How to use SpacePlanner on a phone or tablet

The phone layout

1. 1

   Tools sit in a bar at the bottom

   The drawing tools run along the bottom of the screen. Swipe the bar sideways to see them all: Select, Wall, Room, Door, Window, Stairs, the Furniture library, then Measure, Dimension, Note, Floor, Electrical, Pan, Roof and more.

   

2. 2

   The top bar has two rows

   The first row has the plan name, the Floors control and Export. The second row has the 2D, 3D and Elevation switch, Undo and Redo, Import photo, Settings and More.

3. 3

   Find zoom and extra options under More

   Tap More for Zoom buttons and Fit plan to view, Ortho lock, Snap to grid, Elevation, Building elevations, Version history (signed in), Theme, New blank plan and Recent plans.

   

Draw with your finger

1. 4

   Move around

   With no drawing tool active the plan is in Pan mode: drag with one finger to move it and pinch with two fingers to zoom.

2. 5

   Draw a room

   Tap Room in the bottom bar and drag with one finger to draw a rectangular room. Pinch to zoom at any time.

3. 6

   Draw walls

   Tap Wall, tap to place the first corner, then tap to chain each next corner. The hint at the bottom tells you what to tap next.

4. 7

   Add doors and windows

   Tap Door or Window, pick a style, then tap any wall to drop it in. Keep tapping to add more. Tap a placed door to change its swing.

5. 8

   Edit what you tapped

   Tap an item to select it. Its settings slide up from the bottom of the screen. Long press for more actions, such as align, lock and reorder.

   

Layers and panels

1. 9

   Open the Layers sheet

   Tap the Layers handle at the bottom of the plan to slide up the layers list. Only one sheet shows at a time, so opening a tool panel moves it aside.

Tips

• Turn your phone sideways for more room on the plan.
• A tablet with a wide screen shows the full desktop layout, with the labelled tool sidebar on the left.
• Typing sizes is often easier than dragging on a small screen. Select a wall and type its length in its panel.
• Your work saves as you go. Sign in to open the same plan later on a computer.

Common problems

I cannot find a tool

Swipe the bottom bar sideways. Less common tools, such as Lot, Balcony & terrace and Roof, are at the far end.

Dragging moves the plan instead of drawing

No drawing tool is active, so the plan pans. Tap a tool in the bottom bar first. Tapping the active tool again turns it off and goes back to panning.

The page zooms instead of the plan

Pinch on the plan itself, not on the top bar or a panel. If the whole page zoomed, pinch back out or rotate the phone to reset it.

The 3D view is slow on my phone

Large plans with many furniture models can be heavy on older phones. Hide furniture in 3D under Show in 3D, or view 3D on a computer.