3. App overview
introduces the main features, functionality, and interface of the software, providing a general understanding of its capabilities and usage.
- Home Screen
- Space Overview
- Quick Access Panel
- Dashboard
- Providers
- Interior Editor
- Space Settings
- Documents
- Account
Home Screen
The main starting interface of SIM-ON, providing quick access to all available spaces, - assets, tasks, events, checklists, contractors and documents.
It serves as the central hub for users to begin and manage their workspace.
My Spaces
When you launch SIM-ON, you start in the Spaces view, it includes all the spaces you have access to.
To access the Spaces screen at any point while working on a SIM-ON space, select the My Spaces option
located in the Side Panel menu
From this screen you can access other views from the side menu:
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We'll go through each of the view in the following pages of this chapter
Assets
View, sort, filter - Manage every Asset within all of the available Spaces
This is a centralized view for all Assets in Spaces
See Asset page in Dashboard chapter for comprehensive feature description
Tasks
Create, manage and assign tasks for users in all of available Spaces.
This is a centralized view for all Tasks in Spaces
See Tasks Page in Dashboard Chapter for comprehensive feature description.
Events
Track maintenance schedules, equipment updates, past actions, ongoing tasks and upcoming activities within all of the available Spaces.
This is a centralized view for all Events in Spaces
See Events Page in Dashboard Chapter for comprehensive feature description
Calendar
A unified calendar that displays tasks and events from every space, in a tile-based layout, allowing users to view, organize, and manage them in one, centralized place.
Create both Events and Tasks directly from this view with 
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See tasks and events pages for detailed information about their creation process
Navigation
Calendar Display
You can change the Calendar display type depending on your needs: choose one of the three available ones:
- Month
The most general one - events and tasks are shown per day
- Week
A more detailed view - Limiting the view to a week, includes a timetable for the events/tasks where you can see an exactly scheduled time for them.
- Day
Same as with the week view, but now it's only a single day
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Checklists
A feature for creating, organizing, and managing checklists, helping users track progress and complete activities efficiently.
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Checklists are templates that need to be assigned to Assets and since they are templates, they can be reused between multiple assets.
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An example of a checklist.
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Contractors
A feature for creating, organizing, and managing a list of contractors, making it easy to keep contact information and project-related details in one place.
Quickly narrow the contractor list by service type, their rate, or rating to find the most suitable professionals.
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Contractor Profile Creation
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Example Contractor Profile
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Documents
View and manage all of the uploaded files to the space: Images, Videos, audio files, text files. Create Folders and upload new files from a single centralized view, without opening spaces.
Spaces
Choose from available spaces to browse the files
Documents view
Every file uploaded to the space can be accessed from here wither with list view as seen above, or with tile view.
For an extensive Documents view features and descriptions see dedicated Documents page
Space Overview
Quick overview of the Project Viewport.
- Left Side Menu panel
- Viewport
- Active Space (Current Room)
- Currently Active users / User Account / fullscreen toggle
- Right side Quick panel
- Room quick access
- At the top left corner there is the burger menu
that rolls out the Side Panel. - Just under it, is located the interior editor
toggle.
If you've added any 3D assets to your scene, you will be able toggle their visibility. This will change
the icon. - In the top central part you can see the the current active space, next to it is the
lock icon. To edit the space you need to first unlock the space editing. You can do it by "unlocking" the 
lock icon by clicking it. - Since the 3D View of the app uses the Matterport Virtual Tour, all the regular Matterport 3D space features are available from the bottom left corner of the viewport.
Side panel
The left side panel is the main menu of the app, from which all other views and features are accessible from. These are as follows:
3D Walk
The Matterport-supported virtual tour view of the app. It is the central, main view of
the app, used to manage and showcase the space. From here you can:
- Move around in the virtual space
- Setup rooms for swipes
- Use Quick Access Panel for various in-app operations
- Place devices within the 3D space
And many more.
To learn about all the features of the app, go through the following pages
Dashboard
Setup, edit and manage all of the Devices, Assets and Scenes within the project.
See Dashboard chapter for detailed feature and functionality description
Providers
Manage your Smarthome providers. Add/remove the Hubs to the project, manage connected devices and their status.
See Providers chapter for detailed feature and functionality description
Interior Editor
Place 3D models within the virtual space of the project to explore the possible arrangements for your space, using our model library.
See Interior Editor page for detailed feature and functionality description
Space Settings
General project management view, mainly used by project managers to handle: users, user roles and the activities within the project.
Additionally: basic project information and Room manager can be accessed from here.
See Space Settings chapter for detailed feature and functionality description
My spaces
Return to the Home screen of the app. See the available Spaces and News.
