Generate a read-only URL anyone can open — no account required — and turn it off when you're done.

Sharing a layout with a public link

A share link is a public URL that lets anyone view a layout in read-only mode. You stay the owner; viewers can pan, zoom, and switch between 2D and 3D, but they can't edit, save, or open the layout in their own account.

How to share a layout

Open the layout you want to share in the editor.
Click Share in the top bar (next to the Export button) — or open the command palette with ⌘K / Ctrl+K and search for "Share".
Flip the Public link toggle on. A URL appears.
Click Copy. Paste it wherever — forum thread, Discord, email, a doc.

The link looks like https://planner.locodex.app/share/abcdef…. The bit after /share/ is a random token that's unique to this link. When you paste it somewhere that shows link previews, it unfurls with the layout's name and a picture of the track plan, so people see what they're clicking before they open it.

What viewers see

Anyone opening the link gets a stripped-down viewer:

The same canvas you see in the editor — pieces, joins, baseboard, validation badges.
A 2D / 3D toggle so they can verify grades and clearances too.
A "Made with Locodex" link back to the planner home.
No tool rail, no catalogue, no inspector, no Save button.

Viewers don't need a Locodex account. They don't see your email, your other layouts, or any account state.

Turning a link off

In the Share dialog, flip the toggle back off. The URL stops working immediately — opening it returns a 404. Nothing else about the layout changes; you can keep editing.

Re-enabling after you disabled

Toggling sharing back on generates a new URL. The old link stays dead forever — there's no way to revive it. This is deliberate: if you ever shared a link with someone you no longer want to have access, disabling and re-enabling is a clean revoke.

Things to know

Only the owner can share. The Share button only appears in the editor for layouts you own.
The token is the access control. Anyone with the URL has read access for as long as the link is enabled. Don't paste the link anywhere you wouldn't want public.
Edits are live. While a link is enabled, the viewer always shows the current state of the layout. There's no "publish a snapshot" step.
One link per layout. A given layout has at most one active share URL. Enabling re-issues it; disabling clears it.