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Installing symbol packs and uploading custom symbols

Access symbols to be added to plans.

Groundplan has incorporated symbol packs to use with the count tool. Other symbols can also be uploaded into Groundplan for use.

To view and install symbol packs

  1. Click my account then click setup

  2. Click my symbols

  3. Click add a symbol pack

  4. (Optional) Click the row to view symbols larger

  5. Click the toggle to install

  6. Click load more

  7. Click the cross to exit

Using symbol packs on plans

Symbols can be located when adding a new count or swap out existing symbols for new ones.

When creating a new count:

  1. Click count

  2. Click symbol

  3. (Optional) Click the drop-down and select the category OR

  4. (Optional) Search a term

  5. Click the symbols to select

  6. Click create

When editing an existing count:

  1. Click the count in the stage

  2. Click settings

  3. Click symbol

  4. (Optional) Click the drop-down and select the category OR

  5. (Optional) Search a term

  6. Click the symbols to select

  7. Click done

Editing a count in a take-off template:

  1. Click take-off templates

  2. Click the take-off template name

  3. Click the count measurement

  4. Click symbol

  5. (Optional) Click the drop-down and select the category OR

  6. (Optional) Search a term

  7. Click the symbols to select

  8. Click save

Uploading symbols

To upload symbols successfully, they must be in either jpg, gif, png, or bmp file formats with the file size not exceeding 16KB.

📝Note: You can only change the fill colour of a custom symbol and not the stroke colour.

  1. Within my symbols, click add a category

  2. Name the category eg. Data, trees, furniture

  3. Click save

  4. Click the category search and select the newly created category

  5. Click upload symbol/s or drag and drop the symbol/s

Symbol creation requests

If you require customised symbols, please email [email protected] with image examples of what is required.

As a standard response, our Support Team will check our archives to see if any existing symbols match and can be added to your account for free.

If not, our Designer will generate a quote for you to review and accept / decline.

Frequently asked questions

Can I create custom symbols to bring into Groundplan?

Yes.

You can use a simple program like paint, or if you have advanced graphic skills, Photoshop and Illustrator are excellent programs to complete this.

Below are the instructions when using Paint:

  1. Open paint, then click resize

  2. Choose pixels and put in 64 for width & height "Maintain Aspect Ratio" may need to be unticked

  3. Zoom right in (Ctrl + mouse wheel) and design the symbol

  4. When completed, save as a PNG (default)

  5. Upload into Groundplan by clicking upload symbol or drag and drop
    A new symbol category can also be created to file them into

Can Groundplan scale or resize my symbols according to the plan scale?

No, unfortunately not.

Currently, the symbol size depends on the page size (A1, A3, A4 etc).

We recommend saving all your symbols sizes inside a take-off template to the same size. Then inside a project, if the first symbol is too large, it will mean the rest are too.

Use the plan symbols scale % slider to adjust all symbols on the plan at the same rate. To use it:

  1. Click on a symbol in the stage

  2. Click settings

  3. Adjust the slider to scale all symbols on the plan at the same rate

Why are my symbols not showing correctly in the stage?

You may need to clear your browser cache if your symbols appear, as shown in the image below.

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Here's a guide on how to clear the cache for popular browsers:

Can we upload a plan legend to create symbols for a project?

No, unfortunately not.

Uploaded symbols must be one symbol per file when uploaded.

Contact us at Help > Send us a Message to see if we already have the symbols from your legend in our archive files. If we do, we can add them to your account for free. Alternatively, we can seek a quote from our designer to have the symbols created for you.

Alternatively, you can take screenshots of the dymbols in your legend and save them as PNG files. To remove their backgrounds, proceed to sites such as remo.bg or Adobe Express then upload the files to Groundplan.

Can Groundplan scale or resize my symbols after I have snipped the plan into a new size?

No, unfortunately not.

Measurements and annotations are not included with a snipped plan.

When snipping a plan, you can keep the original size, which maintains the scale of the original plan. It is highly recommended to snip a plan before any stages are present.

Can I remove symbol packs?

Yes.

  1. Locate the symbol pack to remove

  2. Click the category actions then click delete

    OR

  1. Click the toggle to remove the pack

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