Quick Access Panel
Used in tandem while in 3D Walk to access the features of the app for smooth user experience in managing:
- Devices
- Scenes
- Assets
- Events
- Tasks
See Quick Access Panel page for detailed feature and functionality description
Quick Access Panel
A convenient section that provides fast access to frequently used features, helping users complete common tasks more efficiently.
DevicesIf there are connected devices, you will see a list containing all of them. You can interact with them by clicking their thumbnails.
Depending on the Device type there will be different information, status and icon for the device, as well as various options
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Scenes
Quick access to all of the scenes in the Dashboard.
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In the Scenes tab you can manage the devices scenario for the whole room/area. After adding a scenario, you’ll have access to play the scene or change its options (name, icon, trigger, scene construction).
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Assets
Asset tool provides a comprehensive repository for all data related to the components and equipment of a property. Users can place Asset icons within a 3D space tour, each linking to a detailed database that includes text descriptions, active links, images, documents, and YouTube videos. It also allows users to link events directly to the property maintenance schedule.
Clicking on an Assets tab - you will see the Asset List displaying available assets within project. Clicking on Asset Tile or Asset Icon in the list within 3D space will open with model details will pop up. On the details window you can locate the asset, add media or visit the dashboard.
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Asset list
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Asset Panel
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You can also add another asset from here - hover over 
icon, located at the bottom right of the asset list (if there are a lot of assets you'll have to scroll down the asset list to find it) to reveal 
button.
The Magic wand 
button gives you access to Automatic Asset Recognition
The Asset Panel will appear:
To Create an Asset, all fields marked with a red asterisk * need to be filled. You can add multiple photos, videos, documents or create events with your asset, as seen in the prior screenshot.
When you're done, click the 
button to finalize asset creation. From now on your Asset will be visible in the Asset List and in 3D view (if you assigned it a position.)
*Maximo Links
If there is currently added IBM Maximo provider to the scene, Simon Assets will have an additional option of linking with Maximo Assets, as seen in the image below, an additional option field appears at the bottom of the asset stack, under Events:
To Learn more about IBM Maximo integration, see: adding IBM Maximo to the Scene and additional Resources view.
Events
Access to the event timeline showing incoming events.
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Events feature lets you track and manage different events happening in your home.
1. Event Timeline:
2. Search:
3. Edit Events:
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icon of the asset to find it easily.
Tasks
In the Tasks tabs you can find comments added in the project. You can create a new one or edit an existing one.
To manage a detailed list of the Tasks, see Tasks page in Dashboard
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Tasks list
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Detailed view
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Maintenance Requests
- You can create tasks with checklists for routine jobs, like changing air filters or checking battery levels.
- The system might allow to connect with service providers to create tasks for them for fixing or maintenance.
Support and Troubleshooting
- If you need support, you can create a task and track its progress.
- The task can be connected to a Contractor, making it easier to get help when you need it.
Dashboard
Central hub for managing all the devices, assets, scenes, tasks and events within the space.
Devices
In the Devices view you can see all the devices in the selected rooms or all devices in the project if All Rooms option is selected.
Device List
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Device Details
After clicking on one of the devices, you will see the device details. By clicking the pin  icon you can transport to the device's location, If the device wasn't placed yet, you can do it by clicking on the add icon. |
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Device Settings
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By clicking settings
and visibility in the 3D view. |
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icon you can change the device's details:Device Structure
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You can also see a device structure - it varies for different devices - there can be a few devices connected to one master device, or just one. It depends on the provider's hub structure and you can decide which elements should be visible in the 3D view. |
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Assets
An asset is a physical object (that lacks smart connectivity) you, as a user, wish to keep track of in the SIM-ON project space. For example assets, see the screenshot below.
In the Assets view you can see all the assets in the selected rooms or all Assets in the project.
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Selecting an asset tile will reveal it's details. Press "Edit asset" to manage the asset information and files uploaded to it.
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Example Asset:
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Asset Creation Side Panel:
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* IBM Maximo
If you have connected a Maximo provider to your space, you gain an additional feature within Assets to link them with Maximo assets:
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Adding from existing lets you add
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When asset is not linked with Maximo, you will see the following options:
Events
Track maintenance schedules, equipment updates, past actions, ongoing tasks and upcoming activities.
Manage Events within Space. Create, sort and filter existing events through the Events view.
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Event creation
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Event creation panel
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Example of an Event
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Scenes
Automate the Devices behavior with various triggers and states within the project.
Scene view
In the Scene view you can see all the scenes available. Scenes can manage different scenarios including turning on the lights on, planning to turn on or off different devices depending on the various triggers. Additionally you can add new scenes from here as well or delete the existing ones.
To delete or edit a scene, click the more options 
button on the scene tile.
You need to have appropriate permissions to edit Scenes.
