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Start a room from a venue template

Pick one of 18 venue templates, say how many people and gates, and get a drawn plan with aisles and accessible places.

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You don't have to draw a room from nothing. A venue template sizes itself from your head count and your gates, and leaves the aisles and accessible places in. You can then move anything you like.

Two cards from the venue template gallery, Wedding marquee and Cabaret. Each has a small drawing of the room, a line about what it suits, a chip saying it takes 240, and how many wheelchair places and ways in it has.Two cards from the venue template gallery, Wedding marquee and Cabaret. Each has a small drawing of the room, a line about what it suits, a chip saying it takes 240, and how many wheelchair places and ways in it has.
Each card shows the room at your head count, before you choose it.

Choose a template

  1. Open the gallery from where you need the room. For an event, open its seating and choose Browse templates. For a graduation session, choose Browse templates on the session. For a space, open its Set-ups tab.
  2. Set How many people, or type the Exact number, up to 40,000.
  3. Set Gates or doors, from 1 to 24. For a large crowd Durbar adds gates by itself, so people aren't all sent through one.
  4. If you know the room, add Room width and Room depth in metres. A template that won't fit says Room too small.
  5. Filter by occasion if you like, then read Suggested for you, All templates and Made for other sizes.
  6. Choose Use this template.

A template replaces the draft only. Nobody's seat changes until you activate a plan and apply it.

The 18 templates

  • For a ceremony or a talk: Church or chapel, Conference hall, Lecture theatre, Hotel ballroom and Award show.
  • For a meal: Banquet, Wedding marquee, Cabaret and Gala.
  • For working together: Classroom, Boardroom, U-shape and Workshop pods.
  • For outdoors and big crowds: Durbar grounds, Funeral grounds, Open field, Stadium stand and Exhibition.

Each has a size it suits, from a Boardroom of 4 to a Stadium stand of 40,000. Ask for more than a template can hold and the card says what it takes, and draws the closest it can.

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