About Using Images and PDF Files

You can import images and PDF files and place them into 2D model views.

Import images and PDF files using InsertImport tab (PDF), (Image) or (Manage Images).

You can manipulate a raster image or PDF in a view in the following ways.

• Move, mirror, copy or rotate.
• Send the image or PDF files to front or back.
• Change image or PDF file scale and proportions.
• Reload, Reload From, and Delete using the Manage Images dialog.
• Place images or PDF files in schedules.

You can also manipulate imported PDF files in the following ways.

• To select one page of a multiple-page PDF file to place in a view, use Image in the Insert tab.
• If an imported PDF file has vector data, you can snap to it by picking whole lines, an endpoint, or midpoint. You can use this to trace building plans, for example.
• To change to a different page of a PDF, use Reload From.
• To specify a new resolution for the PDF, use Reload From.
• To add more pages from the same PDF document, use Image in the Insert tab.