Using tools

The RealityPlan application allows you to easily document and change your space through the use of simple tools. Here's a quick overview on how the tools work. You may find a more detailed documentation about each tool in the tools documentation


The toolbar

Tools can be accessed from the toolbar. Only one tool can be used at a time.

Missing toolbar?

If you don't see the toolbar, you must press mouse right-click to switch from explore controls to editor controls.

Here is a quick overview of the tools available in the toolbar :

Tool

Description

View

Change visualization settings

Rendering style

Change the camera preset

Measure

Measure distances, areas and volumes

Annotation

Place contextual annotations to document your space

Import

Import external 2D/3D models and place them in your space (CAD or MESH)

3D library

Access imported and extracted 3D models or draw 3D shapes in your space (cube, plane, sphere, cylinder). Color and texture those shapes

Assets Creation

Create RealityAssets with the multi-box tool or the asset magic wand

Clipping Box

Create Clips from your environment to separate areas from one another

Cut

Extract 3D sections of the environment and fill-up the left hole (floor/wall filling)

Constraints

Apply constraints on your objects to create relationships with other objects or the environment

Export

Generate 2D plan and orthophoto of your environment to DXF. Export 3D models to multiple file formats

Share

Take a screenshot, record the screen, upload a layout to the cloud

Exit a tool

If you want to quit any tool, just press Escape.

How to navigate while using a tool

While using a tool, you'll notice that you can't move using the left click. Moving while using a tool can be useful in many cases. For example, the cut tool, where you need to change you viewpoint several times to accurately select a zone.

All editor navigation mode are designed to be able to change your current viewpoint without using the left click.

If you are using Orbit or Home, you can pan and rotate.

If you are using Free view, you can simply pause the tool and switch to explore controls with mouse right-click. When you come back to the editor controls again, the tool you paused will be restored at the state you left it.

You can always refer to the navigation basics for more details