The minimap

The minimap sits in the bottom-right of the canvas in 2D mode. It traces every placement's centerline so you can see the whole layout at a glance — even when the camera is zoomed deep into a corner.

What you'll see

• All placements drawn as thin lines, scaled to fit.
• The selected piece highlighted in orange.
• A viewport rectangle showing the part of the layout that's currently on screen. Drag the rectangle to pan.
• A home chevron when the camera has wandered fully off the layout. It points back toward your pieces.

How its scale is anchored

The minimap's scale is locked to your layout — or to the baseboard footprint, if you've defined one. That means panning the camera into empty space doesn't rescale the map. You can pan a kilometre away and the layout in the minimap stays the same size; only the viewport rectangle moves out toward the edge (and then the chevron takes over).

This is deliberate. A minimap that auto-fits the camera position turns into a moving target — every pan changes what "small" and "large" mean on the map. Anchoring to the layout keeps your spatial mental model intact.

When the minimap is hidden

The minimap is a 2D-mode chrome. It hides in 3D mode and in any view where the camera isn't orthographic.