Tour options
Choose how buyers move around, what they see, and which buttons the tour shows.
Options change how the tour behaves for buyers. Open them in your project under Set up tour, then Options. The preview updates as you change each one. Press Save at the top right when you’re done.
Ways to move and display
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ways to move | Turn Walk, Hop and 3D plan on or off. You need at least one. |
| Field of view | How wide the view is, from 70° to 110°. Wider shows more of the room. Default 90°. |
| Picture quality | How sharp renders get when buyers stop. See Picture quality and phones. |
| Floor markers | Rings on the floor where each render was taken. |
| Slow spin in the 3D plan | The 3D plan turns slowly when nobody is touching it. |
Moving
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Walking speed | Slow (a gentle stroll), Normal or Brisk (twice Normal). |
| Glide time | How long a hop between renders takes, from 0.5× to 2×. |
| Snap to the nearest view when they stop | When a buyer stops walking, the tour glides to the nearest render they can see. It keeps the view sharpest. Off feels freer. |
| Blending between renders | How walk mode mixes nearby renders as buyers move. Soft mixes more, for smoother walking. Crisp lets the nearest render take over sooner, for sharper detail but a more noticeable change between renders. Default Normal. |
| Full render near each view | Within this distance of a render (up to 1.5 m), buyers see only that render, with no blending. Off by default. Most useful with Soft blending. |
| Joystick on phones | Put the walk joystick on the Left or Right. |
| Drag the other way to look around | Reverses the drag direction. |
Tip: for blending, try Soft with about 0.5 m of Full render near each view: smooth between cameras, crisp when buyers stand on one. More in Walk mode, hop and the 3D plan.
What buyers see
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Look around slowly when it opens | The view turns slowly until someone touches it. Good for a tour on a website. |
| Hide the controls until a tap or click | Keeps the buttons hidden for a cleaner view. |
| Floor buttons in the 3D plan | Buttons to switch floors. They only show with two or more levels. See Levels and floor buttons. |
| Circles on the floor in walk mode | Circles where each render was taken, while walking. Hop mode always shows them, since that’s how buyers pick where to go. On by default. |
| Circles in the 3D plan | Circles where each render was taken. |
| Slice slider in the 3D plan | A slider on the left of the 3D plan that lowers the cut through the model, down to the floor of that level. On by default. |
| North arrow in the 3D plan | Shows a compass in the 3D plan. |
| Which way is north | Appears when the north arrow is on. Open the 3D plan in the preview and drag the slider until the arrow points north. |
Buttons
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Snapshot | Buyers save a picture of the view. |
| Share | Buyers share the tour link. |
| Full screen | Fills the screen, on computers and tablets that allow it. |
| Measure | Buyers tap two points for the distance. See Measuring in a tour. |
| Help | A question-mark button that shows how to move around, with pictures for a computer or a phone. A click or tap anywhere closes it. On by default. |
Snapshot and Share don’t show in trials or previews. They work once the tour is published.
Check tools
Model edges and Render loading help you check the tour in the preview. Only you see them. See Check tools.
Access
The password and Last day to view are at the bottom of Options too. See Password and end date.
Tip: if the tour opens in a way to move you’ve just turned off, it switches to the first one still on. Check Open the tour in on Start location.