Draw the plan. Place the devices. Ship the submittal.
An in-browser floor-plan builder that lays out detectors and notification, runs coverage and addressing, and feeds the same project your submittal is built from.
Laying out a fire alarm system usually means a CAD seat, a device-spacing table, and a lot of manual dropping and measuring — then re-drawing the riser by hand when the design changes. It's slow, it lives in a separate file from your submittal, and every revision is double work.
Canvas puts the whole layout in the browser, on the same project your submittal package is built from. Trace or import the floor plan, draw walls and rooms, and let the engine auto-place smoke and heat detectors and notification appliances to NFPA 72 spacing — then check coverage, assign SLC/NAC addresses from the wiring you drew, and generate the plan sheets and riser.
Because the drawing and the submittal are one project, the devices you place become the device matrix, and the plan becomes the drawing set — no re-entry, no second file, no version drift between the plan and the paperwork.
Every part of Canvas Floor Plans, covered.
Draw walls, rooms & floors
Build the plan in the browser — walls, rooms, and multiple floors — or drop a floor-plan image underneath and trace over it.
Auto-place fire alarm devices
The engine places smoke and heat detectors and notification appliances to NFPA 72 spacing, so you start from a compliant layout instead of a blank grid.
Coverage checks (NFPA 72 / IFC 510)
See detector and notification coverage on the plan, and run a BDA/ERRCS RF coverage grid for in-building radio — catch a gap before the AHJ does.
Addressing from the wiring
Draw the SLC/NAC topology and Canvas assigns device addresses from it, so the plan and the point list agree.
Flows into the submittal
It's the same project as your submittal: placed devices feed the device matrix, and the plan produces the drawing set and riser — no re-entry.
Plan sheets & riser diagrams
Generate a clean plan-sheet set and an auto-drawn riser, ready to drop into the package you hand the authority having jurisdiction.
One project, plan to package
The reason layout and submittals normally live in two files is that they're built in two tools. Canvas is part of the same FireDeck project your submittal comes from, so the work you do on the plan isn't thrown away when it's time to assemble the paperwork.
Place a pull station on the plan and it's in the device matrix. Draw the riser and it's in the drawing set. Change the design and both update — there's no reconciling a DWG against a spreadsheet the night before a deadline.
- Walls, rooms, and multi-floor plans in the browser
- Underlay an existing floor plan and trace over it
- NFPA 72 auto-placement for detectors + notification
- Coverage + BDA/ERRCS RF grid (IFC 510)
- SLC / NAC addressing from the drawn wiring
- Plan sheets + auto riser, straight into the submittal
Who it's for
Fire alarm contractors who lay out systems and want the drawing and the submittal to be the same job — not a CAD file on one machine and a package on another. If you're already building submittals in FireDeck, Canvas is where the plan for that package gets drawn.
From job to done.
Bring in the plan
Draw it, or drop a floor-plan image under the grid and trace it.
Place devices
Auto-place detectors + notification to NFPA 72 spacing, then adjust.
Check & address
Verify coverage, wire the loops, and assign SLC/NAC addresses.
Ship it
Generate plan sheets + riser; the devices roll into your submittal.
Simple, per-module pricing.
No per-project fees, no contracts. Add it on its own or save in a bundle — cancel anytime.