Planning Tool
Bowling Lane Planner
Draw your room, fit a lane, and download CAD-ready drawings with the slab set-down your documentation needs. Runs in your browser, no sign-up.
Lane Planner
Start by drawing your room: click or drag, any shape works. Trace an uploaded floor plan (PDF or image), or drop in a quick rectangle.
Indicative layout only. Every project is confirmed with a LaneCraft site assessment. Floor plan overlays stay in your browser and are not included in DXF exports.
Second Opinion
Want a formal quote or a second opinion?
Send us the plan you just drew and the team will confirm what fits, or prepare a formal quote for your configuration. We reply typically within two business days.
A link to your plan is attached automatically, so we can reopen your exact room and lane and see precisely what you designed. Have a floor plan file too? Reply to our email and send it across.
How It Works
Room, Lane, Drawings
1. Draw the room
Click or drag to place walls in any shape - snap guides square the corners and every dimension is click-to-type. Or trace over your own floor plan (PDF, PNG, or JPG) and type one known wall length to scale it to real size.
2. Place the lane
The format menu tells you what fits before you choose. Drop in a Tenpin, Ninepin, or compact Kern lane; it snaps flush to your walls, and you can rotate it, stretch a custom format between walls, or slide the masking wall.
3. Take the drawings
Switch to the set-down view for the recessed slab dimensions your structural documentation needs, then download DXF, SVG, or PNG, print it, or share a link that reopens the plan on any device.
Undo and redo
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y step back and forward through every change.
Snap guides
Walls square themselves as you draw; type a number mid-draw for an exact length.
Floor plan tracing
Overlay a PDF, PNG, or JPG plan and calibrate it with one typed dimension.
Fits-aware formats
The format menu shows what fits your room - and the shortfall when it does not.
Wall snapping
Lanes pull flush against walls as you drag, so tight layouts line up exactly.
Set-down view
The recessed slab area, hatched and dimensioned, straight off the build specs.
CAD-ready exports
DXF for your drawings, SVG and PNG for everything else, or print it.
Share links
The whole plan lives in the URL - reopen or hand it over on any device, no account.
For Project Teams
From Client Brief to Set-Out Drawing
Every figure comes from the specifications LaneCraft builds to: lane lengths, approach zones, machine rooms, and cross-section widths down to the millimetre. The set-down view dimensions the recessed slab area, 390 mm into the slab with a 420 mm finished floor difference, which is usually the first thing structural documentation needs. For the numbers in prose form, see our bowling lane dimensions guide; for structural requirements, services, and coordination timelines, our architects and builders page has the technical detail.
You do not need to be drawing for a client to use it. If it is your own garage, shed, or basement, the same tool tells you in a minute which formats fit, from a full-length Tenpin lane to the compact Kern format, and the Share button gives you a link that reopens your plan on any device. Every project starts from the standard build; customise the lane length, approach, and masking wall from there.
Format Reference
The Numbers Behind the Planner
Tenpin
- Lane
- 18 m
- Approach
- 4.8 m
- Machine room
- 3 m
- Total length
- 25.8 m
The full-length game with traditional Tenpin balls. For dedicated bowling rooms and venues with the space.
Ninepin
- Lane
- 19.4 m
- Approach
- 5.5 m
- Machine room
- 3 m
- Total length
- 27.9 m
The European precision game: nine pins in a diamond arrangement with smaller, lighter balls. The longest footprint of the three.
Kern
- Lane
- 12 m
- Approach
- 3.5 m
- Machine room
- 2.5 m
- Total length
- 18 m
Our compact format: a Tenpin pin arrangement with lightweight, same-weight Kern Balls and no gutters. The smallest footprint of the three.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Lane Planner free to use? +
Yes. The planner is free, runs entirely in your browser, and needs no sign-up or download. Draw as many rooms and lanes as you like and export DXF, SVG, or PNG drawings at no cost. It exists to answer the feasibility question - will a lane fit? - before you ever need to talk to us.
How accurate is the planner? +
The planner is indicative and based on LaneCraft's published build specifications: lane lengths, approach zones, machine rooms, and clearances. It is accurate enough to tell you whether a project is feasible in your space. Every project is then confirmed with a LaneCraft site assessment before anything is built.
What if a Tenpin lane does not fit? +
Most spaces that fail Tenpin can still take Kern. The compact Kern format needs around 18 metres total, compared with roughly 25.8 metres for a full-length Tenpin lane, and it keeps the Tenpin pin arrangement with lightweight, same-weight balls.
Can I overlay my own floor plan? +
Yes. Add a PDF, PNG, JPG, or SVG of your floor plan directly onto the planner canvas (for PDFs, the first page is used), then move, resize, and rotate it until the lane lines up with your space. The overlay stays in your browser and is never uploaded; if you want us to see it, you can email it across when you request a quote.
What slab set-down does a bowling lane need? +
The lane area is recessed 390 mm into the slab, with a 420 mm total finished floor difference to the surrounding floor. The planner's set-down view shows this recessed area hatched and dimensioned (length and width) so it can be transferred straight to structural documentation.
Can I use the drawing in my building plans? +
Yes. You can download the plan as an SVG or DXF file and drop it straight into your drawings. Our architects and builders page covers the rest of the technical detail: structural requirements, services, and coordination timelines. For project-specific drawings, get in touch.
What happens after I send my plan? +
The team reviews your plan against the build specifications and replies with a confirmed fit assessment or a formal quote, typically within two business days. Your plan is used only to assess your project, as set out in our privacy policy.
Know what fits? Let's make it real.
Send us your measurements or the plan you just downloaded. We will confirm the details and map out the next steps.
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