Tools and commands (Create bays)

The task-specific toolbar includes a tool to create bays. It is described below.

The object editing toolbar and the general editing commands are also available to edit objects in your planogram while in this task.

This command puts the new bay in the current project with the properties set in Parameters (Create bays).

Instructions:

Click on Insert the bay the toolbar or in the main menu > Edit.
Place your mouse cursor (shown as a specific cursor) in the visualization area where you want to add the bay.
Click the left mouse button to confirm and create the bay.

The way the bays are placed depends on the state of the following button: Free bay placement:

If there is no existing bay: the new bay is centered on the ground.
If there is one existing bay: the new bay is placed adjacent to the existing bay, left or right, based on the cursor position.
If there are several existing bays: the new bay is placed adjacent to the existing bays, based on the cursor position: left, right or in-between, pushing them to make space in this last case.

With Free bay placement checkmarked: the bays are placed at the cursor position on the ground. If there are other bays at this position, they may overlap.

Tips:

Use this command several times to create multiple same bays.
Just after you have defined and placed the desired bay in the planogram, it can be useful to save the project with the empty bay to be re-used as a template. You can name it for example "Template bay for store X"; then you just need to drag that template from the catalog of templates to start a new project with the same bay (Template catalog).
To create new bays, you can also Copy by moving (Edit bays) from your planogram and then Modify bays to make the desired adjustments.
If all parts of your bay have the same color, it may be difficult to distinguish each component. This problem can be solved with View edges .