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Creating Rooms in magicplan: Choosing The Right Method

magicplan offers several ways to create rooms, each designed for different spaces, devices, and situations. This guide helps you choose the right method from the start so you save time and get the best results.

Room Creation Methods

LiDAR Auto-Scan (iOS only)

Best for: Quickly capturing an entire property, including furniture and objects — ideal for inspections and standard residential layouts.

Advantages:

  • Fastest workflow available
  • Scans multiple rooms in one session
  • Automatically detects doors, windows, and furniture
  • Provides both 2D and 3D context

Limitations:

  • Requires a LiDAR-enabled device (iPhone 12 Pro/Pro Max or newer, or iPad Pro) running iOS 17+
  • Struggles with open-concept layouts, staircases, heavy construction, and glass walls

💡 Tip: Close doors between rooms, scan one room at a time, move slowly, and review walls before confirming. Use Filler Rooms for any small spaces that get missed.

Manual-Scan – LiDAR Wall Mode (iOS only)

Best for: When you have a LiDAR device but need more control in difficult or complex spaces.

Advantages:

  • Automatically detects walls, doors, windows, and outlets
  • More flexible than Auto-Scan
  • Works well in challenging environments

Limitations:

  • Still requires LiDAR-compatible hardware
  • Each room must be scanned individually

💡 Tip: Stay in one position while scanning when possible, ensure good lighting, and switch to Corner Mode when walls are obstructed.

Manual-Scan – Corner Mode (iOS only)

Best for: Open layouts, cluttered spaces, construction sites, glass walls, or older iPhones without LiDAR.

Advantages:

  • Works on older iOS devices
  • Gives you precise control over room shape
  • Can scan through visual obstacles using the grid

Limitations:

  • Requires more user input than Wall Mode
  • Slower than LiDAR-based methods

💡 Tip: Aim carefully at floor corners, use the grid for alignment, close the perimeter accurately, and tap "Undo" if a corner is placed incorrectly.

Square Room

Best for: Rectangular or near-rectangular rooms when speed is the priority.

Advantages:

  • Fast and simple to use
  • Dimensions can be adjusted after creation
  • Compatible with Bluetooth laser measurements

Limitations:

  • Not well-suited for irregular room shapes

💡 Tip: Start with a square room even if the space isn't perfect — you can always add corners afterward to refine the shape.

Draw a Room

Best for: Manually sketching irregular, angled, or custom-shaped rooms.

Advantages:

  • Maximum flexibility for unusual layouts
  • Dimensions can be edited after drawing

Limitations:

  • Requires manual drawing and some initial estimation

💡 Tip: Use the background grid to estimate lengths and angles, then fine-tune dimensions once the shape is complete.

Filler Rooms / Filler Walls

Best for: Filling small gaps that remain between existing rooms after assembling a floor plan.

Advantages:

  • Extremely quick way to complete a layout
  • Automatically fills empty spaces

Limitations:

  • Not intended for building an entire floor plan from scratch

💡 Tip: Use this method for closets, hallways, or missed spaces after your main layout is in place — especially after an Auto-Scan session.

Import & Draw

Best for: When you already have a blueprint, PDF, sketch, or image of the floor plan.

Advantages:

  • Recreates existing plans efficiently without starting from zero
  • Allows tracing over known layouts

Limitations:

  • Requires at least one accurate known measurement to set the scale
  • Tracing is done manually
  • Scale cannot be changed after it's been set

💡 Tip: Use the longest known dimension when setting the scale to minimize error.

Quick Decision Guide

Not sure where to start? Use this at a glance:

  • "I need to map an entire house as fast as possible." → LiDAR Auto-Scan
  • "I have a LiDAR device, but the space is tricky." → Manual-Scan (Wall Mode)
  • "I have an older iPhone or an open-concept space." → Manual-Scan (Corner Mode)
  • "It's a standard rectangular room." → Square Room
  • "The room has odd angles or an unusual shape." → Draw a Room
  • "I already have a paper plan or PDF." → Import & Draw
  • "I just need to fill in a few missing spaces." → Filler Rooms/Walls
  • "The room I need to sketch has glass walls/mirrored walls." → Manual Scan (Corner Mode)

General Best Practices

  • Use a Bluetooth laser measurer whenever dimensional accuracy is critical.
  • Review room dimensions immediately after your floor plan is generated and adjust if needed before moving on.
  • For complex properties, combine methods rather than relying on just one — for example, Auto-Scan for most rooms and Draw a Roomfor uniquely shaped spaces.
  • In renovation or restoration projects with demolition underway, prefer Manual-Scan's Corner Mode or manual creation methods like Draw a Room over Auto-Scan.
  • Don't hesitate to use Filler Rooms to complete small spaces efficiently instead of rescanning entire sections.