Scene editor
To add a new scene, click the 
button. This will invoke the Scene editor view. You need to provide a name, icon, select scene trigger and create scene construction and then save it.
Tasks
Create, manage and assign tasks for other space users.
The Tasks view in the Dashboard is a detailed Task management view for the project, where you can see the status of every task together with other necessary information such as:
- Due date
- Assignee
- Task Status and Type
From here, you can easily go to the location of the task, using location pin 
button at the right end of the task tile.
Task Creation
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Extended Task options view:
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To edit a task, click on the more options 
button located at the end of the Task tile.
This will open a new window with following options:
Filter, Sort and Search
The ticket management functions are fitted with comprehensive filter, sort and search functionality. Handle large amounts of tickets by:
- Room
- Ticket Type
- Ticket Status
- People Assigned
- Date Range
- Original Creator
Resources*
This View is specific only to IBM Maximo provider. See how to connect an IBM Maximo provider
Manage Maximo links, and asset connections
Inspecting a Maximo item shows currently linked assets, together with a quick access to their location. Additionally, we can go directly to the linked item in the Maximo site.
Adding Maximo Link
From this panel you can also "pre-add" Maximo items for easier linking/management in the future. Press the " + Add " button
With the revealed panel, we must choose the Maximo system we want to list items from and select the desired one. The name of an item can be changed for the Simon side, but it's not necessary, as it will inherit the name by default.
Providers
A section for viewing and managing provider connections, including connected hubs, linked devices, and available devices that can be linked or configured.
Connections
The Connections tab displays all the 3rd party HUBs that are currently connected to your space. From this view you can add or remove HUB connections.
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The connected HUBs listed here will be automatically sorted to corresponding families they belong to. HUB names will be displayed here together with serial numbers of the HUB. Additionally you can check whether the HUB is currently online and toggle its status manually.
Import device
In this tab will be displayed all the devices from the Connected HUBs that are not yet imported to the SIMON device list. Here you will be able to search and filter the devices by provider, hub and name. To further locate the desired device
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Device list
All the linked devices will be available here. From this tab you’ll be able to check the status of the device, which HUB it belongs to, the Provider family and assigned room of the device.
Interior Editor
The Interior Editor Model Browser provides access to a library of 3D models organized into predefined categories. It enables efficient browsing, selection, and management of models to support interior planning, renovation workflows, and purchase planning.
You can find it from the main side menu by selecting 
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After entering the Interior editor, the Model browser will be automatically opened. You can close it at any time, simply click the arrow
If you decide to reveal it later on, you can do this by clicking the armchair
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Uploading custom models
Adding your own models to the Interior Designer is now possible. To do so, proceed with the "+ Add New Model" then follow the instructions from the new window:
Supported 3D formats are:
Supported 2D (thumbnail) images are:
The newly added models will appear under "My Models" section in the Model Browser.
Before uploading your first model, we advise you to read our Best Practices in 3D Graphics page |
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Layout
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In the Layout manager window you can see the list with all the 3D models added to the project and manage different model sets, called layouts, to set up multiple variations of spaces to preview.
Access the Layout Manager by clicking layered
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icon located in the top right corner.
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The uppermost tab of the layout manager is for grouping the models into “layouts”.
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you’ll see a list of existing layouts and an option to add 
a new layout.
- Search
After adding 3D models to the scene, you can search for the desired model in the current layout by typing its name in this text field. - Model List
A list with all the models added to the currently selected layout. - Model Actions
You can click on the pinicon to see where the object is placed, change visibility of the model by clicking the view
icon or delete the model by clicking the bin
icon.
- Layout Actions
Further layout actions can be accessed by revealing the optionstab. There you are able to clone the currently selected layout, rename it or delete it.
- Layout toggles
To access the toggles, simply click the settings
icon. You can toggle the visibility of layout model sets and choose the default one to be displayed.
Space Settings
A section where users can customize space preferences, manage account permissions, and view activity log.
General info
In the General info tab you can see the most basic information about your space, such as address, cloud space limit usage, space components and space owner.
- General Information
Check your space basic information: name, street, house number, apartment number, town, region, zip code and country, space owner. You can also Leave the space from here.
With appropriate permissions you can Edit General info from here as well as delete the space itself
- Plan Limits
Check your scene limits usage: you can see how many devices and scenes you used in your project as well as how much cloud space is being used.
Remember that the cloud space limit usage depends on the subscription plan and might vary from the information above
- Virtual Walk Source
In here you can change the link to your Matterport Virtual Tour Scan.
