Every presentation plan needs a north arrow and a bar scale. Both are parametric objects in Studio, drawn from their settings rather than placed as artwork, so they stay correct when you move or resize them.
Insert either from the DRAW tab. Select one and the Plan Object tab appears in the property panel.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Size | How large the object is drawn on the sheet. |
| Rotation (degrees) | On a north arrow this is the north direction. On a scale bar it orients the bar. |
Both can also be moved, rotated and scaled with the on-canvas handles.
Arrow Style offers Simple, Classic and Compass. Rotation points north: set it to match the drawing's orientation, including when the CAD viewport was twisted.
A paper sheet carries no plot scale of its own, so the bar is drawn from what you tell it:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drawing Scale | What one paper unit represents: the "1 in = 20 ft" of the sheet. |
| Segment Length | How much real-world distance each segment of the bar covers. |
| