diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 360e2c51a..8e5bda30e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "de_core",
  "de_map",
  "enum-map",
+ "glam",
  "iyes_loopless",
  "iyes_progress",
  "parry2d",
diff --git a/crates/objects/Cargo.toml b/crates/objects/Cargo.toml
index 465152f37..468e62b50 100644
--- a/crates/objects/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/objects/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ de_map = { path = "../map", version = "0.1.0-dev" }
 bevy = "0.7.0"
 iyes_loopless = "0.5.1"
 iyes_progress = { version = "0.3.0", features = [ "iyes_loopless" ] }
+glam = "^0.20.2"
 parry2d = { git = "https://github.com/Indy2222/parry", branch = "feature/dilation" }
 parry3d = "0.9.0"
 enum-map = "2.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/objects/src/draft.rs b/crates/objects/src/draft.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a549ec3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/objects/src/draft.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//! This module implements a Bevy plugin for drafting new objects on the map.
+//! This serves mostly as a visual guide for the user to correctly place new
+//! structures on the map.
+
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+use de_core::{objects::ObjectType, state::GameState};
+use iyes_loopless::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::ObjectCache;
+
+pub(crate) struct DraftPlugin;
+
+impl Plugin for DraftPlugin {
+    fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
+        app.add_system(new_draft.run_in_state(GameState::Playing));
+    }
+}
+
+/// This is a marker component.
+///
+/// An entity with this component is considered to be a (construction) draft.
+/// Its model will be automatically spawned by a system in this module.
+///
+/// An entity marked as a draft must have components
+/// [`bevy::transform::components::Transform`] and
+/// [`de_core::objects::ObjectType`].
+#[derive(Component)]
+pub struct Draft;
+
+fn new_draft(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    drafts: Query<(Entity, &ObjectType), With<Draft>>,
+    cache: Res<ObjectCache>,
+) {
+    for (entity, object_type) in drafts.iter() {
+        commands
+            .entity(entity)
+            .remove::<Draft>()
+            .with_children(|parent| {
+                parent.spawn_scene(cache.get(*object_type).scene());
+            });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/objects/src/lib.rs b/crates/objects/src/lib.rs
index 5a86eb512..194f0ad1b 100644
--- a/crates/objects/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/objects/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ use bevy::{app::PluginGroupBuilder, prelude::PluginGroup};
 use cache::CachePlugin;
 pub use cache::ObjectCache;
 pub use collider::{ColliderCache, ObjectCollider};
+pub use draft::Draft;
+use draft::DraftPlugin;
 pub use ichnography::{Ichnography, IchnographyCache};
 pub use spawner::SpawnEvent;
 use spawner::SpawnerPlugin;
 
 mod cache;
 mod collider;
+mod draft;
 mod ichnography;
 mod loader;
 mod spawner;
@@ -19,6 +22,6 @@ pub struct ObjectsPluginGroup;
 
 impl PluginGroup for ObjectsPluginGroup {
     fn build(&mut self, group: &mut PluginGroupBuilder) {
-        group.add(CachePlugin).add(SpawnerPlugin);
+        group.add(CachePlugin).add(SpawnerPlugin).add(DraftPlugin);
     }
 }