How to configure settings for Fixture Location IDs

1. Choose File > Settings > Settings (see Additional Information below for older versions of Space Planning)
2. Select the Fixture Location IDs tab

3. Apply desired settings and click OK.  Below is a breakdown of each option.

Mode:

• Automatic to have Location IDs generated automatically by settings on this screen.
• Manual to manually specify a Location ID for each fixture; this is achieved using the 'Renumber Location IDs' button on the toolbar: 

• This can be set to the Traffic Flow of the planogram (defaults to Left to Right if not set), or Left to Right or Right to Left.
• eg. if Left to Right, the left-most fixture would be numbered before any fixtures to the right

Vertical Order:

• Top to Bottom: highest fixtures (eg. the top one) would be numbered before those lower down

Depth Order:

• If all fixtures start at the same location (eg. at the backboard of the planogram), this setting will make no difference.
• Front to Back: number forward-most fixtures ahead of those further back.

Row/Column Order:

• Should fixtures be numbered first vertically or horizontally first?
• Vertical: Start at the top (or bottom, depending on the Vertical Order setting).  The Y location then takes precedence over the X location
• Horizontal: Start at the left (or right, depending on the Horizontal Order setting).  The X location then takes precedence over the Z location

Restart at #1 for each planogram:

• In a multi-planogram project, ensures that the lowest numbered fixture on each planogram is always 1

Work segment by segment:

• Will complete numbering within each segment before moving to the next segment

Restart at #1 for each segment:

• As numbering in each segment is complete, the next segment numbering starts at 1.  This may be useful if printing your planograms one segment at a time, with an accompanying single-segment schematic report.

Number open shelves before other fixture types:

• Numbers open shelves before moving on to number other fixture types

Number pegboards before other fixture types:

• Numbers pegboards before moving on to number other fixture types

Ignore sign fixture type:

• Signs will be ignored for the purpose of Location ID numbering

Ignore obstruction fixture type:

• Obstructions will be ignored for the purpose of Location ID numbering

Ignore subplanogram spacefixture type:

• Subplanograms will be ignored for the purpose of Location ID numbering

What do I do with a Location ID?
Location IDs can be used in a fixture label and a table; this can then be used as a common reference between a printed planogram and accompanying schematic report.

Common settings
If you don't know where to start, a generally common setting for Fixture Location IDs is as follows:

• Mode: Automatic
• Horizontal Order: Left to Right
• Vertical Order: Top to Bottom (equally, Bottom to Top is common)
• Restart at 1 for each planogram: Yes
• Work segment by segment: Yes
• Ignore signs, obstructions: Yes

Try the settings above and turn on a Fixture Label to see the result; experiment with different settings to find the result that works for you.

Older versions of Space Planning
The settings themselves are the same, but you will find these under: Settings > Location IDs > Fixture...

After configuring fixture numbering, you can create a label to display each fixture's location ID.