PDF & image import

All about importing files into Rayon.

Rayon supports high-fidelity import of PDFs and images, with a scaling step, or without for quick import. We detail here how each import flow works.

PDF Importing options

To import a PDF file in Rayon,

• Click on Import in the top right of the project manager and choose a file. Note that for images, Rayon supports only *.jpg, *.png, *.webp, *.heic, *.bmp, *.gif formats

• For PDFs, select the pages you would like to import, and define the formatting for import (toggle the One page per Canvas to place each pages on each canvas; alternatively, all pages will be placed on one unique canvas.)

At this point, a few options are available to you to set the scale of your imported drawing, by either choosing distance mode or scale mode.

• Repeat this process for every page or click on apply to all in order to apply current scale to all other pages

• Choose if you would like to import the PDF file as vectors or as images.

• Finally, complete your import by clicking Pick insertion point on the canvas.

That's it! Your file is imported In a new Model. Note that, as for DWGs, PDFs can be imported from within an existing model, by going to the main menu > Import.

Image importing options

To import an image or a PDF in Rayon, you can...

• Click on Import in the top right of the project manager and choose a file. Note that for images, Rayon supports only *.jpg, *.png, *.webp, *.heic, *.bmp, *.gif formats.

• Set the scale of your imported drawing, by either choosing distance mode or scale mode. Then click on Continue.

That's it! Your file is imported In a new Model.

Note that another, simpler way to import images without the scaling step is to drag and drop multiple images directly from your file explorer to your Rayon model. Also, as for DWGs, images can be imported from within an existing model, by going to the main menu > Import.

Importing a RY file

To import a RY in Rayon,

• Click on Import in the top right of the project manager and choose a file.

• That's it! Your file is imported In a new Model.

Copying from one model to another

To copy entities from one rayon model to another,

• Select the entities you wish to copy

• Right click and select Copy as export or Ctrl + Shift + C

• Past the content in the other Rayon model.

For more step-by-step information, watch our tutorial about how to use layers in Rayon:

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