If you design CCTV for warehouses and weigh whether CCTV Design Tool still earns its place, this page is for you. CCTVplanner is the larger free tier, cheaper paid plan, 22 UI languages, EU-hosted integrators are switching to in 2026 — same DORI math, bigger camera catalog, modern UI, vertical-specific workflows built in.
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Tall pallet racks create deep, dim canyons. Many design tools render a flat 2D cone and ignore the obstacle that the racking actually is. CCTVplanner draws obstacle shadows in real time so you see the dead zones between rows before you mount the camera.
Truck plates at 8-15 m need Identify-DORI (250 px/m) at the right angle. Pulling the DORI ring against the dock door distance and checking it survives the tilt is non-trivial in tools where DORI is a label rather than a draggable overlay.
Modern distribution centres stack mezzanine offices, pick-tower levels and rooftop perimeters. CCTVplanner stacks unlimited floors, routes cabling between them and rolls them up into one BOM. Most tools handle one plan at a time.
A 200-metre yard wall is not the same problem as a corridor. You need wide-area Detect-DORI (25 px/m) on long shots. CCTVplanner renders the yard fence on real satellite map view; you trace the perimeter and place cameras against actual property boundaries.
Drop racking, walls, columns and stacked pallets onto the canvas. The FOV cone clips against them in real time, with shadow polygons showing exactly where the camera cannot see. No more discovering the blind spot after install.
Stack ground floor, mezzanine, pick-tower and rooftop. Drop one NVR in the IT closet, daisy-chain switches across floors, and the topology graph computes cabling, PoE budget and BOM for the entire building.
Per EN 62676-4: 25 / 62.5 / 125 / 250 px/m. Drop the camera, set focal length, and the four DORI rings render on the floor. Pull the Identify ring (250 px/m) to the dock door — that is the camera that captures plates and faces.
Multi-page PDF: floor plan per zone, full BOM (camera, mount, PoE, cable run length), elevation views, cost estimate. Export the BOM as CSV to import into your WMS or quote tool. Every line item linked to the camera on the plan.
Modern keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, auto-save, undo/redo. Place 50 cameras on a 30-bay warehouse without fighting the UI.
Switch the floor plan layer to OpenStreetMap aerial. Trace the actual property line, drop perimeter cameras, watch the Detect cone reach across the real yard.
Walk the warehouse with the customer, drop a camera on the tablet canvas, agree on the tilt right there. Try that with a desktop-only tool.
Open the project on the laptop in the office, the tablet on site, the phone in the van. Same project, same canvas, same BOM.
Eight to sixteen cameras typically cover entry/exit, loading docks, racking aisles and high-value storage. The exact number depends on rack height and aisle spacing. CCTVplanner lets you place cameras on your actual floor plan and verify coverage before installation — the obstacle-aware FOV cone clips against racking so dead zones surface immediately.
Identify (250 px/m) to capture truck plates and driver faces. Use a 4-6 MP bullet or turret with motorised zoom mounted 4-6 m up. CCTVplanner overlays the DORI rings on your plan so you can drag the Identify ring against the dock door distance — if it does not reach, change the lens.
Yes. CCTVplanner is browser-based and the canvas works on iPad/Android tablets — touch pan/zoom, multi-touch rotate, on-screen mounting controls. PWA install means the app caches for offline use after first load, which matters when you are on a remote DC with patchy Wi-Fi.
Yes. Stack mezzanine offices, pick-tower levels and rooftop perimeter as separate floors. The topology graph routes cabling across floors via switches, computes PoE budget across the whole building, and rolls everything into a single BOM. Most competing tools handle one plan at a time.
Free tier covers a real small site. No card, no install, no learning-curve hangover. See your first DORI ring in under 60 seconds.