Rooms
By clicking on one of the existing rooms on the list on the left you can isolate it to see details about this one selected room only
- Search
Here you can search for the room by its name - Add Room
After clicking “Add new room” you need to enter the room name. After creating it you can assign the sweeps in the 3D walk view to your new room. - Edit Room
After selecting the room from the list on the left or choosing one of them while All Rooms are selected and clicking Edit room, you’re able to change the name of the room and set the color. Both the name and room color will be visible in the 3D walk view. To save the changes, click Save changes. - Asset(s)
In the room tile you can see a list of assets that were added to the room. You can click on the asset to see its details. - Device(s)
In the room tile you can see a list of devices that were added to the room. You can click on the device to see its details.
Users
In the User tab you can manage the users in your space, edit their roles, remove them from the project or add new users.
- User list
Under the User name you can see the list of all users. - Invite user
If you’re the project owner you can click on Add new user to create a new user. You need to provide a username, email address and role(s).
Keep in mind, that the access to the Users tab requires appropriate permissions
Role Templates
In the Role templates tab you can add or change role permissions.
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There are a few tabs that you can change privileges in: General privileges, Rooms, Devices, Assets, Scenes, Tickets. |
button you can create a new set of privileges. First you need to enter a role name and after clicking Confirm you can use checkboxes to make some privileges allowed.
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You can create multiple roles with different privileges depending on who you share the project with. If you want to share it with subcontractors, you may want to give them roles to edit assets or devices. If you want, you may want to give separate roles to plumbers, electricians, people controlling the project, your closest associates, etc.
If you set some general privileges (eg. to create rooms), the privileges on the other categories will change too.
In the example above, the Designer has some privileges to manage Interior Designer, Create tickets and view providers. Automatically some of the privileges was created as you can see in the image below, but you can revoke the access to specific rooms, devices or other options (in this example the Designer role allows to manage the Interior editor, create tickets and view providers excluding TURQUOISE, GREEN and PINK rooms).
Keep in mind, that the access to the Role templates tab requires appropriate permissions
History log
In the History log tab you will find the latest activity in the project and its type, time and the user it was triggered by.
Filters
Quickly find action logs using various filters or search for specific phrase
Documents
Manage every external file - images, videos, text files, sound files, uploaded into the space.
Create folders for easier file management within the project space, upload files first, assign them later.
Upload
Using the upload button located in the top right corner of the view lets you import multiple individual files or entire folders.
If you want to create an empty folder - to sort existing files, choose the 
button.
Filters
Use various ways to sort and filter through the files you are searching for.
TypeFilter by file type
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AuthorFilter by file uploader
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UnassignedFilter toggle for unassigned files
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SearchFind specific files by filename
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SortArrange files in order
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File options
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By clicking more options
Selecting More info - reveals a side panel with more detailed file information, together with a shortcut to the linked asset within the project -> |
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Display toggle
Change between List view and Tiles view 
depending on your preferences
List view:
Tiles view:
Account
A section where users can manage their account information, subscriptions and other account-specific options.
Subscription Plans
Central panel for License management, displaying all of the necessary information and plan details together with the history of payments, all in one, easily accessible space.
- Current plan
In this section you’ll see your current plan and it's features. - Invoice address
The specified information for payments will be displayed here. Select the edit
icon to open a text window where you will be able to edit the information. - Settlements and payments
The upcoming transactions will be displayed here. - Plan details
Section displaying your current plans limits and their usage by space. - Promo codes
If you have a promo code, here’s where you can apply it. - Invoice history
The history of your account payments together with Invoice numbers, dates, plan names and costs. - Check plans
You can check all the plans here or by clicking on the image below.
The price of the product may vary depending on the user's location and the time of purchase. Please check the final price before completing your purchase
Preferences
A place to adjust language, units, electricity and other miscellaneous options.
- Error handling
Few toggleable options for the power user - Language
Available localisations: English, Spanish, Japanese, Polish, German - Temperature
Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin - Power
kWh, Joule - Electricity price conversion
Toggleable option for automatic power price conversion
SIMLAB Cloud
Your main profile view where you can change your password/name and access the SIMLAB apps from.
SIMLAB Cloud is a comprehensive digital platform designed to support the entire lifecycle of building management through its Digital Twin solutions. It integrates advanced technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), and 3D visualization to create a digital replica of physical assets, like houses, hospitals, factories. This digital ecosystem allows users to manage every aspect of a property from design and construction to maintenance or renovation.
You can select one of two solutions:
- SIM-ON: A versatile platform that leverages the Matterport scans to create a dynamic 3D visual interface. It integrates seamlessly with IoT and building automation systems like Fibaro, NETX, Samsung SmartThings and KNX, allowing for effective asset management and facility maintenance.
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STAGES: Another solution under SIMLAB Cloud, STAGES focuses on monitoring the construction process and facilitates communication among teams and stakeholders. It offers tools for comparing different phases of a project using Matterport scans, 3d models, which helps in managing changes and maintaining a historical record of the building's state using the timeline.