Templates save layout structure, background, grid, plan data, and rules so repeat venues are faster to prepare. They are especially useful for regular markets, annual festivals, venues with fixed infrastructure, or similar event footprints.
Save a template
Open the finished site plan
Use the event site plan builder.
Choose Save Template
Enter a clear template name and optional description or venue name.
Save
The template appears in the Template Library.
What makes a good template
- The venue background, scale, boundary, and fixed infrastructure are reliable.
- Reusable zones, access routes, stage positions, or utility points have been checked.
- Event-specific participant placements, temporary notes, or one-off exceptions have been removed or reviewed before reuse.
Use a template
Open the target event site plan
Start from the event you want to plan.
Choose Load Template
Open the Template Library.
Choose Use Template
SmartGig applies the template to the event plan.
Adjust for the new event
Move participants, labels, zones, infrastructure, or rules as needed.
Before publishing a reused layout
- Check whether entrances, access routes, utilities, stages, power, emergency routes, and pitch counts still match the new event.
- Review any inherited rules before generated placement or approval.
- Remove old notes or labels that only made sense for the previous event.
Editing or deleting a template does not rewrite event plans that already used it. Those event copies remain separate plans.
Need event maps that use real event data?
SmartGig Site Plan helps organisers create event maps, place stallholders, plan infrastructure, publish public-safe maps and export the version the team should use.
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Build a Site Plan
Create an event layout with a map, image, or plain background and place participants, zones, labels, and infrastructure.
Use Rules, Auto-Generation, and Pitch Assignments
Add placement rules, run generated layouts, and review pitch assignments before the plan becomes operational.
Export Site Plan Outputs
Choose the right site plan export for planners, suppliers, crew, emergency teams, mapping tools, or post-event review.