Romby Reader

RombyReader

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Sheets

No document

Aa Word

Transparent background Markups

only in old only in new in both

Drag a box around what to keep.

Background

How white counts12

Click a colour in the picture and drag: the further you drag, the more of it goes. Let go to keep it.

Adjust

Lighter / darker0 Contrast0 Saturation0 Warmth0 Black & white Invert

Your original file isn't changed: Export saves a new one.

Properties

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Drawing scale

Real length

Scale

Units

Precision

Name

Apply to

Sheets

Viewports on this sheet

Flatten markups

Markups

Recoverable: can be unflattened later

Statuses

What a markup's Status can be set to. Renaming a status updates every markup that uses it. Saved on this computer.

PDF summary report

A printable table of markups with their details and measurements, plus totals.

Markups

Save as

Include totals

Hatch patterns

Name

Angle °

Spacing

Shift

Start X

Start Y

Dashes

Sizes are in points on paper (72 points = 1 inch) before the Size setting. Dashes: 6 -3 = 6 drawn, 3 gap; 0 = a dot. Hover a heading for more.

Sheet names from a box

For title blocks Romby Reader can't read by itself: draw a box around the sheet number (and the title) on this sheet. The same spot is read on every sheet.

Sheet number

Title

Combine PDFs

One set from these files, top to bottom, with their markups. It opens in a new tab; Save to keep it.

Split into separate PDFs

Each new PDF keeps its sheets' markups. You get them all in one ZIP file. This set isn't changed.

Split into

Sheets per file

Pages

Sheets

Pages

Paper

Orientation

Size

Percent

Margins

Markups Print note and 3-inch check bar

Check set

Drawing index

Sort by the index's order discipline order

Discipline order

Things to look at

Show discipline headings in the Sheets panel"Architectural · 25" above each group. View only: nothing in the file changes.

Sort preview

NowAfter sorting

moves stays in place

Reduce file size

Makes a smaller copy of this set, with your markups. This set isn't changed.

Remove duplicates and unused partsThe same fonts, images and title-block drawings are stored once instead of on every sheet. Nothing looks different.

Make large photos smallerPhotos bigger than the sheet needs are scaled down to dpi. They can look a little softer when zoomed right in.

Export image

Format

Quality90

What name should go on your markups?

It appears as the Author of every markup you create, so your team can see who wrote what. You can change it on any markup later.

Your name