Chat, images and mentions
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Press ⌘I to open the FloorGen AI chat, then type what you want. Attach up to 4 images to a message, type @ to point at a room, floor, design or issue, and type / at the start for a quick command.
Write a message
- Press ↵ to send and ⇧ ↵ for a new line. The box grows to 8 lines, then scrolls. In an empty box, ↑ brings back the last message you sent.
- While a reply runs, Send turns into Stop. Esc in the box stops a running reply; with nothing running it takes you back to the plan.
- A message can be up to 4,000 characters. A longer one can’t be sent until you shorten it, and a line under the box gives the limit.
- Where the browser supports it, Dictate lets you speak the message.
What FloorGen AI is looking at
| Chip | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Project | The project, floor and design names, separated by dots |
| Code profile | The project’s building code, such as IRC (US). Hidden on phones. |
| Units | ft-in or m: the units replies use |
| Selection | What you have selected, as Kitchen · selected. Click its × to leave it out of the message. |
| Issue | After Fix with AI, the problem being fixed, as Issue 3 · Stairs. Click its × to remove it. |
On a phone the chips sit in one row that scrolls sideways, and the first chip shows only the floor. The code profile also names the /check command and the Check this against the … suggestion.
Follow-up chips
After a reply, up to 4 chips above the box send a next step in one click. Which ones show depends on the reply.
| Chip | Shows when |
|---|---|
| Undo that | The reply changed the plan |
| Furnish it | A room is selected |
| Add an island | The selected room is a kitchen |
| Furnish the new rooms | The reply made rooms or a layout and no room is selected |
| Check this against the … | The reply changed the plan; it names your code profile |
| Fix the … issues | The Review panel has open problems |
Attach images
- Step 1: Add the image
Click Attach images, drag files onto the panel, or paste a screenshot into the box. Each image shows as a thumbnail you can remove.
- Step 2: Say what it is
For example, “Turn this sketch into a plan” or “Make the kitchen look like this”. Images go with this message only.
- Step 3: Send
Click Send. Click a sent thumbnail to open it larger and zoom in.
| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| Formats | PNG, JPEG, WebP and HEIC. Some browsers cannot read HEIC; export the photo as JPEG there. |
| How many | Up to 4 images per message. |
| Size | Large photos are scaled down before sending. Location and camera data are removed. |
Mention with @
Type @ and pick from the list titled Mention a room, floor, design or issue: named rooms on the open floor, floors, designs on the open floor, and open issues from the Review panel, shown as Issue 3: …. Keep typing to narrow it; names with a word that starts with what you typed come first. At most 8 matches show. Use ↑ and ↓ to move, ↵ or Tab to pick and Esc to close the list. The mention points FloorGen AI at exactly that thing, so “@Bedroom 2” is never confused with another bedroom.
Rooms with no name are not offered: name the room first. Hover a room or issue in the list, or a mention in the box, to see it outlined on the plan.
Commands with /
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/new | Start a new chat |
/undo | Undo every change from the last reply |
/check | Check the plan against the project’s code profile |
/compare | Make 2 variants and compare them |
/furnish | Furnish the selected room, or every room |
Chats and the panel
Each project keeps its own chats. Open Chats in the panel header to see them with their message counts, and click one to switch to it. Rename gives a chat a new name; Delete chat asks Delete this chat? Its changes to the plan stay. Click New chat to start fresh. A project with none says No chats yet for this project.
| Screen | Panel |
|---|---|
| 1280 px wide and up | Dock to the side gives the panel its own column on the right; drag its left edge (Resize the panel) to change its width. Float over the plan turns it into a card at the bottom right of the plan. |
| 640 to 1279 px wide | A drawer over the right of the plan. Dock and Float are not offered. |
| Under 640 px, such as a phone | A sheet from the bottom over most of the plan. Expand grows it to nearly full height; Collapse brings it back. |
Questions
Why can’t I attach an image?
Image upload may be turned off for your plan or the AI model. The chat then says “Images aren’t available with this AI model.”
How long can a message be?
Up to 4,000 characters.
Does FloorGen AI see earlier images in the chat?
Each image is sent with its own message. Later messages only mention that it was sent.