Add an Area (Sheet) to a New Project

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You can upload a document (a so-called sheet) in .pdf, .png, .jpeg and .jpg format to create a new area of your project. You can add more areas and layers later. For more information, see Import 2D Plans, Layouts or Schematics as Areas or Layers (Sheets).

A sheet is a 2D image that can be used to get an overview of an area. It is created by users, software or a CAD system. A sheet may include text, a legend and scale information.

  1. After you have created a new project, click Open in Sphere XG.
    The following form is displayed:

Figure 1-98 Add sheet

  1. Enter a sheet name.

  2. Add a sheet via drag and drop or select the file you want from your file system.
    Currently supported file types are .pdf, .png, .jpeg/.jpg.

  3. For multi-page sheets (.pdf): Mark the checkbox of the pages that you want to import.
    You can also enter the pages you want to import into the selection field. Separate ranges with a hyphen and single pages with a comma.

Figure 1-99 Multi-page floorplan handling

If you are importing a multi-page .pdf file and do not select one or more pages, the first page will be selected and imported automatically.

  1. Rotate and crop the sheet as required, see description below.

OR

  1. Click Use Grid if you do not have a sheet.
    In this case a simple grid is added. You can go back to the initial form by clicking Select a Different Image.

  1. Click Import to either import your sheet or add a grid to your project.

The Sphere Viewer is displayed with either the sheet or the grid in the project area. Grids have a vertical numerical scale and a horizontal alphabetical scale.

Rotate and Crop Sheet

After you have selected a sheet, you can rotate and crop it with the toolbar buttons.

Figure 1-100 Rotate and crop sheet

Rotates the sheet clockwise in 90 steps.

Displays a crop preview on the sheet which you drag to increase or decrease in size.