Reviewed for Flex Version 3.0

Overview

Every edit you make in Flex falls into one of four categories:

Rather than

placing every tool on the screen at once, Flex organizes them into Modes.

Each mode presents the tools that are most useful for a particular task while hiding controls that aren’t relevant. This keeps the workspace clean, reduces accidental edits, and allows you to focus on the work you’re trying to accomplish.

Although the interface looks slightly different on Web, iPad, and iPhone, the purpose of each mode remains the same across every platform.

RENDR has a single "View" mode, and three "Edit" modes: Edit Layout, Edit Flooring, and Edit Markup (the integrated Field Notes feature).

Every mode answers a different question.

Layout asks, “Is the floor plan accurate?”

Flooring asks, “What materials are installed here?”

Markup asks, “What else should someone know?”

View asks, “What does this project look like?”

Once you understand those four questions, choosing the correct mode becomes second nature.

View Mode is designed for reviewing your work.

In this mode, editing tools are intentionally disabled so you can inspect the floor plan without worrying about accidentally changing it.

View Mode is ideal when:

Because editing is disabled, View Mode is also a great way to perform a final quality check before sharing or exporting a project.

One of the most common frustrations with editing software is accidentally moving something while trying to inspect it.

View Mode eliminates that possibility.

You can confidently zoom, pan, and review every aspect of the floor plan knowing that nothing will change unless you intentionally enter an editing mode.

Layout Mode is where you’ll spend most of your time.

This is where the structural floor plan is refined after a scan.

Typical tasks include:

If you’re changing the physical layout of the floor plan, Layout Mode is almost always the correct place to begin.

Everything else in Flex depends on accurate wall geometry.

Rooms, flooring, measurements, elevations, exports, and takeoffs all build upon the wall layout.

By separating geometry editing from every other workflow, Flex encourages users to establish an accurate floor plan before moving on to estimating or documentation.

Flooring Mode is dedicated to material takeoffs.

While rooms describe the shape of a home, flooring areas describe the materials installed within that home.

Those two things are often—but not always—the same.

For example:

A kitchen may contain:

All within a single room.

Likewise, the same hardwood flooring may continue through several connected rooms.

Flooring Mode gives you the flexibility to represent materials independently from room boundaries.

Typical tasks include:

Most contractors don’t estimate “rooms.”

They estimate materials.

Separating flooring from room geometry allows Flex to produce more accurate takeoffs while still preserving an accurate architectural floor plan.

Not every piece of information belongs in the floor plan itself.

Sometimes you simply need to communicate.

Markup Mode allows you to document information without changing the underlying geometry.

Depending on your workflow, this may include:

These annotations become valuable during estimating, design, production, and project handoffs.

Documentation shouldn’t permanently change the floor plan.

Keeping annotations separate allows teams to communicate freely while preserving the integrity of the existing conditions drawing.

One of the biggest strengths of Flex is that modes are designed to complement one another.

A typical project often looks like this:

Review Scan

↓

Layout

↓

Review Rooms

↓

Flooring

↓

Markup

↓

Final Review

↓

Export

You can move between modes at any time.

However, following this progression generally results in the fewest revisions later.

The Web editor is optimized for mouse and keyboard workflows.

Some editing operations support additional precision through keyboard input while maintaining the same editing concepts found on mobile devices.

The larger display allows multiple editing panels to remain visible while you continue working, making it especially comfortable for longer editing sessions.

The iPhone interface prioritizes the drawing canvas by presenting editing controls in focused sheets and compact menus, allowing you to maximize your available workspace.

💡 Finish Layout Mode before spending time in Flooring Mode.

💡 Don’t use Markup to compensate for inaccurate geometry.

If the floor plan is wrong, fix the floor plan first.

💡 Perform one final review in View Mode before exporting.

It’s much easier to catch a missing doorway or mislabeled room before sharing the project.

Flooring follows the geometry of the floor plan whenever possible.

Making significant wall edits afterward may require additional flooring adjustments.

💡Pro Tip:

Make wall edits first, and then Generate flooring areas by rooms. This is the quickest way to get accurate flooring polygons, and from there, you can make your flooring area edits.

Yes.

Flex is designed so you can move freely between modes throughout the editing process.

No.

Changing modes simply changes the tools available to you.

Your edits remain part of the project.

For most projects: