File Editor Overview

In order to access the Floor Editor, in the File menu, select the Floor Editor function, choose a Floor Plan and click on the Modify button. The floor editor is the tool that allows to create your restaurant floors efficiently. The Floor Editor option allows to setup all the elements that you will find on your floor plans. You can program up to 200 different elements on each floor plan including tables, horizontal and vertical lines and decorative elements. The drag and drop functionalities allow to easily design your restaurant layout. After the layout is designed, you can define the appropriate plan, section and each section's tables that are available.

The Floor plan editor is separated in 4 sections

A. Edit tools bar

B. Element frame

C. Floor plan list

D. Restaurant layout

A. Edit tool bar

This section includes all needed tools to create and setup your floor plan. In this section, there are seven edition tools to help you design your floor layout.

Enable this icon to get your default cursor icon back. You can then right-click on any object to access the contextual menu including the cut, copy and paste commands. You can also use the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V keys to copy and paste an object. As well, you click on any object to resize it by stretching a corner of it with your mouse, or move it by dragging from the center of the object or by using the cursor keys on your keyboard.

Use this function to link tables together in order to sit larger group of people. To links tables, select the first table, next click on the link table icon, then select the table you want to join the first table. Maitre'D display a dot line that links both tables.

This option deletes objects, elements from the floor plan one by one. You must select the object to delete before selecting this function key.

This option displays the properties of the selected object. It allows to give a table #, view its position on the X and Y-axis, # of customers that can be seated at the table and if it can be join to another table and so on.

Use this function to draw vertical and horizontal lines on your display. This function is used to draw walls, steps and furniture in the restaurant.

Use this function to select your smoking and non-smoking tables. Select this function key and then touch the appropriate table to set as smoking. If a table already has a cigarette sign then the function set it as non-smoking.

Use this function key to define the numerous sections of your restaurant by different colors and numbers. The drop down arrow gives you a selection of 30 sections for your plan. You must select a section number and then touch the table you wish to assign to the section. NOTE: 2 different sections may have the same color, since there are 16 different colors available for your section definition.

B. Element frame

Object

From the Object tab, these icons represent different elements usually found on restaurant plans. Use these icons to build your floor plan and to represent as possible the reality of your restaurant layout. The more representative this plan will be, the easier it will be for the servers to locate rapidly their tables in their sections. Adding tables, stools, workstations are a simple drag and drop away.

Option

Show grid

When enabled, a grid is formed to help you align your tables and other object. You can also see blue lines across the restaurant layout to indicate the portion of the screen that would display on a handheld unit or when zoomed on a regular screen.

Snap to grid

When enabled, it aligns tables vertically, horizontally and the size to the grid. This function must be enabled before creating your table on the floor plan. It doesn't align existing table.

Show Client count

When enabled it shows the number of customer that can be seated at the table on the top left corner. The # of customers has to be set in the table properties before showing up here.

Show Joint information

When enabled it shows the join table number on the top right corner. If a table is setup that it can be join to another table then an = sign will precede the join table #.

Restore the whole floor plan to the state it was before you started your modification.

C. Floor plan list

This option allows to select the plan you wish to create or modify. To select a plan, click on the drop down arrow. You can program up to 30 different plan descriptions and each plan could contain up to 30 sections and each section could contain up to 30 tables. To rename a plan, click on the Rename key. The plans are used to setup your floor plan in relation with various sections configurations you might need in accordance with the various events you could have in your restaurant. You could, for example have a description called day that would split your floor plan in 4 sections, because you are using 4 servers daytime. You could also have a description called Thursday Night that would split your floor plan in 8 sections, because you are using 8 servers at that time.

Click on the drop down menu to reach the plan you want to edit.

D. Restaurant layout

The restaurant layout displays the results of your modifications (ex. Figure1). According to the selected plan under the Floor Plan List, the restaurant layout shows different colored sections.

Right mice click on an element from the plan and then select "Properties" to access and view the element definition.

Table

Id

Number

Enter here the table number that you want to program and that will be shown on the screen. For decorative elements use numbers that will start with a letter.

Joined to

Enter here the number of the table that it will be joined to in order to be able to sit larger group together. If you indicate 5 customers at the table and that it can be joined to a 4 customers table, and you have a party of 9 and no table for 9 people available, Maitre'D will joined those 2 tables to accommodate the group.

Customer

Table

Enable this option if you want this element to be considered as a table

Smoking

Enter here whether the table is in a smoking section or not. On the screen, a table in a smoking area shows a cigarette on the table and a non-smoking table will not show a cigarette.

Number

Enter here the usual number of customers for that table.

Max Number

Enter here the maximum number of customers for that table.

Position

Enter the position on the X axis (from left to right) between 0 and 640 and the position on the Y axis (from top to bottom) between 0 and 480 where you want your table to start. Don't forget that the upper left corner is position 0,0. Enter the values for the table width and height. If one of them does not have a value, a vertical line or a horizontal line appears. When you drag a table on the plan layout, this tab gets updated automatically with the new position.

Icon

Select the element icon to show on the floor plan.