Route lines are the walkable paths wayfinding follows. Anywhere a visitor can walk needs a line, and every destination needs a line reaching it. This guide covers drawing those paths cleanly on the map.
Draw a path
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Open the drawing tools
On the Wayfinding tab, tick Enable wayfinding on this map, then click Draw wayfinding on the map.
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Pick the Route tool
Pan to the corridor you want, then click Route in the toolbar.
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Tap along the corridor
Click point by point down the middle of the walkable space. Each click adds a corner, so follow the route the way a person would actually walk it.
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Finish the line
Click Done to commit the line. Pick Route again to start the next one.
Use the undo button (or Ctrl+Z) to take back the last point or the last line if you misclick.
How paths connect
You do not need endpoints to meet exactly. Anything that touches or crosses connects, so a new Route line that crosses or nudges an existing one joins into the same network automatically. A crossing becomes a junction a route can turn at.
Keep it simple and connected
Run paths down the centre. Draw along the middle of a corridor or aisle, not against a wall, so the drawn route reads as a natural walking line.
Cover every walkable space. Corridors, lobbies, open plazas and car-park aisles all need a line. A gap in the network is a place no route can cross.
Reach every destination. Bring a path up to each place you want people to be routed to, so the route has somewhere to end.
Make one connected network. Every line should join the rest somewhere. Two lines that never touch become separate islands, and a visitor cannot be routed from one island to another.
Style comes later
The paths you draw are the routing network, not the look of the line a visitor sees. Colour, width, smoothing and animation are set separately on the Wayfinding tab under Line colour, Line width, Smoothing and Animation speed. See Style your route lines.