Plan navigation

Panning your plan

To move around the Plan: Click, Hold and Drag

To lock the Plan from moving, Hold ALT or ⌥ OPTION and press L. This is especially useful when you are using the Grid tool and you don't want the plan to be moved with the mouse click, hold + drag gesture.

Toggle Fullscreen

To hide the top menus and edit the Plan in full screen, click the Toggle Fullscreen button on the Toolbar.

Toggle / Hide the left side bar (Stages)

To hide or show the left Sidebar (Stages, Scale, Details), click the Toggle Sidebar button.

You can also click the arrow on the left side of your editor window to show the sidebar if hidden, and adjust the sidebar's width by dragging its right-side border.

Zooming in on your plan

To zoom, use your Mouse Scroll Wheel or alternatively, click the microscope icons 🔍 on your toolbar.

Navigate to another plan

To navigate to the previous or next Plan: Click the navigational arrow on the bottom-right side of your editor.

There are a few ways to jump to another plan in your Project:
A. Use the Plans Browser button;
B. Use the shortcut F2 or fn + F2;
C. Click the Viewed and Updated Plans navigator;

Plan Browser

With the Plan Browser, you have the option to:

• View all Plans in the Project including hiding Plan Groups
• Search by name or number and also scroll through your search results
• Filter by completed / incomplete or by Stages

Return to Plan

To return to the last Plan from any page in the Project: Click on the Plan Name on the right-most side of the Project tabs.

FAQs

Q: I am finding it hard to select items on the plan / I cannot select a marking to delete / Select mode is not working

A: Have you tried Zooming in?
By zooming in it is easier to select Counts, Measurements and Markings on the Plan.

You can zoom using your mouse wheel or the Zoom buttons on the toolbar on the right-hand side of the screen.

Q: How can you maximize the drawing area on a plan?

A: We have the option to maximize the drawing area by clicking the toggle fullscreen and toggle sidebar buttons on the right-hand side toolbar.

Many of our users, use the below workflow:

1. Click Toggle Fullscreen when you load the Plan;
2. Select or create the Measurement;
3. Drag the Stages' sidebar to the left to hide it or click Toggle Sidebar, then start counting, measuring or annotating.
4. Click the blue arrow on the left side to show the Stages' sidebar again, or click the Toggle Sidebar button.