Every setting in the map editor

A field-by-field reference for the map editor — the header, the tool rail, the canvas switches, the layers panel and every box in the properties panel, grouped the way the screen groups them.

Updated 25 Aug 2026

Everything the map editor can be told, in the order the screen puts it. For what to do with any of it, start at What an Offision map is made of.

The header

Control	What it does	When to use it
Design / Route / Assign / 3D preview	Switches which job you are doing. The drawing is the same in all four; the rail and the panel change	Design to draw, Route for walking paths, Assign to link rooms and desks, 3D preview to look and to save the camera
File → Import by image ( .png / .jpg)	Replaces the whole map from a picture, after warning you it overwrites	Starting again from a corrected plan. To change only the picture behind the drawing, use Update floor image instead
File → Import by floor plan data ( .ofp)	Replaces the whole map from an Offision map file	Copying a finished floor onto another floor, or into another tenant
File → Export Map (.ofp)	Downloads this floor as a map file	Before a big change, or to reuse the floor somewhere else. It is the only backup of a drawing there is
File → Contact us	Opens a request to Offision about this floor plan	When you would rather have the map drawn for you — it is a paid service
Undo / Redo	Steps back and forward through this session’s edits	Freely. Generating or clearing route paths counts as one step, so both are recoverable
Save	Writes the map, leaves the editor open	Often. Nothing reaches the server until you do
Save & Close (the arrow beside Save)	Writes and leaves	When you are finished

The tool rail — Design

Tool	What it does	When to use it
Select	Picks up a shape so the properties panel can edit it	The default. Return to it after drawing
Add rectangle	Draws a rectangle on the current layer	Rooms, walls, blocks. Most of a floor
Add ellipse	Draws an ellipse on the current layer	Round tables, planters, curved walls
Add workspace furniture	A catalogue of drawn objects in four groups — Room setting, Desk / Chair, Cupboard / Locker / Server rack, Shape	Anything recognisable. A drawn desk reads better in 3D than a rectangle, and comes with a sensible height
Update floor image	Swaps the picture behind the drawing, keeping everything drawn on it	A better scan of the same plan. Resize floor to fit image in that dialog matches the floor to the new picture

The first four are disabled while Floor is the layer being edited. That is the layer of the slab itself, and nothing can be drawn on it.

The tool rail — the other modes

Mode	Rail	What it holds
Route	Draw, Move	Draw adds points and paths; Move repositions a point without redrawing it
Assign	One button per resource type — rooms, desks, equipment, parking spaces — plus Facility	Chooses which list the panel shows. It does not filter the map
3D preview	View angle	An indicator, not a button. The camera is set from the panel on the right

The canvas switches

In the menu behind the zoom percentage, bottom left. The three snapping switches are saved with the map, so they are how the next person finds it.

Setting	What it does	When to change it
Zoom in / Zoom out	Steps the magnification	Freely. The zoom and position you leave are saved with the map, so the floor reopens where you left it
Zoom to fit	Frames the whole floor	After losing your place. The fastest way back
Zoom to 100%	Draws the floor at true scale	To judge whether an object is really the size you think
Zoom to selection	Frames what is selected	Working on one room of a large floor
Show grid	Draws a metre grid behind the plan	On, while drawing. Off, when judging how the floor looks
Snap to grid	New and moved shapes land on the grid	On, for a floor drawn from measurements
Snap to objects	Shapes align to what is already there	On, for rows of desks and walls that must meet

The layers panel

Four layers, fixed: Floor, Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3. They cannot be added to or renamed.

Control	What it does	When to use it
Pencil	Makes that layer the one being edited — and only shapes on it can be selected	The first thing to check when a shape will not select
Eye	Hides the layer from view	To work on what is underneath. It hides nothing from anybody else
Layer menu	Import by image onto that layer, or Update floor image on the Floor layer	Tracing a second plan over the first
Height filter	Narrows the drawing to a band of heights, reporting how many objects are shown	Selecting furniture under waist height without catching the walls. Reset puts it back

The properties panel

Appears on the right when something is selected. With several selected it applies to all of them, and a box whose values differ reads Mixed.

The panel fills the right-hand side whenever something is selected.

Header row

Field	What it does	When to change it
Name	Names the object	Always, for anything you will look for later. It is what identifies the shape in Assign mode
Edit points	Turns the shape into draggable points and edges	A room that is not a rectangle. Right-click an edge to add a point, a point to remove it, Esc to finish
Lock / Unlock	Stops the object being moved or resized	Once a wall is right. Unlock all is in the right-click menu
Delete	Removes the object	Removing the shape does not remove the room it was assigned to

Height

Field	What it does	When to change it
Side-on diagram	Shows the object between floor and ceiling, and can be dragged instead of typing	Judging a height by eye rather than by number
Elevation (left box)	How far the object’s base sits above the floor	Only for things that hang — a shelf, a wall-mounted screen
Height (right box)	How tall the object is	Walls to the real ceiling height, partitions around 1.2–1.5 m. Disabled while Auto is on
On floor	Pins the base to the floor — “Sits directly on the floor”	On for almost everything. Clear it to set an elevation
Auto	Uses the default height for that kind of object — “Use the default height for this object type and keep it on the floor”	Leave on for catalogue furniture; turn off for walls and anything unusual
Top of object	Elevation plus height — where the object actually ends	Read-only. Check it against your ceiling height

Appearance

Field	What it does	When to change it
Color	The object’s own colour on the map	To tell kinds of space apart at a glance. Availability colours are applied over this by whatever is drawing the map
Layer	Moves the object to another layer	Tidying a floor drawn on one layer — walls to 1, furniture to 2

Arrange

Field	What it does	When to change it
Flip horizontal / Flip vertical	Mirrors the object	A desk drawn facing the wrong way
Align left / center / right / top / middle / bottom	Lines several objects up on one edge. Two or more selected	Making a row of rooms share a wall line
Distribute horizontally / vertically	Spaces objects evenly. Three or more selected	A run of desks or parking bays

Position & size

All in metres or feet, and all typeable — usually faster and always more exact than dragging.

Field	What it does	When to change it
X / Y	Where the object sits on the floor	Placing from measurements rather than by eye
W / D	Width and depth	Sizing a room off the plan you are tracing
Rotation	Turns the object, in degrees	A room at an angle to the building. Rotate rather than redraw

What this does not control

Which rooms exist. Rooms, desks, equipment and parking spaces are created in Booking; the editor can open that form without leaving the screen, but it does not own them.
Who can see or book anything. Nothing in this panel affects permissions or availability.
What the map looks like on other screens. Labels, and which of them show, are a display setting under UI customization. Availability colouring belongs to the surface drawing the map.
The floor’s ceiling height. Heights are measured against it; it is not set here.