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Tracing a plan from a phone photo, step by step

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Good results from a phone photo of a printed plan:

  • Photograph it flat, from straight above, in daylight. Avoid shadows across the paper.
  • Trace → add the photo. Then click both ends of the longest dimension you can read and type its length. The longer the dimension, the more accurate the scale.
  • Straighten it against a long outer wall.
  • Fade it so your walls stand out, then draw the outer walls first and the rooms after.

For a PDF, pick the page; it comes in at 1:100 until you set the scale yourself.

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