SpaceDesign

SpaceDesign is where a programme becomes a drawing. It is a single environment with both a 2D plan view and a 3D view of the same model — press 1 for 2D and 3 for 3D; you are not switching documents, only how you are looking at one.

The tools

Tools are grouped on the left rail. Groups with more than one tool show the last-used one and reveal the rest on a long press or a click of the group's chevron.

Alongside the rail there are dedicated actions for drawing a void, placing a column and drawing a beam.

Copies: unique vs instance

This distinction is worth learning early.

Copy as unique

An independent duplicate. Editing it does not affect the original.

Copy as instance

A linked copy. Editing one updates every instance — the right choice for a repeated room type or a standard bay.

Boolean operations on spaces

Spaces can be combined: merge (Ctrl+M), intersect (Ctrl+I) and subtract (Ctrl+-). These operate on the selection.

Levels

Use Define levels to establish the storeys of the building. Levels govern what push-pull produces and how the model reads in 3D.

Escape behaves progressively

Esc walks back through a chain of states rather than dropping everything at once — it cancels the in-progress operation first, then the selection, then the active tool. Press it repeatedly to get all the way back to a clean canvas. It is the one binding that cannot be rebound.