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Dimensions in Your iGuide Tour

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Overview

Dimensions is a layer in the iGuide viewer that shows a room's measurements directly on the 360° photo: room dimensions, wall lengths, the width and height of every window and door, and ceiling height. Switch on Dimensions and the numbers appear in place, on the walls and openings they describe — nothing to drag or line up.

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Dimensions OFF
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Dimensions ON

In This Article

How to Turn On Dimensions

  1. Open an eligible iGuide tour in the Viewer.

  2. Click the menu icon in the top right corner.

  3.  Click Dimensions to switch it on.
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Click Dimensions

Using the Dimensions Filter

Once Dimensions is on, a filter appears beside the mini-map that lets you choose what to display:

  • Select all
  • Walls
  • Doors
  • Windows
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Dimensions Filter

Which Tours Support Dimensions

Dimensions isn't available on every tour. For the Dimensions option to appear at all, a tour needs:

  • Camera generation — available on the PLANIX Pro and the PLANIX R1.
  • Complete capture data — every viewpoint in the tour has height data recorded. If any part of the tour is missing this, the whole tour is excluded.
  • Package — Dimensions is included on Standard and Premium only.

If a tour doesn't meet these, the Dimensions option won't appear in the menu at all.

On an eligible tour, what actually shows depends on when it was drafted:

  • Room dimensions and walls show on tours drafted with any version going back over a year, so most existing eligible tours already have this.
  • Doors and windows only show on tours drafted with the newer version rolling out shortly before launch. Tours drafted before that will show walls and room dimensions, but not door and window measurements.

How It Behaves

  • Off until you turn it on. Nothing changes on an existing tour until Dimensions is switched on from the menu.
  • One room at a time. You see measurements for the room you're currently in. Move to the next panorama and the numbers follow.
  • Follows your unit setting. Displays in metric or imperial, matching whatever the viewer is already set to.
  • Uses existing capture data. Measurements aren’t recalculated. They’re the same values already stored in the tour’s room and opening data. Room dimensions and wall lengths come from the floor plan. Window and door heights are estimated by AI, so treat them as close estimates, not survey-grade figures (see About Window and Door Heights).
  • Hides during transitions. The overlay hides while you move between panoramas and shows nothing on exterior panoramas.
  • Shows for every eligible room, even where the operator chose to hide dimensions on the floor plan.
  • Assumes rectangular openings. Circular or half-circle windows won't render a measurement.

About Window and Door Heights

iGuide floor plans are 2D, so they record where windows and doors sit along a wall and how wide they are, but not how tall they are or how high they sit off the floor. To show those values in Dimensions, iGuide uses AI to estimate them from the capture data. Without this, window and door heights wouldn’t be available at all.

Most windows and doors are estimated correctly, but you may occasionally see one whose height or position doesn’t match the panorama. This is more likely for a window or door that was added during drafting rather than detected automatically, since it may carry a default or copied height. These differences don’t affect the floor plan, room dimensions, or square footage.

Because Dimensions shows measurements right on the panorama, it’s also easier to spot small differences in window and door widths between the floor plan and the photo.

If you need precise window and door heights, verify critical openings on site, or order a deliverable where heights are drafted manually, such as ESX or CAD files 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why can't I see Dimensions on my tour?
A: It only appears on tours captured with the PLANIX Pro or PLANIX R1, processed with a recent draft format, on Standard or Premium packages. If a tour doesn't meet all of these, the Dimensions option won't appear in the menu.

Q: Are the numbers accurate enough to use?
A: Room dimensions and wall lengths are the same measurements behind your iGuide floor plan. Window and door heights are AI estimates, so the occasional opening may be off. All values are suitable for planning, checking fit, and rough estimating, but verify any measurement that’s critical to your project.

Q: Why doesn’t a window or door height match what I see in the panorama? 
A: Window and door heights are estimated by AI rather than drafted by hand, so occasionally one will be off, especially on openings added during drafting. If an opening looks significantly wrong, contact support and we’ll take a look.

Q: Is Dimensions on by default?
A: No. It stays off until the person viewing the tour switches it on from the menu, so existing tours look exactly as they do today.

Q: Does it cost extra?
A: No. There's no add-on to purchase — it's included on Standard and Premium.

Q: Does this replace the Measure tool?
A: No. Dimensions is the everyday, always-visible view. The Measure tool is still there, unchanged, for point-to-point or custom measurements.

Q: Will it clutter the tour?
A: No. It only shows measurements for the room you're currently in, and hides automatically while you move between panoramas.

Q: Can you turn this on for my older tours?
A: No. The measurements are drawn from data captured at scan time, so they can't be added after the fact. Tours captured going forward on eligible hardware will have it.

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