Topdown & 3D Views

See a planogram the way shoppers will: 3d_rotation 3D View renders the finished display realistically, ready to orbit, walk through, and screenshot. Alongside the standard  Plan View,  Topdown View lays out fixtures relative to one another.

Plan View - Where products are arranged. Fixtures can be arranged however is most convenient

Topdown View - Determines how fixtures are arranged relative to one another

3D View - Realistic rendering of all fixtures and products

Topdown View

The Topdown View is a 2D representation of the planogram as seen from above. This view is useful for visualizing the layout of fixtures relative to one another.

One may open the Topdown View panel via View > Alternate View. The currently active view (in the main canvas panel) may be toggled between Plan View and Topdown View via the swap_horiz Switch Plan Views button in the upper-left corner of the Topdown View panel.

Arranging fixtures in this topdown view will determine how they are laid out in 3d_rotation 3D View.

Topdown Plans vs. Store Plans

Topdown View is most often useful when creating planograms for mid-sized spaces of related fixtures -- for example, a clothing rack wall with a few complementary tables in front of it. For larger spaces, it is recommended to instead arrange entire  Plan files within a  Store Plan file.

3D View

One may enter 3D View by clicking the 3d_rotation 3D button in the command button bar

Camera Mode

The camera panel in the bottom left switches between two ways of moving:

• 3d_rotation Orbit (the default): drag with the left mouse button to circle the plan, scroll to zoom toward the cursor, and drag with the middle mouse button (or hold Shift and drag) to pan. Best for framing shots.
• directions_walk Walk: a first-person view. Drag with the left or middle mouse button to look around, and move with the walking buttons or keys below.

Below the mode buttons, the camera panel also has:

• Front, ¾ view and Overhead: one-click views, each framing the whole plan in Orbit mode.
• Lens: 28mm, 50mm, 135mm or 400mm. Longer lenses flatten the perspective so shelves look straighter.

¾ view

Front

Overhead

View Options

The buttons above the bottom right corner turn parts of the view on and off. A button's icon is colored while its option is on, and grey while it is off.

• border_outer Walls (off by default): the room's walls. Not shown with Planogram Only in 3D, which has no room.
• blur_on Soft shadows (on by default).
• text_fields Text (on by default): each shelf's name in its text color, while fixture names are shown.
• format_color_fill Image backing (off by default): fills the fully transparent pixels of product images, so you can't see through them.

The buttons in the top right act on the whole view:

• zoom_out_map Reset view: return the camera to where it started.
• camera Take a screenshot: download a 4K image of the current view.

Walking

In directions_walk Walk mode, movement buttons appear in the bottom right. Hold a button, or its key, to keep moving:

• keyboard_arrow_up W: Move forward
• keyboard_arrow_down S: Move back
• keyboard_arrow_left A: Strafe left
• keyboard_arrow_right D: Strafe right
• rotate_left Q: Turn left
• rotate_right E: Turn right
• keyboard_double_arrow_up R / Space: Fly up
• keyboard_double_arrow_down F / Shift: Fly down

Walk mode movement buttons

At any time in 3D, you can right click an item to zoom back to it in 2D mode.