Present Mode is where you turn your Snaptrude project into presentation and drawing sheets. You place saved views from your model on sheets, add images, PDFs, program tables and annotations, and keep everything in sync with the model as the design changes.

Sheets are named automatically (Sheet 1, Sheet 2, and so on). New and duplicated sheets are placed to the right of the rightmost sheet on the canvas, so they never land on top of existing work.

Tip: To reorder sheets, drag them up or down in the Sheets tab.

To delete a sheet, select it and press Delete.

If your project has more than one design proposal, Present Mode has its own proposal selector. Pick the proposal whose views you want to work with. Placed views are prefixed with the proposal name, so you can tell which proposal each view comes from.

Plan views come in as vector graphics with a Scale dropdown offering metric and imperial architectural and site scales. Plan views that contain BIM objects or furniture, 3D views and renders come in as raster images. 3D views saved with sun-hour or daylight analysis come in with their legend grouped to the view; right-click the group to ungroup it.

Note: A view that overlaps a sheet edge but is not placed inside the sheet shows a red border and a prompt. Move it fully onto the sheet so it belongs to that sheet and exports with it.

Space labels on plan views are editable directly on the sheet.

Label edits you make on a sheet are kept when you update the view from the model.

Dimensions and dimension lines you draw on the design canvas are carried into plan views in Present Mode. They appear on plan views only, not on 3D views or elevations. By default they use black Arial text at 2 mm with a 0.09 mm line. Use Dimension View Settings to show or hide them and to set their line color, line weight, font, font style and text size. Dimension View Settings also offer Update View, Bulk Update Views and Reset View; use Bulk Update Views to apply settings to several views at once.

Placed views are snapshots of your model. When the design changes, update them instead of placing them again.

Updating keeps each view's position, crop, scale, styles and label edits. It covers 2D plan views, the site plan, 3D views and 3D views with analysis. AI renders, and auto-generated diagrams you have moved out of their diagram set, are not updated.

Note: Camera angle, view settings and visibility changes are not picked up automatically. Save them to the view in Design Mode or BIM Mode first, then update in Present Mode.

Tip: If an update gives you a result you don't want, press Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z on Mac) to undo it.

To bring in a PDF, single-page or multi-page, paste it, drag and drop it onto the canvas, or import it through Asset.

Tip: Save your title block as an SVG file and add it through Asset to reuse it across sheets.

The table comes in as a vector table that keeps its formatting and can be resized. Hidden and grouped rows are left out.

Note: Pasted tables are static. They do not update when program data changes, so copy and paste again after edits.

Use the Draw, Arrow, Text, Note (N), Rectangle and More (shapes) tools in the top toolbar to call out key design moves or add sheet titles. Set colour, opacity, fill, stroke and size (S, M, L, XL) in the style panel on the right, and remove marks with Eraser.

When your sheets are ready, click Export at the top right to save them as PDF, PNG or JPG. See Exporting Sheets for formats and options.