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Drawing and editing clouds on plans

Highlight areas or text on plans.

Updated over a week ago

The Cloud Tool is commonly used to highlight important Text on Plans / Asbuilts or used to illustrate ventilation ducting.

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

Square Mode

  1. Click the Shapes Tools

  2. Click the Cloud Tool

  3. Click and release on one corner to start, then move diagonally

    Hold SHIFT to draw a proportioned square Cloud

  4. Click and release to complete the Cloud

  5. Repeat for additional Clouds

  6. Click Done or press ESC

Freeform

  1. Click the Shapes Tools

  2. Click the Cloud Tool

  3. Click Square, then click Freeform

  4. Click and release on one corner to start

    Hold SHIFT to lock in 15º increments

  5. Click to change direction

  6. Double-click to finish (3 points are required)

  7. Repeat for additional Clouds

  8. Click Done or press ESC

Editing Clouds

  1. Press ESC

  2. Zoom in and select the cloud on the plan

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

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

  3. Click actions to:

  4. Click settings to:

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

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

💡To restore a Deleted Cloud

  • 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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