Upload a drawing
Get a PDF or an image into the tool and have the drawing on screen.
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Open the tool
Press Open the tool (“Öppna verktyget”). You land on an empty canvas with the dashed box Drop your drawing here (“Dra in din ritning här”).
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Drag the file in
Drag the drawing from your computer and drop it in the box. If you would rather browse for the file, the button Choose a file from your computer (“Välj fil från datorn”) is in the same box.
The starting point: drop the drawing here, or open the sample drawing. Worth knowing. PDF, PNG and JPG all work. The drawing stays in your browser while you work — it is only uploaded when you save the project.
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Wait for the page to be drawn up
If it is a PDF, the first page is rendered on the canvas. The file name goes at the top of the page and the tool jumps to Scale (“Skala”) on its own.
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Set the scale before you draw anything
Pipe run (“Ledning”), Object (“Objekt”), Area (“Yta”), Fill area (“Fyll yta”), Measure (“Mäta”) and Arc (“Båge”) are greyed out until the drawing has a scale. The panel on the right is headed 2. Set the scale (“2. Sätt skalan”).
Worth knowing. Without a scale the tool does not know how long a line is, so no length can be worked out.
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Open the sample drawing if you have no file
The button Open the sample drawing (“Öppna testritningen”) in the upload box puts in a ready-made drawing where the scale is already set, so you can start drawing straight away.
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Swap the drawing if you picked the wrong file
Press Swap drawing (“Byt ritning”) next to the file name at the top and choose a new file.
Worth knowing. Swap drawing (“Byt ritning”) resets the project — everything you drew on the old drawing is gone. If you only want to add a floor, use Add drawing (“Lägg till ritning”) instead.
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Save the project
Press Save project (“Spara projekt”) and give the project a name. After that the button just says Save (“Spara”), and the project also saves itself every minute.
Next steps
- Set the scale on the drawingTeach the tool how long a metre is on the paper, so every length you draw comes out right.5 min
- Drainage drawing or foundation drawing?Say what the drawing shows, so you get the right tools and the right materials.2 min
- Several drawings in the same projectPut in one file per floor and jump between the plans without losing what you have taken off.4 min
Do the steps on a real drawing
Open the tool and follow the walkthrough on the sample drawing that is already there. No login needed.
Open the toolStuck on a step? Get in touch — we are happy to take a look at your drawing.