Unit Editor

Create & Edit Units Add Units to Scenarios Editing Units Validation Errors

Create & Edit Units

Tailor individual unit layouts to match design intent and regulatory requirements.

Create / Edit Units:

Use the drawing tools to sketch unit floor plans directly in Podium
Assign room functions (e.g., living, bedroom, kitchen) and set minimum/maximum area targets for each space.
Add labels and annotations for dimensions, finishes, and code compliance notes.

Add Units to Scenarios

You can add your own unit templates to scenario simply follow the following steps

Add a Residential Building into the Site View → Click on Metrics → Select Unit Templates

Add your Unit Template created into the List

The Unit added will appear on the Right Hand Panel as Criteria

Editing Units

Unit Library & Creating Unit Templates in Podium Creating a New Unit Template

Unit Library & Creating Unit Templates in Podium

The Unit Library in Podium is where users can create, manage, and standardize unit layouts for reuse across multiple projects. It helps streamline residential planning by allowing teams to define commonly used unit types with consistent spatial logic and dimensions.

Creating a New Unit Template

Access the Unit Library

Navigate to Unit Library under the Tools section in the sidebar. Here, you’ll find existing templates with layout previews, area information, and quick editing options.

Start a New Template

Click “+ Create New Template” and fill in the basic parameters:

Template Name

Width (e.g., 12m)

Depth (e.g., 8m)

Height (e.g., 2.8m)

This diagram provides a spatial overview of how the Unit Editor in Podium functions when configuring unit templates in relation to corridors and circulation cores. It helps users understand how unit placement, edges, and entrances interact within a template environment.

Design in the Unit Editor

The template opens in the Unit Editor, a grid-based interface for space planning. Within the editor, users can:

Add and arrange rooms

Adjust room dimensions by dragging or inputting values

Add corridors using the plus (+) icon under the Space section

Toggle walls, flooring, and wireframes for better visual control

Define Unit Edges & Entrance

To complete the template, users must set the unit edges and unit entrance using the prompts in the left-hand panel. This step ensures that the unit boundary and access point are clearly defined.

Configure Room Properties

Each room can be selected to:

Rename or assign a space type

Edit dimensions (width/depth)

View the calculated area

Save and Reuse Templates

Once all required steps are complete, the unit template can be saved. It will appear in the Unit Library with:

A layout thumbnail

Area in m² or ft²

Room summary

Saved templates can be reused across different projects to accelerate design workflows and maintain planning consistency.

Validation Errors

Error messages will appear when users do not complete all the required steps or the unit is drawn incompletely.

Overlapping spaces

Spaces are overlapping. Ensure that spaces are placed correctly without any overlapping boundary/lines

Invalid/empty space type

There is no ‘space type’ assigned to the ‘Room’. Select a space type (e.g. bedroom/living room/kitchen etc.) from the criteria panel

Isolated space

The room is isolated and it needs to be connected to the other spaces.

Missing unit variant(s)

To resolve the error, the template needs to be saved. In order to save the template, the unit edges (adjacent edge and corridor edge) and unit entrance must be set.

Invalid entrance placement

The unit entrance is not on a corridor edge. Drag the unit entrance and place along the corridor edge.

Common Mistakes and Acceptable conditions of valid entrance placements