How to use a site plan image or PDF as a background and set its scale

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Description: How to use a site plan image or PDF as a background and set its scale. A step-by-step walkthrough of the screens, buttons and fields involved.

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How to use a site plan image or PDF as a background and set its scale. A step-by-step walkthrough of the screens, buttons and fields involved.

The steps, written out

Select Site & building and press Upload site plan (PDF, PNG or JPG). For a multi-page PDF, choose the page.
Click both ends of a length you know on the plan.
Enter the Real distance and press Apply scale.
Adjust Opacity and Rotation, use Move to drag the image into position, Hide / Show to toggle it, or Remove image to take it off the plan (the file stays attached to the design).

Tip

If the scale looks wrong, press Set scale and measure again.

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