The 2D editor

Reviewing & editing in 2D

The workflow for checking what was detected on each drawing, correcting it, and finalizing the BIM.

Opening a model for 2D editing

If you generated a model with Make Manual Edits selected, the 2D editor opens automatically once generation finishes. You can also open any model for editing from the History tab by clicking that model's Edit button.

The History tab showing a model waiting for manual fixes with Edit and Continue links, and a completed model below
A model waiting for manual fixes offers Edit; finished models offer Edit and View.

With the project open, click Review on any drawing. Coloured objects appear on top of the drawing, showing what was detected:

  • Green — walls
  • Blue — windows
  • Orange — doors
A floor plan with detected walls shown in green, windows in blue and doors in orange over the original drawing
Click Review on a drawing to see what was detected on top of it.

Editing and deleting objects

Click an object to select it — the selection is highlighted with an outline. From there:

  • Drag the handles in the corners and at the middle of each edge to stretch the object.
  • Click and drag inside the object to move it.
  • Press Delete to remove the selected object.
A selected wall outlined in pink with square handles at its corners and edge midpoints
The selected object shows handles for stretching; drag inside it to move it.
You don't need to be pixel perfect
Wall edges don't have to line up exactly. Small overlaps and gaps are cleaned up automatically before you download the BIM, and windows and doors still work even when they aren't placed perfectly.

Creating new objects

  1. Pick the object type you want to create in the right-hand panel — for example Wall.
  2. Click and drag a box where the object should go. The object is placed there.
The Wall button active in the right-hand Create panel, with a dashed box being dragged onto the drawing
Pick the object type, then drag a box where the object should go.
Switching back to selection
Choosing an object type changes your tool to an object creation tool. To go back to selecting and editing existing objects, click the arrow icon just below the Wall button in the right panel.

For the full set of tools, snapping behaviour and keyboard shortcuts, see Editor tools & shortcuts.

Saving your edits

Save with the Save Changes button and give it a few seconds to complete. If you try to leave a drawing with unsaved changes, a popup offers to save them for you first.

An Unsaved Changes dialog offering Save, Discard and Keep Editing, next to the Save Changes button
Leaving a drawing with unsaved edits prompts you to save first.

Finalizing the BIM

Once you've edited and saved every drawing you wanted to change, click Finalize BIM Generation. This rebuilds the BIM from your corrected drawings.

The green Finalize BIM Generation button at the bottom of the left panel, with every storey marked with a green check
Once every drawing you wanted to fix is saved, finalize the BIM.

Finalizing takes a while, just like the first generation. You can follow its progress from the History tab — be patient here as well, since the loading bar may not appear immediately.

The History tab showing a pending model at 0.00 percent below the model that was being edited
The re-generated model appears in History as a new pending entry.
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