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Find your way around the studio

See the real editor, learn what each area does, and follow a small edit from selection to preview.

The studio at a glance

Open a venue from your workspace to enter the studio. The screenshots use Harbour Centre, a fictional practice venue created in the real app. Nothing in these examples is a live customer map.

The same selected shop appears in the object list, canvas and properties panel. Open the screenshot at full size to read the controls.
  1. Map, Places and Preview

    Draw the layout, maintain destination information, or try the visitor experience. All three modes use the same draft.

  2. Floors and panel controls

    Choose the active floor, manage floors, or hide either side panel to give the canvas more space.

  3. Drawing palette

    Choose a tool here. Extra options appear beside the tool icons when they are relevant.

  4. Objects

    Search for and select a space, wall, path, marker or decoration. References and guide lines have their own sections.

  5. Properties

    Geometry edits the selected object. Place details edits its linked visitor information.

  6. Snapping and view controls

    Snapping is at the bottom left. Fit, zoom and keyboard help are at the bottom right.

Read the drawing palette

Hover or focus a button to see its name and shortcut. A blue tool icon identifies the active tool.
From left to rightWhat it does
Select · SSelect and move an object.
Edit points & curves · BChange corners and bend edges.
Pan · HMove your view of the canvas.
Rectangle · R / Ellipse · O / Polygon · PDraw spaces and decorative floors.
Wall · WBuild connected wall segments.
POI marker · APlace an amenity or destination icon.
Decoration · DPlace a tree, shrub, planter or bench.
Guide line · UAdd private alignment lines.
Undo / RedoStep backwards or forwards through draft edits.
Live 3D preview · 3Open a small 3D view alongside your drawing.

Try a small edit

  1. Choose Select, then click Harbour Books on the canvas or in Objects.
  2. In Geometry, change Width (m) to a new value and press Enter. The canvas updates immediately.
  3. Choose Undo to restore the width. Choose Place details to review the shop’s name and description.
  4. Open Preview to inspect the visitor card, then return to Map. Choose Save to keep any edits you want.
The inspector is tied to the selection. Values are in metres unless their labels specify otherwise.

Make room for your drawing

The Objects and Details controls beside the floor selector retract the side panels independently. The floor selector stays available when both panels are hidden. Reopen Details when you need exact numeric settings.

On a narrow screen, use one panel at a time. Selecting an object in the list opens its properties. Selecting it directly on the canvas leaves room to drag it. Workspace navigation is available from the mobile menu.

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