Wayfinding follows a network of walkable lines. Rather than drawing that network in a separate design tool, you can draw it straight onto your map from the editor, using the same on-map tools for paths, step barriers and floor connectors.
Open the drawing tools
In the editor, open the Wayfinding tab and tick Enable wayfinding on this map. Then click Draw wayfinding on the map. A toolbar appears across the top of the preview with everything you need to build the network.
What each tool is for
Route. Draws the walking paths. Tap along a corridor or aisle to lay down a line, then Done to finish it. Everywhere you want people to walk needs a Route line. See Draw walking paths onto your map.
Barrier. Marks steps or blocked ways. A Barrier line is crossed on a normal route but avoided when a visitor turns on step-free mode. See Mark steps and barriers for step-free routing.
Stairs and Lift. Place a marker where a stair or lift stands on a floor. Give the matching marker on another floor the same name and the two floors link, so routes can change level. See Connect floors with lifts and stairs.
Select. Pick an existing line or marker to move its points, rename a connector, or delete it. The bin button removes the selected object, and the broom clears all drawn lines on the current floor.
Lines do not need to join perfectly
You do not have to make endpoints meet exactly. Anything that touches or crosses connects, so a Route line that crosses another, or nudges up against it, joins into one network. This makes drawing quick, but it also means stray lines that never touch stay separate. If a route will not form, that is usually the first thing to check. See Fix drawn routes that do not connect.
Drawing vs authored SVG layers
You have two ways to give a map its network. You can draw it on the map with these tools, or you can author wayfinding layers inside your SVG artwork before you upload it. Both are valid.
Draw on the map when you want to work visually in the editor, tweak paths without going back to a design tool, or add wayfinding to an image (photo or scan) floor that has no SVG layers to author.
Author in SVG when your artwork already carries clean wayfinding lines from a CAD or drawing package. If you later want to fine-tune those in the editor, the Edit SVG lines button imports them as editable objects. See Import wayfinding lines from your SVG.