Upload Plans to Layers – PlanRadar HelpCenter

Overview

Plans are managed in layers. Layers are similar to folders to help you organise your plans and tickets.
Each plan must be assigned to a layer. Each layer cannot have more than one plan though plan versions are supported.

Access & Permissions

To upload plans into layers you need an in-house user with the user permission 'Projects'. Read more in Permissions.

How to access Plans and Layers

To manage the layers of a project:

Webapp
Mobile

Click Projects
Click on the project to open it
Click Plans and layers

Select the project e.g. Office Complex 11
Tap Tickets
Open the layer selector
Open the More menu
Tap Manage Layers
See the manage layers screen

Upload a Plan to an Existing Layer

You can also upload a new plan version to an existing layer, as described in Update Plans.

Layers can be created and used without plans as described in Manage Layers of a Project > Create a Layer.

If the target layer for your plan already exists and does not yet contain a plan or BIM model, you can upload a plan like this:

Webapp
Mobile

Select the target layer
Click Choose a plan file
Click Upload and select the plan file from your computer.
OR upload the plan file from a cloud storage service.
Optional: Click the rotation buttons to rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Click Apply

Navigate to the layer and view the layer details as described in Manage Layers of a Project > Navigate the Layer Hierarchy.
Tap Choose plan file
Select the plan file
Optional: Tap the rotation buttons to rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Tap Done

Once the processing is complete, the plan will be visible.

Create Layers & Upload Plans

You can create multiple layers and upload their plans efficiently in one step. It is even possible to upload PDF files with multiple pages and split it into multiple automatically created layers.

Webapp
Mobile

To create layers and upload plans:

Select the target parent-layer
Click Create layers
Click Choose plan file and select the file in the file browser dialogue.
OR use drag and drop to upload the file from an open file browser on your computer.
OR upload the file from a cloud storage service.
Enter the Layer name
Optional: Change or remove the parent-layer
Repeat steps 3-7 to create additional layers and select plan files.
Click Save to confirm the creation of the new layers and plans.

Once the processing is complete, the plans will be visible.

To create layers and plans for every page of a PDF file, select a multi-page PDF file:

Select the Create one layer per page checkbox

To rotate a plan (or all pages in case of a multiple page PDF):

Click Rotate plan
OR click Rotate all pages
Click the rotation buttons to rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise
Click Apply

To remove a layer and plan from the list of plans to be added and saved:

Click X
OR click Remove file (in case of multiple page PDFs)

To create a layer or sub-layer with a plan:

Tap Create layer
Enter a Layer name e.g Ground Floor
Optional: Tap Select parent layer
Optional: Select a parent layer e.g. Building B
Tap Choose plan file
Select the plan file
Optional: Tap the rotation buttons to rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Tap Done
Tap Create layer

To create layers and plans for multiple pages of a PDF file, start as described above, select a multi-page PDF file and continue as follows:

Tap select all if you want to upload every page
Optional: Activate/deactivate the toggles next to each page to include or exclude them
Optional: Tap Edit and rotate to rename or rotate single pages
Optional: Tap on the name to rename the layer
Optional: Tap the rotation buttons to rotate the page
Optional: Tap Rotate all pages (This will override individual page rotations!)
Tap Done when all layer names and rotations are final
Check the summary of all layers that will be created
Scroll down and tap Create layers