Hang objects

In the wall planner an object hangs at the measurements recorded in its record. If a measurement is wrong there, it is wrong on the wall as well. A frame size that does not add up thus shows up on the plan, not only when the exhibition is being installed.

This requires the set-up in the project .

Opening a plan

In the project, choose the Wall planner view.
In the plan overview, click the plan, for example the north wall of Saal 202. Search plans… finds it by name, room or group.

The open plan has an address of its own. You can bookmark it or pass it on.

Placing objects

On the right, on the Objects tab, search for the object (Search objects…) and click it. It appears on the wall, and from now on its plan field names this plan.
Drag the object to its position. If Snap is on at the bottom of the toolbar, it snaps to the centre of the wall, the edges of the wall and the edges and centres of the other objects. For finer adjustment, use the arrow keys: one plan unit per press, ten with Shift.
Do the same with the other objects.

An object with the no size marker in the list lacks measurements. It lands as a point, without size and without a dimension chain. That is enough for a first rough layout; for the actual hanging, the measurement is missing from the record.

Aligning by measurement

While an object is selected, the plan shows its distances to the edges of the wall and to the nearest neighbour.

Click a distance and enter the value you want, for example 60 for 60 cm to the neighbouring picture.
Press Enter. The object moves by the difference.

The dimension chain along the sides of the wall shows the position of all objects. What it measures is set on the Plan tab under Wall measure reference:

Measure reference	Measures	Usual for
Centre	the centre of the object	Horizontally the hanging axis, vertically the centre height
Edges	both outer edges	Horizontally the distances between the frames, vertically the bottom edge

The default applies to the whole wall. A single object can differ from it on the Selection tab under Measure reference; Wall sets it back to the default.

Reconciling measurements

When an object is placed, the placement records the object’s measurements. If someone later changes the measurement field, for example after measuring the object again, the placement stays as it is for the time being. Two arrows then appear on the Selection tab:

Arrow	Effect
down (From object)	Takes the new value from the record
up (To object)	Writes the placement’s value back into the measurement field

You can also enter a value directly in Width or Height on the Selection tab. This changes only the placement, not the record.

Writing back changes the record

To object writes into the object’s measurement field, visible to everyone who works with this object. If you only want to adjust something for the hanging, enter the value on the Selection tab and do not write it back.

Rotating, removing, undoing

Rotate left and Rotate right rotate by 90°. Remove or the Delete key takes the object off the wall.

Undo in the header (Ctrl+Z) takes back the last step, including placing an object from the list. Redo next to it (Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y) restores it until you change something new. The history survives reloading the page; if you open another plan, it starts afresh there.

Notes for the workshop

With the tools on the left you can draw a Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse or Label on the wall, for example to mark a socket or a light switch. If Include in dimension chains/distances is switched on for the drawing, it counts when you align objects.

In the project or in the institution

A hanging is a project-specific value . The same object can hang nowhere in the collection and on two different walls in two exhibitions. The wall itself remains the institution’s plan.