Guides & how-tos
How to create professional floor plans.
Practical, step-by-step guides for every property trade - from your first measurement to a client-ready PDF, DXF, or 3D export.
Security CCTV
How to Plan CCTV Camera Coverage
A practical guide for CCTV installers: plan camera coverage on your iPhone with wall-occluded field-of-view cones, find blind spots live, and produce a coverage proposal.
Security CCTV
Where to Place Motion Sensors on a Floor Plan
A practical guide to placing PIR motion sensors for a burglar alarm - the placement rules, choke points, and how to map wall-accurate detection coverage on a floor plan.
Security CCTV
How to Plan a Home CCTV System Layout
Plan a home CCTV system on a floor plan first - place cameras for gap-free coverage of doors, drives and blind corners using RoomPlot's live coverage cones.
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How to Avoid CCTV Blind Spots
A practical guide to finding and eliminating CCTV blind spots - map wall-occluded camera coverage on the plan, overlap cameras, and cover every corner before you drill.
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How to Plan a Warehouse CCTV Layout
How to plan a warehouse CCTV layout on a floor plan - cover aisles, docks and open spans with the right cameras and see each field of view before you install.
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How to Plan an Intruder Alarm System Layout
Design an intruder alarm layout on a floor plan: place PIR detectors, door contacts and the panel, and check each motion sensor's real coverage.
