Arealize

The Studio interface

Open a plan from Portfolio: hover its row and click Open in Studio, or click Open in Studio on its card in grid view. Plans still being digitised cannot be opened.

Studio with the location, plan menu, collaborators, Export, view controls, tools, help, and Statistics marked one to eight

  1. Location. The asset, level, and plan you have open, top left. Asset and level are dropdowns, so you can switch to another level without returning to Portfolio.

  2. Plan menu. Actions that apply to the whole plan, beside the location.

    The plan menu open, listing New page, Duplicate, Change name, Scale, Scheme settings, Rectangle selection, and Source image

  3. Collaborators. Who else is in the plan, top right.

  4. Export. Download PDF and Download DWG, top right. See Export floor plans.

    The Export menu open, listing Download PDF and Download DWG

  5. View controls. How the plan is drawn, bottom left: the 2D and 3D toggle, and the dropdown that sets which classification the plan is coloured by.

    The classification dropdown open, listing Show room types colours, Show zones colours, Show floor types colours, and Show cleaning profiles colours

  6. Tools. What you draw and measure with, bottom centre.

    Drawing tools. Walls, area dividers, doors, windows, stairs, and columns, each with a keyboard shortcut, plus the ruler for measuring distances.

    The Draw menu open, listing Wall, Area divider, Door, Window, Stairs, and Column with their keyboard shortcuts

    Furniture library. A catalogue of items, browsed by category, that you drag and drop into your scene.

    The furniture library open, with categories down the left and a grid of meeting room items

  7. Help. Opens help, bottom right.

  8. Statistics. The area and furniture figures for the plan, bottom right.

    The Statistics panel open, showing the area calculation method, selected area, and a table of room types with their summed areas

  9. Properties panel. Appears on the left when you select something. For an area: room number, room name, room type, and the other customised schemes it belongs to.

Usage and limits

Track activated m² against your plan's monthly allowance

Select and edit elements

Select elements and read their properties