Importing files

All about importing files into Rayon.

Please note that DWG/DXF, PDF and image import is capped in Rayon to 25mo.

Importing images (PNG, JPEG)

To import an image in Rayon...

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

  • Help Rayon set the scale by estimating the length of the blue line in relation to the floor plan. Then click on Import.

  • That's it! Your new model is imported.

Importing an AutoCAD file (DWG, DXF)

To import a DWG or DXF file in Rayon,

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

  • Help Rayon set the scale by estimating the length of the blue line in relation to the floor plan. Then click on Import.

  • That's it! Your new model is imported.

Importing a PDF file

To import a PDF file in Rayon,

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

  • Select the pages you would like to import.

  • Set the scale of your imported drawing,

    • by estimating the length of the blue line in relation to the floor plan,

    • or, by selecting Pick a scale instead and specifying the original scale.

  • Choose if you would like to import the PDF file as vectors or as an image

  • That's it! Your new model is imported.

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 new model is imported.

Importing & inserting files in a model

To import files from within a model...

  • Open the Menu in the top left of the editor and hover on Import.

  • Choose the type of file you would like to import (Image, DWG/DXF, PDF, Rayon File).

  • Choose a file and help Rayon set its scale, like in the examples above.

  • Finally, complete your import by...

    • Clicking Pick insertion point on the canvas. The chosen coordinates will be used as the vertical and horizontal center insertion point of your imported file.

    • Clicking Import on the canvas, at the file's original coordinates.


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