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Learn · Homeowners and renovators · Lesson 4 of 6

Walk through your plan in 3D

You willTurn the plan into a 3D model, walk through it at eye height and save a picture.
Time3 min

Try it in Plotlay → Opens an example project with this lesson beside it. Nothing to install.

Walking through the Showroom in 3D: Walk is chosen and the view moves forward through the front garden.

Steps

  1. With a plan open, choose 3D in the top bar. Drag to turn the model, scroll to zoom, or choose Iso, Top or Front.
  2. Choose Walk. You drop to eye height, with the walk panel in the corner.
    The 3D view in walk mode in the Showroom garden by the pool, with the walk panel listing Walk through walls, Hide room doors, Front gate and Stop walking.
  3. Click in the view to look around with the mouse. W A S D move you, Shift runs, Esc gives you the pointer back.
  4. The walk panel has Walk through walls, Hide room doors and Front gate (to stand at the front gate). Stop walking returns to the model.
  5. To keep a view, open Export in the 3D toolbar and choose Picture.

Tips

  • Rooms get walls, doors, windows and ceilings from the plan. Set a room’s ceiling height in its panel.
  • Sun in the 3D toolbar shows the shadows at any time of day.

Common mistakes

  • The keys do nothing: click in the view first so it has the keyboard.
  • Walking into a wall and stopping: walls are solid. Tick Walk through walls to pass through.
Check yourself

In walk mode, how do you get the mouse pointer back?

Related lessons

Take the Showroom tourWalk through a finished design in 3D, stop by stop, and see what Plotlay can make.3 minShow the house before and afterMark what is there now and what is new, then switch between the current house and the proposal.4 minChoose finishes and add fit-out to a roomSet a room’s floor tile and paint, and place a fitting such as a towel rail against a wall to the millimetre.5 min

Steps checked in the app on 14 October 2026.