Editor tools & shortcuts
Every tool available in the 2D editor, what it does, and how to use it precisely.
After a model is generated, the 2D editor lets you review and correct every detected element — walls, doors, windows and more — before you download the final BIM. The active tool is shown in the toolbar at the bottom of the canvas; clicking the guide icon next to it opens a short animated reminder of how the current tool works.
Navigation & selection
Click and drag anywhere on the canvas to scroll around the drawing. You can also pan at any time by holding the middle mouse button, regardless of which tool is active.
Click a shape to select it. Drag over empty space to select everything inside the rectangle. Hold Shift and click to add or remove individual shapes from the selection. With something selected, use Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V to copy and paste it, or Delete to remove it.
Aligns one or more shapes flush against another shape. First pick what to move: click a shape, click-drag to select several at once, or click-drag over empty space to marquee-select. Then hold Space and hover the shape you want to snap against — it highlights as the reference — and click it to snap every selected shape to its nearest side. Press Esc at any point to cancel.
Drawing tools
These tools draw new elements directly onto the floor plan (or elevation, where noted). Each defaults to a sensible thickness, set from the Thickness field in the sidebar. Toggle the lock icon next to that field to keep it applied to every new wall, door, window, building outline or railing you draw next, instead of resetting each time.
Draws a straight wall by clicking one corner, then the opposite corner. On elevation drawings this becomes the Building tool, used to trace the building's outline.
Draws a wall at any angle: click the first point, move to preview it, then click the second point to finish. Snaps to 5° steps by default — hold Ctrl to snap to the nearest wall corner instead, or hold Shift for a completely free angle.
Marks a door opening in a wall.
Marks a window opening in a wall.
Marks an opening in a floor slab, such as a stairwell or shaft.
Marks a railing, for example along a stairwell, balcony or open edge.
Marks a structural column.
Draws a rectangular shape: click one corner, move to preview, then click the opposite corner to finish. Useful for quickly outlining rooms or blocking in a shape before assigning it a specific type.
Draws a free-form, multi-sided shape one point at a time. Click to place each point, then right-click (or use the Finish action) to close the shape.
Removing elements
Click any shape to remove it immediately. Switch to another tool when you're done — there's no separate exit step. You can also select one or more shapes with the Select tool and press Delete/Backspace instead.
Scale & alignment
Alongside the drawing tools, each floor plan has a Scale tab for setting real-world measurements (covered in Uploading & scaling drawings) and an Align tab for lining up multiple floor plans against each other — see Floors & elevations.