Planning online document viewer guide

You'll need to have Java and Adobe Acrobat to read and view documents on our search.

Measuring tool

Select the document you wish to view from the list of documents on the left-hand side. Select the measure button and the document will open again with a new set of tools across the top of the image. The measure button will only appear on items which can be measured.

Screenshot of the planning document viewer with the Measure button highlighted

Place the mouse over the image where the line is to be measured. Hold down the shift key and the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the end of the measure point and let go of the left mouse button.

Scale

Screenshot of the planning document viewer with the scale button highlighted

If a measure line does not appear, please check that a scale has been selected in the scale box. If blank click on the drop down to select. Some plans have more than one scale so you may need to select a different scale.

Zoom in and out

Screenshot of the planning document viewer with the zoom buttons highlighted

Select the plus or minus button to zoom in and out.

Rotate or flip image

Screenshot of the planning document viewer with the rotate and flip buttons highlighted

Use the buttons to rotate left, right or to flip the image.