How to change a tool’s fill colour, stroke and opacity

After using the drawing and text tool, you can adjust their display attributes using the menu on the left-hand side tools panel.

1. Use the address search bar to locate the property or area where you want to add the shapes.

2. Click the toolbar icons on the right-hand side to draw a shape or line, or add text and pin markers on the map.

3. Adjust the fill colour, stroke colour, and stroke weight of a polygon, rectangle, line, or circle using the menu on the left-hand side tools panel.

Edit the fill and stroke colours

There are three ways to choose a customised colour for the markups and annotations you’ve added on the map:

Choose a custom shade from the gradient tool

Manually enter the hex code

Select one of the standard colours

1. For polygons, rectangles and circles, you can modify the opacity level of the fill colour.

You can even set it to zero to remove the colour, leaving only the stroke or outline as seen in the sample image above.

2. For lines or multi-path lines, you can change the colour and adjust the opacity level.

3. For text labels, you can change their fill and stroke colours.

Edit the Stroke Weight

After drawing a shape or line on the map, you can adjust the stroke weight, also known as line thickness or line weight. The available stroke weight settings range from 1 to 10 points.

Follow the steps below to change the stroke weight of completed shapes and lines.

1. Select the object with the stroke you want to modify.

2. In the Tools panel on the left-hand side, locate the Stroke Weight section and click the desired stroke weight in points.

You can also use the up and down or left and right arrow keys for incremental adjustments.

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How to mark locations using the map pin tool

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How to change unit measurements

How to rename completed shapes, measurements and markups

How to delete completed shapes, measurements and markups

How to reorder completed shapes, measurements and markups

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