Import blueprints (PDF, CAD, and other formats) that can be used for tracing flooring areas with Measure's drawing tools.
Measure supports many types of electronic blueprint files. The most common file formats are PDF, CAD (*.dwf; *.dwg; *.dxf), TIFF, and JPEG.
Password protected PDFs can be imported. During the import process you will be prompted to enter the password.
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How To:
- From the Navigation bar select the Import Blueprint button,
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The Windows Open dialog box will appear.
(Alternatively, you may select the Blueprint tab in the Ribbon Bar and from the Import group, select to Import Image, Import CAD, or Scan Image.)
- Navigate to the location of the blueprint file and select it.
- Click on Open.
- The Open dialog will then close and the Import Graphics dialog will open.
- A: Select the image quality. Keep in mind higher image quality require more memory and storage space and may impact your workstations performance.
PDF, CAD, TIFF
The checkbox will keep the original quality. Unchecking this box will allow you to set the image quality using the slider.
JPEG
Use the slider to adjust image quality.
The farther the slider is to the right the sharper the image will be.
- B: Set the scale of the blueprint. If you need to set the scale manually please see the article Scaling Imported Blueprints.
- C: If needed you can also rotate, flip, shear, and crop the blueprint.
(For more information on importing multi-page blueprints please see the article Importing Multi-page Blueprints.)
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