Build your own buildings
In the building editor you put together your own building types from ready-made parts: walls, roofs, windows and light-up stickers, plus trees, people and vehicles. Once saved, your types stand in your city.
- Plan: from Pro
- For: all members
- Device: on a computer with a mouse
What you can do with the building editor
21 parts
In three groups: “Structure” such as wall, column, arch and roofs, “Glass” for windows and glass bands, and “Light-up stickers” such as neon stripes, a star or a lightning bolt.
39 city elements
Vehicles, people, nature and street decoration, up to 10 per building.
Text on the building
Up to 40 characters, glowing at night if you like.
Build precisely
Move, rotate and scale with handles or numbers. The grid snaps to quarter units and 15 degrees.
Work fast
Multiple selection, duplicate, mirror, copy and paste, 50 steps of undo.
Preview
“Night view” and “City preview” show how the type looks in the city.
Into your city
Choose a name and a building family, then “Save”. The type appears for tasks of that family, or you pick it by hand in the task window under “Building type in the city”.
Share with others
With one click you release a type for the building library, or withdraw it again.
Example organisation, no sign-up. Works on your phone too.
At a glance: plan, permissions, data
As implemented in KlangCity, as of October 2026.
- Plan: From Pro. In Basic you can open the building editor; saving works from Pro.
- Who can do what: All members build, save, delete and share. Guests cannot.
- Limits: Up to 500 parts, 10 city elements and 60,000 triangles per building type.
- In the city: Your own type stands there as soon as the work on the task is done. Until then, the construction site shows that building is under way.
- AI: None.
- Device: Made for a computer with mouse and keyboard, not for phones.
Works well with
- Building library: Adopt types from other teams and share your own.
- Tasks: In the task window you choose the building type by hand.
Good to know
- You cannot upload your own 3D models. You build from the kit.
- No version history: saving under the same name overwrites.
- Your own type gets a share of the tasks in its family, not automatically all of them.
- City elements stand still, without animation.
We would rather tell you up front what is missing. What comes next is on the roadmap.
Try it in the sample city
Everything in one tool, as a living 3D city. Walk through Nordlicht Studio without signing up, or start free with your team straight away. For the first 30 days you try Pro free, and after that Basic stays free for up to 5 people.
Example organisation, no sign-up. Works on your phone too.