Object Library

Your Object Library is organised into four categories:

• Tables and Chairs: Various shapes and sizes. Each comes with different chair options.
• Exhibition: Stands, banners, and booths.
• Audio Visual: Screens, lighting, and sound equipment.
• Miscellaneous: General items and decor.

When you initially sign up for your VenueCAD account, you'll work with our team to put together your object library. You can, of course, edit or add to this at any time, but we'll aim to have you set up with everything you need from the start.

Requesting new objects

At any point, you may wish to add a new object to your venue collection. You can do this by simply filling out our Object Request form; we will then prepare the object and add it to your account.

Step 1: Fill in the requested object details. This helps our team draw the object as accurately as possible.

• Object Category: Choose which of the four categories this object should belong to.
• Object Name: The bold title of the object on the card.
• Object Subname: The lighter grey secondary title (usually the number of chairs).
• Description: Any helpful details regarding dimensions, chair placement, etc.
• Maximum Chair Number: Unless requested otherwise, we create objects with multiple chair options (from this maximum number down to no chairs).
• Default Chair Number: The number of chairs the object will have when first dropped into a layout.
• Venue Availability: If you have multiple venues, you can select which specific locations should have access to this object.

Step 2: Optionally, upload any photos of the physical object. This is helpful for our team to represent specific details accurately in the digital version.

Once the request is complete, you will see a new card at the bottom of your category list. Note the yellow Requested badge. You can click this card to update details or add further images.

Update object details

Click an object card to edit its settings. There are three types of object cards you may see:

• Standard: Objects drawn by VenueCAD. These cannot be deleted and certain appearance settings are locked. To edit the look of a standard object, please contact support@venuecad.com.
• Requested: Features the Requested badge. You can edit settings, manage images, or delete the request entirely.
• Custom: Features the Custom badge. These are objects created by you or your team. You can edit and delete these as required. For more details, check out our guide on creating custom objects.

You'll see a range of tabs at the top of the Update Object Details screen.

For many tables and chairs objects you'll see a Chairs tab which lets you customise the default configuration of that object. You can control the number of chairs, their arrangement, the type of chairs allowed, the default chair and more.

Default object spacing

For each object you can specify its default spacing values, both between adjacent objects, and between rows.

When you create arrays, or duplicate objects in the editor, these values will be used for the default spacing.

Reorder object lists

You can control the order of objects in each category. This order will be reflected in the Add Objects panel within the editor, allowing you to place your most-used items at the top.

Once reordering mode is active, move objects up and down using the arrow buttons. Click the blue tick button to confirm your new layout.

In the Editor, within the Venue collection, the objects panel will now show your custom order. You can optionally change the sorting using the filter icon next to the search bar.

Venue inventory

You can configure a Venue Inventory to track how many of each object you have available at specific locations. In the editor, you can then see a live count of how many items are currently in use.

The inventory is usually added during your onboarding. If any objects are missing, please contact support@venuecad.com.

You can control the visibility of the inventory:

• Internal Use Only: The default setting. The inventory tab in the editor will only be visible to your team members.
• All Users: The inventory tab will be available to anyone you share the floor plan with.

Once enabled, you will see two tab options in the Object Counter. The Venue Inventory tab shows a breakdown of objects used in the current layout. If you exceed your stock, the total is highlighted in red.

Exceeding stock values also triggers a warning in the Layout Details panel.

When exporting your inventory, there are various options for listing item usage. See our guide on the Object Counter for more information.