

When you select an element in **Select** mode, a context-sensitive panel with the relevant properties and actions appears in the top right of the workspace.

**Wall selected**

* **External wall length (cm)** / **Internal wall length (cm)**: External and internal length of the wall.
* **Wall thickness (cm)**: Thickness of the wall.
* **Split wall**: Splits the wall by adding a new corner point in the middle.
* **Delete wall**: Deletes the selected wall.

**Door selected**

* **Door width (cm)** / **Door height (cm)**: Dimensions of the door.
* **Show door leaf**: Shows or hides the door leaf. If the option is deactivated, the door leaf is also removed in the 3D model.
* **Open to other side**: Reverses the opening direction of the door.
* **Hinge side**: Sets the hinge side – left, right or both sides.
* **Delete door**: Deletes the selected door.

**Window selected**

* **Window width (cm)** / **Window height (cm)**: Dimensions of the window.
* **Sill height (cm)**: Height of the windowsill above the finished floor.
* **Delete window**: Deletes the selected window.

**Room selected**

* **Room name**: Freely editable name of the room.
* **Room type**: Dropdown to select the room type (e.g. bathroom, living room, office).
The room name is updated automatically when the room type is changed.

${youtube}[Configurator - Changing Room Names](uN44QhkZ61o)

## 6. Reference Image

In the **Reference Image** section, a reference image can be loaded into the workspace. The existing floorplan can be traced directly from it – for a faster and more precise start on new projects.

The **Insert reference image** button loads an image. The following options are then available:

* **Transparency**: Slider to adjust the opacity of the reference image.
* **Visibility**: Shows or hides the reference without removing it.
* **Move**: Activates move mode for the reference in the workspace.
* **Delete**: Removes the reference from the floorplan.

${youtube}[Configurator - Adding a reference image](gBZFY3ZIEu8)

## 7. Templates

In the **Templates** section, floorplans can be opened and saved:

* **Open**: Opens the **Choose template** dialog to select a floorplan template.
* **Save**: Saves the current floorplan as a template in your profile.

The **Choose template** dialog contains three tabs:

* **Templates**: Predefined floorplan shapes (e.g. rectangle, L-shape, pentagon, T-shape) as well as the **Empty** option for an empty floorplan.
* **Other floorplans in this project**: All floorplans from the active project are made available for selection automatically.
* **My saved floorplans**: The templates saved in your profile. Every user can save their own templates and reuse them at any time.

**Create floorplan** applies the selected template, **Cancel** closes the dialog.

${youtube}[Configurator - Using Templates](m1XeuGXjRIY)

## 8. Edit Interior

The **Edit Interior** button switches from the Plan-Mode to interior design, where you furnish the drawn scene with objects and materials.