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Hello and welcome to this theme plan tutorial.

Today, I will show you how to import external files to theme plan and use them to trace buildings.

Image files can for example be imported to enable a rough planning if detailed plans of the building are not yet available.

For this purpose, I have already saved an aerial view of the object in Dane Project.

What you see here is the Dane Logistics Center in Mühlhausen.

To import the image, we select the file tab in theme plan and then the import command.

An import window opens where we can search for the desired image file.

It is possible to load the file into the program from Dane Project or locally from UPC.

If you are looking for a specific file format, you can narrow down the list by selecting the file type.

For importing images, theme plan supports the common file formats .png, jpeg, bitmap among others.

We select the file we want and open it.

By right-clicking and entering the absolute coordinates, we determine the insertion position of the imported image file.

We then drag it roughly to the desired size.

The imported file must now be adjusted to the correct scale.

For easier editing, let's switch to the plan view.

First, we select the image and then the function scale via a reference line.

With the first click, we determine a scale center.

The imported file is scaled from this point.

To do this, we select the lower left edge of the image.

Next, the starting point of the reference line must be set.

We orientate ourselves on a scale line and enter the default scale value of 20 meters.

After adjusting the scaling, we should check the dimension of the displayed building.

We use the measuring tool from the toolbox for this.

We can see that the measured building length corresponds to a real building length of 150 meters.

So, the scaling has worked and we can start drawing the building.

We can use the adding a rectangular building with three points option in the toolbox to draw our building.

The escape key ends the running command.

As the last step of the image import, I adjust the building height and switch to the isometric view.

Importing a 2D drawing follows the same procedure as the previous import.

A common 2D format is DVG, which can be exported from other CAD and planning tools.

When importing these files, it is crucial that the file is imported in the same unit as the drawing or export was created, in this case in millimeters.

Otherwise, the drawing will be scaled incorrectly.

Let's simulate this error by setting it to meters.

When we remeasure with the measuring tool, we find that the dimensions do not match.

So, we have to use the scaling function again before we can start planning the lightning protection.

In this case, the implant recognized the drawing and can automatically capture the corner points.

So, contour tracing can be used to create the building.

However, care must be taken to ensure that the image of the building is based on the drawing lines and not incorrectly on the dimension lines.

So, as last step, I change the representation to transparent and check the correct position.

Now, we could start planning the lightning protection.

You can find more tutorials and news about the implant on our e-learning platform.

Thank you and see you next time.