Geometry Tools

The default panning tool for Geometry mode. Click and drag anywhere on the map to move the viewport. Does not select or modify features.

• How to Use - Click and hold on the map, then drag to pan.

• Release to stop - Keyboard Shortcut D 

Selects features on the map for editing. Click a shape to select it and reveal edit handles. Once selected, choose an edit action from the secondary toolbar (Transform, Modify, Split, Duplicate, Door, Label). 

 How to Use

1. Click a feature on the map to select it
2. The feature highlights with edit handles
3. Choose an edit action from the toolbar below
4. Press Escape or click Select again to deselect

 Selection Behaviour

• Shift+Click in the Explorer panel to multi-select features
• Selecting a new feature deselects the previous one
• Press Delete to remove selected features

 Keyboard Shortcut V 

Draws a polygon by placing vertices sequentially.

Interaction Flow

1. Click to place the first vertex
2. Click to add each subsequent corner
3. Close the polygon in one of three ways:
   • Click the first or last edit handle directly
   • Click near the first point (within ~1 metre threshold)
   • Press Enter
4. Right-click to cancel mid-draw

 Keyboard Shortcut P 

Drags out a rectangular polygon on the map. 

 How to Use

1. Click and hold where you want one corner of the rectangle
2. Drag to the opposite corner
3. Release to finish the rectangle

The rectangle is created as a polygon feature with four vertices. 

 Keyboard Shortcut R 

Draws a polygonal ellipse from a centre point outward. 

 How to Use

1. Click to set the center point
2. Drag outward to define the radius
3. Release to finish

The shape is approximated as a polygon with a configurable number of vertices. 

 Keyboard Shortcut E 

Draws a line by placing sequential points. Useful for creating corridors, boundaries, and linear features. 

 How to Use

1. Click to place the first point
2. Click additional points to add segments
3. Press Enter to finish the line
4. Right-click to cancel mid-draw

 Keyboard Shortcut L 

Measures the cumulative distance between clicked points. Useful for checking doorway widths, corridor lengths, or clearance between units.

• Measurements are temporary and do not create persistent features. 

 How to Use

1. Click to place measurement markers along a path
2. The cumulative distance displays in metres
3. Right-click to clear and start a new measurement

The measurement line and markers are visual-only — they disappear when you switch tools. 

 Keyboard Shortcut M 

Extrude Vertical

Adjusts the 3D height of selected polygon features by clicking and dragging vertically. The taller the extrusion, the higher the shape appears in 3D views. This is how wall heights, podium elevations, and other vertical dimensions are set. 

1. Hover over the selected polygon — an intermediate handle appears on the nearest edge
2. Click the intermediate handle and drag up or down
3. The feature's height updates in real time via extruding edit events
4. Release to finalize the height via an extruded edit event

 Keyboard Shortcut E (shared with the Extrude dropdown group) 

Extrude Horizontal

1. Hover over the selected polygon — intermediate handles appear on edges
2. Click an intermediate handle on an edge
3. When dragging starts, the mode checks if adjacent vertices are non-orthogonal and inserts extra vertices if needed.
4. Drag outward to stretch the edge away from the polygon
5. The two edge vertices move parallel to themselves 
6. Release to finalize edit event

This allows you to curve the corners of the selected shape.

Appearance Settings

All of the above tools allow you to adjust the appearance of the object, see example below.