Design Studio: heads on a plan in 10 minutes

What the Design Studio is

SprinkFlow Design Studio is our Windows CAD program for sprinkler design — backgrounds, head layout, pipe routing, hydraulics, structure and elevations, in one drawing. It's in early alpha: unfinished on purpose, rebuilt most weeks, and steered by what testers report. Every active SprinkFlow Tools subscription includes access — there's nothing extra to buy. Download it and read what alpha means →

This lesson is the ten-minute version of the job everybody starts with: get a plan on screen and get heads on it.

Step 1 — Bring in the background

1. Start a new project and import the job's DWG background (or convert a PDF first with lesson A8's tool).
2. Confirm the drawing scale so distances mean what they say.

Step 2 — Place heads

1. Pick your sprinkler and its coverage from the setup panel.
2. Click to place heads. Smart snaps grab ceiling tiles, spacing rhythms, and alignments as you go — fighting the cursor is not part of this workflow.
3. Watch the coverage shading fill in live behind the heads. Gaps show instantly, before a reviewer finds them.

Step 3 — Check and send

1. Sweep the plan for unshaded corners and spacing violations.
2. Save the project file and send it back to the designer or the office.