Free calculators and practical guides
Get a useful first answer without signing up: how many guests fit, how much meeting space works, how large the dance floor should be, or how much total event space to shortlist. Then turn the estimate into an actual editable layout in Metis.
Each calculator is free, works in the browser and leads naturally into the next planning step.
Enter room length and width and compare banquet, cabaret, theatre, classroom, boardroom, U-shape and standing capacity. Unlike a simple area division, it generates furniture with clearances and lets you inspect the selected plan in 2D and 3D.
Test boardroom, U-shape, classroom, theatre and cabaret arrangements for a meeting room. Useful for hotels, conference centres, training teams and corporate event planners comparing setup options.
Estimate dance-floor area, dimensions, hire-panel count and setup time from the guest count and style of dancing. Compare LED, chequer, parquet and gloss finishes, then pass the floor into the venue calculator.
Work from guest count to a room, marquee or tipi starting size. Build the allowance zone by zone for dining, dancing, stage, bar and circulation rather than relying on a single capacity label.
Put in the stands you are selling, your visitor numbers and what else the show needs — registration, café, seminar theatre, lounge, step-free access — and get the hall size, where every square metre goes, and a to-scale layout proving it fits.
The other way round again: you already know what is going in. Add your exhibition stands, banquet tables, dance floor and bar to a room and watch the floor space count down — then ask whether a car, a stage or one more stand still fits, in area and in shape.
Put in your own plans a month, hours per plan, staff cost and bookings, and see the payback and return on event floor plan software — with the working shown and cautious starting values.
Understand why the number changes before deciding which calculator result to use.
Common room sizes, seven layout types and a quick dimension selector that hands off to the real layout engine.
Compare standing, theatre, classroom, cabaret, banquet, boardroom and U-shape in the same floor area.
Best uses, advantages, limitations and space ranges for six conference setups, including hollow square.
Compare 4 ft, 5 ft, 5 ft 6 in and 6 ft rounds and understand the difference between chairs fitting and service working.
Metric and imperial guidance for occupied chairs, pull-back, service gaps, main aisles and wall clearance.
Eight visual starting points for weddings, dinners, awards, conferences, training, presentations and cabaret.
Move from venue shortlist to a table-by-table reception plan.
Planning space for 50, 80, 100, 120, 150, 200, 250 and 300 guests, including dining, dancing, bar, entertainment and circulation.
Arrange round tables, top or sweetheart table, dance floor, DJ or band, bar, buffet, cake, entrances and service routes.
Use a calculator to qualify a room, compare setup styles, challenge an unrealistic brochure number or establish the scale of a dance floor or marquee. It is fast because it starts with a rectangular room and standardised furniture.
Move into Metis event floor plan software when the real doors, pillars, furniture, stage, AV, guest seating, client comments and operations handover matter. That is where a planning estimate becomes an editable event document.
Build the actual venue, refine the furniture layout, view it in 3D, collect client feedback and issue the approved setup.
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