Two small settings make your tour feel right: the compass direction tells DEKO360 which way each panorama faces, and the start view decides where visitors look when the tour opens.
Compass direction (set west)
DEKO360 can't know which way a panorama was shot. You tell it by turning the view to face west and saving that direction for the scene. It's used in two places:
- The floor plan. The plan is laid out relative to north, so each scene needs its west direction before it can be placed correctly. See Floor Plan & 3D Dollhouse View.
- The Walk transition. It uses the compass to land facing the right way when moving between linked scenes. See Scene Transitions: Fade vs Walk.
Setting it
- Select a scene.
- In the main viewer, drag until you're looking west. The compass on the viewer shows your current direction. If you're not sure which way is west, check a map or a phone compass for the room you were standing in.
- In the Scene Inspector on the right, click Set west to current view. You'll see "West direction saved for this scene".
- Repeat for every scene you want on the floor plan or in Walk transitions.
To remove it, click Clear compass. Setting the compass can be undone with Undo.
How do I know what's missing?
- Hovering the Floor plan button in the top bar shows how many scenes still need a direction. If you open the floor plan before they're all set, a checklist shows progress (for example "3 of 5 scenes set") with a Go to the editor button.
- The Check Walk setup list under Tour Properties flags scenes with "Compass not set".
Scenes you've excluded from the floor plan don't need a compass for the plan.
Start view
The start view is the direction visitors face when the tour first opens.
- Select the first scene of your tour.
- Drag the view to point where you want visitors to look first, such as the main window or the entrance.
- Click Set start view. You'll see "Start view saved".
Only the tour's first scene uses a start view.
Tips
- Set the compass while you're placing hotspots, so you only open each scene once.
- Pick the same reference for every scene: stand in the room, work out which wall faces west, then turn to it.
- If a floor plan looks rotated or mirrored, recheck the west direction on the scenes in the affected room.