What is a Detailed Program?
The Detailed Program is qbiq’s advanced planning tool, designed to give you complete control over your project’s layout and design. With the Detailed Program, you can dive deeper into floor plan creation by defining required departments, selecting facilities, customizing their dimensions, and positioning them precisely on the layout. This feature ensures a tailored and optimized design experience for your project.
Click here for a video tutorial on how to submit a Detailed project.
How to Configure a Detailed Program:
Option 1: Using the Floor Plan Profile
Begin with the Floor Plan Profile on the left-hand side to define layout characteristics.
Once completed, tap the Generate Program button.
Close the Floor Plan Profile panel by clicking the blue arrow.
Customize your amenities selection by going through the Room Types tabs.
Option 2: Skipping the Floor Plan Profile
You can skip the Floor Plan Profile stage by clicking the blue arrow and immediately select amenities directly through the Room Types tabs.
Notes:
The Floor Plan Profile stage is an optional, quick-start tool to assist you. Although it's not mandatory, you can always begin selecting facilities when you reach the Program step.
When working on a multi-floor project in the Program step, defining the floor plan profile and amenities selection will apply to all floors. The Stacking stage is designed to fine-tune each individual floor.
Customizing Room Types:
You can navigate between the array of facility icons, seamlessly transitioning between them, and then dive into selecting your desired room types. Upon adding a facility, you can specify the desired number of units, adjust its dimensions, and seamlessly position it within the floor plan.
Number of Units:
You can select the desired amount of units using the + - buttons or directly input an exact number in the field.Change Measurements:
Input the exact size into the designated field for most room types.You can click the dropdown menu to select the desk size you want for team offices. Your desk selection will determine the area of these rooms.
You can only submit the number of people you’d like to accommodate in a conference room. The area will depend on the number of seats you choose.
Placement Preference:
You can access the Placement Preference feature by tapping the blue arrow button. This feature empowers you to customize the placement of your room types.
Click here for a video tutorial on how to mark preferred locations for specific rooms.
You can choose one of three options:
Window - places the room on the perimeter, next to a window.
Core - situates the chosen facility on the interior, near the main infrastructure lines.
Flexible -this is the default option. qbiq's AI system is empowered to place the facilities within the floor plan.
Alternatively, you can manually place a room type on the floor plan:
Tap Place on Plan, as indicated by the location icon. This action will reveal a display of the floor plan's image.
Pin your preferred location.
Once you have made the placement, tap Done to return to Program-Detailed. You will notice a blue location pin icon on the facility that has just been placed.
Available Room Types:
Below is a list of our standard facilities. Depending on your account's customizations, you may find different room types:
Office - There are two types of offices:
Offices for receiving guests. These offices are ideal for solitary work and are common among senior personnel who hold meetings with a few individuals in their office. You have a choice of five alternatives:
Executive
Large
Medium
Small
Double Room - This office is designed for two employees to meet with guests.
These offices do not include guest seating and are specially designed for employee collaborative work. Select the facility according to the number of employees you need to accommodate:
Focus Room - A room for a single employee, usually used for solitary tasks
Offices 2-8 people
Notes:
Unlike the double room in the Office category, the 2-person room is designed for two employees without guests.
For the 2-8 people offices, measurement changes apply when choosing one of three different desk sizes.
Open Plan - Gives you a variety of workstations and benchings intended for open spaces.
Workstations - features L-shaped desks
Benchings - features a regular desk setting
Note:
Each workstation or benching unit's measurements are fixed according to its display.
Conference - A ranged sized conference rooms:
Board Room
XLarge
Large
Medium
Small
Note:
The measurement represents the highest number of participants in each conference room. You can increase or decrease the chosen conference room’s full capacity.
Reception - A ranged-sized reception area:
Double - for two receptionists
Large
Medium
Small
Pantry—While you might have placed the pantry room in the Space Info step, please ensure that you select the number of pantries needed and their respective dimensions in the Program.
Large - 18-30 People
Medium - 10-16 People
Small - 2-6 People
Employee Lounge - L
Employee Lounge - S
Support Areas - A selection of 10 facilities to support the office needs:
IT - While you might have placed the IT room in the Space Info step, please make sure to select the number of IT rooms needed and their respective dimensions in the Program.
Storage
Coat Closet
Print Hub
Phone Booth
Lounge - L - an area furnished with soft seating units mainly for informal and friendly meetings.
Lounge - S - A small area furnished with soft seating units mainly for informal and friendly meetings.
Collaboration - an open working space furnished less formally than a conference room.
Closed Collaboration - a closed working space furnished less formally than a conference room.
Locker - A unit equals a single locker. If you need lockers for 20 people, please choose 20 units.
Amenities - A selection of 11 shared facilities:
Yoga Room
Library
Game Room
Wellness Room
Training Room
Gym
Video Conf. Room
Photography Studio
Multipurpose Room
Cleaning Room
Mail Room
Other - A selection of 2 shared facilities and a self-creation room-type feature.
Shared facilities:
Shower
WC
Add New Room:
This feature allows you to create any type of room.
Tap the Other tab in the Program - Detailed screen.
Tap the Add New Room button. A pane will appear beside it.
Name and specify the unit's requirements using the pane’s top text box–For example, “Podcast Studio.”
Configure the room area in the middlebox.
Use the + or - buttons to select the desired amount of rooms or type in the exact number.
