Selected bays

This section lets you view and edit the properties of the selected bays.

Parameters of the whole bay (Selected bays)

These are parameters for the entire selected bay.

Overall width (Selected bays)

The physical width of the selected bays in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive numeric value [0-9 and decimal point]
• Default value: selected bay width
• Example: 240

Changing this value resizes the whole bays in width. Note that the thickness of components is maintained, thereby letting you effectively create width variations of same bay.

Note: If multiple selected bays have different widths, no value is displayed, but you can still assign a common value by typing it in the textbox.

Tips:

• You don't need to type the actual measurement unit (e.g., cm ), only the value.
• The overall width can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Resize (Edit bays).
• Tip: View dimensions onscreen is helpful when resizing shelving and components.

Overall height (Selected bays)

The physical height of the selected bays in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive numeric value [0-9 and decimal point]
• Default value: selected bay height
• Example: 185

Changing this value resizes the whole bays in height. Note that the thickness of components is maintained, thereby letting you effectively create height variations of same bays.

Note: If multiple selected bays have different heights, no value is displayed, but you can still assign a common value by typing it in the textbox.

Tips:

• You don't need to type the actual measurement unit (e.g., cm ), only the value.
• The overall height can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Resize (Edit bays).
• Tip: View dimensions onscreen is helpful when resizing shelving and components.

Overall depth (Selected bays)

The physical depth of the selected bays in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive numeric value [0-9 and decimal point]
• Default value: selected bay depth
• Example: 62

Changing this value resizes the whole bays in depth. Note that the thickness of components is maintained, thereby letting you effectively create depth variations of same bay.

Note: If multiple selected bays have different depths, no value is displayed, but you can still assign a common value by typing it in the textbox.

Tips:

• You don't need to type the actual measurement unit (e.g., cm ), only the value.
• The overall depth can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Resize (Edit bays).
• View dimensions onscreen is helpful when resizing shelving and components.

Position Y (Selected bays)

The position of the selected bays on the Y axis in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive/negative numeric value [+-0-9 and decimal point]
• Default values: none (the initial position depends on where the component was dragged)
• Example: 0

Example of a bay position (placed at 0, 0, -100)

 

Note: The tripod with colored axes is also shown in the visualization area, indicating the space origin point (0, 0, 0) and the direction of each axis.

Note: The position is calculated from the lower back edge of the bay at the mid-point of its width.

Tip: The position can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Move (Edit bays).

Position Z (Selected bays)

The position of the selected bays on the Y axis in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive/negative numeric value [+-0-9 and decimal point]
• Default values: none (the initial position depends on where the component was dragged)
• Example: 420

Example of a bay position (placed at 0, 0, -100)

 

Note: The tripod with colored axes is also shown in the visualization area, indicating the space origin point (0, 0, 0) and the direction of each axis.

Note: The position is calculated from the lower back edge of the bay at the mid-point of its width.

Tip: The position can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Move (Edit bays).

Position X (Selected bays)

The position of the selected bays on the Y axis in the current measurement unit.

• Supported values: positive/negative numeric value [+-0-9 and decimal point]
• Default values: none (the initial position depends on where the component was dragged)
• Example: -200

Example of a bay position (placed at 0, 0, -100)

 

Note: The tripod with colored axes is also shown in the visualization area, indicating the space origin point (0, 0, 0) and the direction of each axis.

Note: The position is calculated from the lower back edge of the bay at the mid-point of its width.

Tip: The position can also be defined with the mouse. Consult Move (Edit bays).

Orientation

The angle of the bays in degrees around the vertical axis (Z). A value of 0 is the default value.

• Supported values: positive/negative numeric value [+-0-9 and decimal point]
• Default value: 0 (the bay faces the screen in Default view)
• Example: 90

Note: when you change the orientation value of multiple bays, they are rotated around their respective axis and maintain their original positions.

Tip: if you rather want to reorient several bays as a whole block with a common rotation axis, use Rotate bays instead.

Inclination (Selected bays)

The angle of the bays in degrees around the horizontal axis (Y).

• Supported values: positive/negative numeric value [+-0-9 and decimal point]
• Default value: 0 (the bay is vertical)
• Example: 20

Flow direction

Indicates which way people are most likely to travel in the aisle where the selected bays are located.

• Supported values:

• Default value: (undefined)
• Example: to right

Note: Consult View flow direction to learn how to indicate direction follow with arrows on the screen.

Bay name

Descriptive name of the selected bay.

The name can then be displayed Show label on the bay in Schematic view, as well as in Project item list and in Reports. This is useful to identify each shelving unit in your planograms.

• Supported values: text, including Unicode characters for non-Latin text values
• Default value: empty (= no name)
• Example: my drink cooler

Front image

An image displayed on the front face of the bay for a more realistic look.

• Supported value: image file in supported format (jpg, png, bmp, gif, tif)
• Default value: empty (= no image)
• Example: my_brand_gondola.jpg

 

 

 

Example with an image applied to the base and the top panel of a bay

 

Instructions:

1. Click on Browse.
2. Select the desired image file on your PC.
3. Click on Open.
4. Wait for the image to upload.

To remove the background image, click on the small red cross button.

Notes:

• The image is only be displayed on bay components that have Display the bay front image checkmarked.
• The image is automatically stretched to fit the overall dimensions of the components that have Display the bay front image checkmarked.

Locked bay components

Toggles the possibility to modify the selected bays.

This is useful to prevent accidental modification of shelving.

• Supported values:

• Default value: Not checkmarked

Note: The chosen value is saved with the project for each bay.

Locked accessories

Toggles locking the accessories on the selected bays.

This is useful to prevent accidental changes of the accessories placed on the bay. Let’s suppose you have created a bay with several accessories such as bay header, panel and Shelf strip. Locking accessories will allow you to add and move products on the shelves without risking displacing the accessories at the same time.

• Supported values:

• Default value: Not checkmarked

Note: The chosen value is saved with the project for each bay.