Room Planner Help

ADDING TEXT AND DIMENSIONS

In Plan View, you can use Text and Arrows to call attention to features of your drawing. Tap the Annotations button, then tap either the Arrow or Text button and drag it into the drawing.

• To add your own text, select a Text object in Plan View and tap the Information button. In the Text Specification dialog, you can type using the keypad and specify the text’s color, size, and alignment.
• Drag a Text object's Resize handle to resize its bounding box. The text inside will wrap as needed.
• To change an Arrow’s direction or length, drag either of its Endpoint handles.
• To change an Arrow’s color, start shape, or end shape, tap the Information button.

In Plan View, you can also tap the Annotations button and add dimension lines to the drawing.

• Tap the Dimension Line button, then drag a dimension line into the drawing area.
• Tap on the dimension line to select it, then drag either of its Endpoint handles until they align with any two objects in the drawing.

Text objects, Arrows and Dimensions can be moved, rotated, and deleted just like other objects.

SHARING AND STORING PLANS

When you are ready to share your plan with others, tap the Share button. The available options vary widely by device, but note that sharing is not available on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and prior.

In addition to sharing images of your plan, in the full version of the app you can save the plan itself to the cloud. Begin by tapping the Settings button and choosing Cloud to log in to your Chief Architect account. Next, tap the Plans button, select a plan and tap the Save to Cloud button.

• If you see a green Cloud icon above the plan’s preview image, the plan is already saved on the cloud.
• If a plan on the cloud has been modified on a different device, causing a conflict, its Cloud icon will be orange in color.
• If you see a grey Cloud above the plan’s preview, you are currently offline.
• You can also remove a plan from the cloud by selecting it and tapping the grey Remove from Cloud button.

Note that plans stored on the cloud are not saved on your device. When you log out of your cloud account or are offline, any stored plans will be unavailable.

Room Planner plans saved to your cloud account can be opened in the full version of Room Planner on your other Android or iOS devices. They can also be imported into Chief Architect drafting software, version X7 and later, and Home Designer programs, version 2016 and later. Up to five plans can be stored at a time.

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