By default, all New Room types will appear on the report empty of furniture and only with a text label.
The Add New Room feature can be helpful when you want two similar facilities but with different measurements. For example, if you need two executive offices, but one should be smaller, you can start by selecting the regular executive office from the available options within the Office category. Then, you can customize a smaller executive suite using the Add New Room feature.
2D-3D Toggle
This toggle, on the top right-hand side of your screen, lets you view each facility in either 3D or 2D mode, providing a flexible and immersive experience. Switching the toggle to 2D will not affect or cancel the virtual tour.
Program Summary:
The program summary panel located on the right-hand side consistently presents up-to-date data based on the facilities incorporated into the plan. It provides essential information such as the number of people, occupied area, density, and general distribution.
People - The summary reveals the projected number of individuals that will occupy the floor plan, considering the selected facilities, which may include:
Offices
Team Offices
Open Space
Reception
Density—The summary displays the space ratio for one person. This figure helps maximize space utilization. Follow it throughout the planning process to ensure the floor plan is not too dense or, by contrast, too spacious.
Floor Plan Utilization Progress Bar:
The Progress Bar visually represents the occupied space on the floor plan. As you select facilities, the bar gradually fills from left to right, using colors that correspond to those facilities.
When hovering over this bar, a tooltip displays the total area for each room type category and the available (Net) area from your floor plan.
A blue-striped rectangle on the progress bar's right side indicates the proportion of the floor plan's estimated circulation*. If you exceed the available area, a red warning banner will display:
Please Note: the program exceeds the area. Use the program summary calculator to track your floor capacity.
While qbiq allows you to proceed, it is highly recommended that you adjust the facility units accordingly. If the selected program exceeds the vacant floor plan area, qbiq will randomly modify the floor plan’s facility units to comply with the area measurements.
If you submit an independent project, a black-and-white striped rectangle will be presented only when you predefine the area calculation units in RSF (Rentable Square Feet) or gross square meters. This rectangle indicates the estimated core proportion of the floor plan.
Below the progress bar, you'll find a list of facilities, each represented by a specific color and accompanied by the percentage of the floor plan they occupy.
* Circulation refers to the spaces where people move within the floor plan, such as entrances, lobbies, corridors, and stairs.
Total & Departments Tabs:
Total - displays the selected room types. Each pane provides information regarding its space occupation ratio, the number of added facilities, and the area it covers.
Departments - This feature allows you to create and name departments to determine divisions according to your client’s needs. For example, if you are designing a high-tech company’s floor plan, you can create a department for R&D and design their department with the needed workstations. You can add an HR department featuring a separate Focus Room or a small Employee Lounge to facilitate comfortable interview settings.
Once you have finished choosing the amenities within your detailed program, you can tap the Next button to proceed.
Your next stage will depend on whether you are designing a single-floor plan or a multi-floor plan:
Single Floor Plan: Tapping Next will take you to the Visualizations Step, where you can choose your floor plan’s 3D designs for the video tour and rendered images.
Multiple Floor Plans: Tapping the Next button opens the Stacking stage, but you will only reach the Visualizations step.
Stacking:
The stacking stage will only feature when working on a multi-floor plan within the Detailed program. In this step, you will organize all the amenities across multiple floors.
When submitting a multi-floor project, there are three options to arrange your program on the different floors:
Automatically—To effortlessly arrange facility distribution between floors, tap the “Auto Stack” button at the top-right corner of the screen. qbiq's AI system will handle this task for you.
Manually—If you prefer more control, you can manually assign each room in your program to a specific floor. Before proceeding to the next step, you only need to ensure that the entire “Unassigned” column reads 0.
Start manually and then Auto Stack—If you need to place only a few specific rooms on your floors, you can start by manually stacking a few rooms and then clicking on the “Auto Stack” button to assign everything else.
You may also do this in reverse, starting with the “Auto Stack” and revising the AI’s output, removing and adding room quantities to each floor according to your preference.
Note: If you have added Departments to your program, the Auto Stack will keep them together.
Manual Program Stacking
Click on one of the floor bars. This action will trigger a drop-down menu containing the list of facilities that you previously added.
You can choose the number of facility units according to your preferences by tapping the + - buttons or submitting the exact number.
When you add a facility to a specific floor, qbiq deducts it from the total amount, as it keeps track across all floors. For example, if you initially selected two medium conference rooms, both will be listed in the unassigned column on all floors. When you add one of the conference rooms to a specific floor, it will be deducted from the unassigned column on all floors.
Once you assign all the room type quantities, a red message will appear: "Reduce from other floors." This ensures you stay within the total number of facilities you added to the program. You can make changes if you reduce the quantity on one floor and assign it to another instead.
If all the facilities display 0 in the Unassigned column, and you are satisfied with the distribution, tap Next to proceed to the Visualization step.
Progress Bars: These progress bars help you keep track of facility distribution and area measurements as you configure your multi-floor plan. There are two types of progress bars:
Unassigned program blocks - this represents the total program area and displays the remaining unassigned rooms. The progress bar shrinks as you assign facilities to each floor.
Progress bars for each floor represent the available area of each floor separately. The progress bar grows as you add facilities to an individual floor.
Important: The multi-floor planning feature is currently in its Beta phase. We are actively working to enhance and refine it, and we highly encourage and appreciate your valuable feedback.
Once you complete the Stacking stage, tap Next and proceed to the Visualizations Step.