Floorplan Gondolas

In Floorplan Mode, we create Gondolas, which are essentially aisles of racks bundled together. A Gondola has 1-2 Aisles, and 0-2 Endcaps, each of which may be their own length, with bays of varying rack types and dimensions.

To create a Gondola, either Right Click -> Add Gondola, or use Insert -> Gondola.

You will see the Gondola Creator dialog, which helps you make a Gondola according to your needs.

(All dimension inputs are in inches / centimeters by default. However, you may type things like 4' or 10m, and GoPlanogram will calculate the correct number of inches / cm.)

  1. Name: The name for this Gondola.
  2. Sides: Choose whether there will be one or two main sides (Aisles) for the Gondola.
  3. 3a - Number of Bays: The number of bays per aisle.
    3b - Bay Length: The length of each bay in the aisle.
    3c - Aisle Length: The entire length of the aisle.
    Whenever you change one of these inputs, the other two are updated automatically based on the changed value.
    You can change individual bay properties later. If you provide a value for Bay Length that does not evenly go into the value for Aisle Length, the final bay for each aisle will be a fractional bay -- for example, an 8' Aisle with 3' Bays will generate 2 full 3' bays, and one final 2' bay.
  4. Bay Height / Depth: Default heights ands depths for each bay in the aisle(s).
  5. Aisle Names: The name(s) of your aisle(s), i.e. "Aisle 12", "Fruits", "Hardware", etc...
  6. Endcaps: Decide here if this Gondola will have no endcaps, a left endcap, a right endcap, or both.
  7. 7a - Number of Bays: The number of bays on this endcap.
    7b - Bay Length: The length of each bay in the aisle.
    7c - Aisle Length: The entire length of the aisle.
    Whenever you change one of these inputs, the other two are updated automatically based on the changed value. See section 3 for more info.
  8. Endcap Bay Depth / Height: Default heights ands depths for each bay in the endcap.
  9. Endcap Names: The name(s) of your endcap(s).
The resultant Gondola from the above inputs:

Interacting with Gondolas

When a Gondola bay is selected, it will show interaction buttons, as well as buttons above the Gondola itself.

First, let's look at the buttons above the Gondola:

Edit POG: Changes the view to Edit POG mode, where you can edit the displays of each Aisle and Endcap of this Gondola.

Rotate Gondola: Clicking either of these will pop up a small dialog, where you may enter how many degrees you want to rotate the Gondola.

Lock Gondola: Locks the Gondola so it may not be moved. If the Gondola is already locked down, an unlock button will appear instead.

Delete Gondola: Removes the Gondola and all of its contents from your floorplan.

Show / Hide Labels: Toggle the visibility of Aisle / Endcap / Gondola name labels.

Drag Handle: Use this handle to drag a Gondola. This is especially useful if this Gondola is completely covered by floorplan labels, as it will be the only way to move the Gondola.

Note: All Aisle / Endcap / Gondola names can be changed at any time by double clicking on them and typing a new name.

Now let's look at the buttons on a selected Gondola bay. Notice here we have selected a bay in a Gondola that does not have a left endcap.

Edit Bay Properties: Edit the properties of the bay, such as rack type, dimensions, background, and more. See rack documentation for more details.

Add Bay Left / Right: Duplicates this bay (but not its contents) and adds it to the left or right of the origin bay.

Add Side / Endcap: Only appears if the Gondola is one-sided, or if the left-most bay in an Aisle is selected and there is no left endcap, or if the rightmost bay in an Aisle is selected and there is no right endcap. A single bay for the new Gondola dimension is added.

Delete Bay: Removes the Bay and its contents from the Gondola.

Editing Each Fixture

When your gondola is made, refined, and categorized with floorplan labels, its time to edit the displays themselves. To do so, either right click on a Gondola Bay (if it is not covered with a floorplan label) and choose Edit Gondola POG or click the Edit POG button above the Gondola.

Using our fully floorplan-labelled example Gondola from above, we're greeted with this view of every Aisle / Endcap in our fixture:

There's one row of racks per Aisle / Endcap.

Each rack row is labelled above with its corresponding Aisle / Endcap name, and below with the same floorplan labels created in Floorplan mode, to help keep you on track as you create your displays.

Zoom in to the aisle or endcap whose display you want to work on, then treat it as though it were a Standard project, creating shelves, or dragging in products or groups from the catalog. Click here for more general information on building planograms.

At any time you may click the icon in the upper left corner of the canvas to return to Floorplan mode.

From this view, you are also free to rename your Aisle / Endcap names. Double click on them and type a new name to do so.

This is how "Aisle 13" from our ongoing example appears in the fixture editing view, with its aisle label above and floorplan labels below the racks.

Below is a video example of how you may edit Aisle names or floorplan labels within this view, demonstrating how these changes persist between the editing view and the Floorplan view.