Mark an Area with Polygonal Shape

The polygon tool lets you mark an area with a non-standard shape on the plan drawing. This is useful for highlighting areas of interest with an irregular shape, which could not be bounded using rectangle and circle shape markups.  

• You can easily resize the shape to match the area to be marked.
• You can also change the markup's color, stroke width, and backfill.

Tip: 
1. Areas of regular shapes can be marked with rectangle and circle shapes. See Mark areas for more details.
2. You can also use the 'Cloud' markup to highlight an area on the plan sheet. See Mark an Area with Cloud Shape for more details.

To add a polygon area markup

• Choose the 'Polygon' tool from the toolbar
• Click on the location of the drawing where you want to place the shape.
• Move your mouse and click on the corners of the polygonal shape you want to draw
• Click on the markup and drag it to the precise location you want to markup.
• Click and drag the handles at the corners and sides to resize the element.

The markup is added with the color, stroke width, and fill, with default settings or as set in the Stroke and Fill tools. You can change them as required.

To change the stroke color, width, and fill color 

• Click on the markup to select it
• Click the 'Stroke' tool
• Choose the color from the palate
  • Alternatively, use the color picker at the bottom right to choose a custom color.
• Size - Use the slider to set up the brush width for the markup
• Fill color:
  • 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 of the color fill

Your selection takes effect on the currently selected markup and is auto-saved for your next markup tool.

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.