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Drawing and editing squares and rectangles on plans

Highlight areas or text on plans.

Squares drawn will not add quantities to measurements. If quantities are required, please use length and / or area tools.

💡Depending on the screen size, the location of buttons and functionality may be different from that in this article.

Drawing squares

  1. Click the shapes tools

  2. Click the square tool

  3. Click and release on one corner, move diagonally
    Hold SHIFT to draw a proportioned square

  4. Click and release to complete the square

  5. Repeat for additional squares

  6. Click done

Square tool - new ui

Editing squares

  1. Press ESC

  2. Zoom in and select the square on the plan

    • To move: Click, hold and drag
      To move several items at once, use the select tool

    • To resize squares: Click, hold and drag the blue square boxes
      Hold SHIFT to lock the rotation to 15Âș angles

    • To rotate: Click, hold and drag the blue dot rotation handle
      Hold SHIFT to lock the rotation to 45Âș angles

  3. Click actions to:

  4. Click settings to:

    • Change the line colour, line opacity, line style, corner rounding, fill colour, fill opacity %, line width

  5. Click save, to cancel the changes, click cancel

💡To restore a deleted square

  • Hold CTRL/Command ⌘ and press Z or

  • Click undo before leaving the plan

Using an iPad or Tablet?

Click for alternate terminology.

Things to note when following the above steps:

  • Tap instead of click

  • Unless there is a keyboard attached to the device, there are no shortcut keys on an iPad or tablet

  • Tap done instead of pressing ESC

Navigation hints:

  • Pinch zoom

  • Tap hold and drag to pan around a plan

📝Note: Images within this article are taken from a desktop computer. Interface appearance on an iPad / Tablet devices may vary based on screen size, potentially hiding or shortening buttons to icons. For accuracy, consider using a stylus, Apple pencil or mouse.

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