# Swap an item

> Trade an item for a similar one from the same catalog without moving it: same spot, same facing, one undo step for each swap.

Swap replaces the selected item with a similar one, in the same spot and facing the same way. Use it to try another chair, table or machine without placing it again.

## Swap an item

1. Select the item, in the 2D plan or the 3D view.
2. Press **Swap** on the toolbar that appears with it, or open **Swap for a similar item** on its card.
3. Press one of the tiles. The item changes at once.

The panel stays open, so you can try one item after another. Each swap is one undo step, and the message after it offers **Undo**.

![A chair selected, its card open on Swap for a similar item, with other chairs to choose from.](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/screenshots/swap-panel.webp)

## What Swap offers

The panel, headed **Swap for a similar item · same spot, same facing**, shows up to 24 items from your plan's catalog, each with a picture, its name and its footprint:

- first, items of the same kind, such as other chairs for a chair;
- then, when there are fewer than three of those, the other items in the same category.

When the catalog has nothing similar, Swap doesn't appear for that item.

## What changes and what stays

- **The spot stays.** The new item stands where the old one stood.
- **The facing stays** when the new item's catalog allows that angle. Otherwise it turns to its first allowed angle.
- **The size changes.** The new item has its own catalog size, so check the space around it.

A swap is checked like any other change. If the catalog's rules don't accept the new item there, nothing changes and the message says why. If the swap leaves blocking issues, the message ends with “Review the blocking issues below.”

> **Tip:** A bigger item can end up against a neighbour or in a doorway. Open **Space around** on its card to see the gaps, or press the Plan check chip. See [Plan check and clearances](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/plan-check-and-clearances.md).

## Related

- [Add and arrange items](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/add-and-arrange-items.md)
- [Plan check and clearances](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/plan-check-and-clearances.md)
- [Look at your plan in 3D](https://floorplancraft.com/docs/the-3d-view.md)

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Source: https://floorplancraft.com/docs/swap-an-item · Updated 2026-11-07