Highlight areas, dimensions and notes

The highlight tool on the markup toolbar lets you highlight the text portions, measurements, and drawing segments, as required on the plan drawing.

To highlight an area

• Open the plan to add the markup.
• Click the 'Fill' tool and choose the color and the transparency  
• Click the 'Stroke' tool and use the Size slider to set up the brush width for the markup
• Click the highlighter tool to choose it.
• Left-click your mouse and drag the cursor on the area to be highlighted.

• Click on the markup to select it and drag it to the precise location you want to highlight if required.

The markup is added with the color and stroke width as setup. You can change them if required.

To change the stroke width and color 

• Click on the markup to select it
• Click the 'Fill' tool
• Choose the color from the palate
  • Alternatively, use the color picker at the bottom right to choose a custom color.
• Opacity - Use the slider to set up the transparency for the markup
• Click the 'Stroke' tool and use the 'Size' slider to adjust the stroke width

The markup element adds as a layer to the 'Draft' group. It is shown in the layer editor on the left.

• Use the icon to show or hide the layer
• Click the icon to remove an element added by mistake
• Go to the next tool if you want to add more markup elements.
• Once you are done with the markup elements, save the layer group as a markup. See Publish Markups for more details.