{"id":1619,"date":"2019-05-02T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/articles\/spatial-planning\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:48:53","slug":"spatial-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/articles\/spatial-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!----><\/p>\n<section class=\"c-copy-block py-5 2xl:py-10\">\n<div class=\"c-copy-block__wysiwyg s-wysiwyg txt-18\">\n<p>Event marketers tend to have acute attention to detail when it comes to planning live experiences, but even the best of the best can\u2019t always predict how the flow of attendee traffic will pan out at a given venue. That\u2019s where spatial-planning comes in. With the aid of digital spatial-planning tools, event pros have the ability to organize the distribution of people and activities in venues of all sizes however they see fit\u2014all before a single attendee steps foot into the event. Whether you\u2019re preparing for a conference or a consumer event, the following three spatial-planning tools are worth a try. <\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Social Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social Tables\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialtables.com\/product\/diagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cevent diagramming\u201d spatial-planning software<\/a> helps event organizers create accurate 3D diagrams of their event layouts within a few minutes. Users can choose from a variety of customized seating templates, and convert a mock-up of the layout into a 3D diagram with the click of a button. In addition, navigating seating charts becomes easier by drawing a digital line through each table in the diagram. Altogether, the spatial-planning software, among other benefits, gives event organizers the power to save time and get clients pumped for their event by offering virtual venue walk-throughs. Additional perks include a cloud-based system accessible anywhere with internet, an array of customization tools and ease of sharing with other members of the event team.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>SmartDraw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SmartDraw\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartdraw.com\/event-plan\/event-planning-tool.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">event spatial-planning software<\/a> is similar to that of Social Tables, but has features that allow for the planning of more minute event details. Users can, for instance, access a massive symbol library featuring thousands of ready-to-use visuals for catering, furniture, landscape and other elements that help bring the real look and feel of the event to life. A range of \u201cQuick-Start\u201d layout templates give users the option to start spatial-planning immediately, then tweak the layout to fit the needs of their particular event. Event organizers can even plan their event menu layouts and signage using the software. And for planners who aren\u2019t proficient in design software, SmartDraw\u2019s intuitive nature eliminates the stress of the learning curve.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>3D Event Designer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3D Event Designer comprises more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3deventdesigner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interactive spatial-planning software<\/a>, but maintains a user-friendly experience. Like its competitors, the software allows for the planning of life-like floor plans and seating charts, with templates to guide the way. What sets it apart are features like 2D View, which lets users edit and view furniture in a simple, 2D setting, and 3D View, which allows for a 360-degree virtual walk-through of the floor plan from eye level, or from an aerial perspective. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s even an option to upload real photos, which are vieweable in both 2D and 3D. What\u2019s more, 3D Event Designer incorporates virtual reality compatibility into its software, giving users an opportunity to experience their event layout in a hyper-realistic environment using any mobile VR headset on the market. Other features include the ability to easily switch the system of units from Imperial to Metrics depending on the event\/client, an inventory list tool and an array of \u201cadd-on\u201d services to further customize the spatial-planning experience.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever shuffled furniture around to accommodate an event space moments before attendees arrived, you know just how complicated preparing an event layout can be. These spatial-planning tools, and others like it, improve accuracy and save time\u2014the event marketer\u2019s most precious commodity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Check out trade show exhibits designed and produced by Sparks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event marketers tend to have acute attention to detail when it comes to planning live experiences, but even the best of the best can\u2019t always predict how the flow of attendee traffic will pan out at a given venue. That\u2019s where spatial-planning comes in. With the aid of digital spatial-planning tools, event pros have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Event marketers tend to have acute attention to detail when it comes to planning live experiences, but even the best of the best can\u2019t always predict how the flow of attendee traffic will pan out at a given venue. That\u2019s where spatial-planning comes in. With the aid of digital spatial-planning tools, event pros have the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sparks Marketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sparks Marketing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sparks Marketing\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c0d0fcac986d737fbd47359ef7086f4f\"},\"headline\":\"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":581,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Trends\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/spatial-planning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/sparks-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/sparks-logo.png\",\"width\":188,\"height\":68,\"caption\":\"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c0d0fcac986d737fbd47359ef7086f4f\",\"name\":\"Sparks Marketing\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sparks Marketing\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefreemancompany.com\\\/sparks\\\/author\\\/sparksmarketing\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","og_description":"Event marketers tend to have acute attention to detail when it comes to planning live experiences, but even the best of the best can\u2019t always predict how the flow of attendee traffic will pan out at a given venue. That\u2019s where spatial-planning comes in. With the aid of digital spatial-planning tools, event pros have the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/","og_site_name":"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","article_published_time":"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00","author":"Sparks Marketing","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sparks Marketing","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/"},"author":{"name":"Sparks Marketing","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#\/schema\/person\/c0d0fcac986d737fbd47359ef7086f4f"},"headline":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event","datePublished":"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/"},"wordCount":581,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Trends"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/","name":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event - Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-02T19:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T15:48:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/spatial-planning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Three Spatial-Planning Tools Worth Trying Before Your Next Event"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/","name":"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#organization","name":"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency","url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/01\/sparks-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/01\/sparks-logo.png","width":188,"height":68,"caption":"Sparks | Your Global Brand Experience Agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/#\/schema\/person\/c0d0fcac986d737fbd47359ef7086f4f","name":"Sparks Marketing","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3f5f1d3f3108b0b33d25fc6187cab36f579a470cc19b2174f0c86944f5e1bb9e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sparks Marketing"},"url":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/author\/sparksmarketing\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefreemancompany.com\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}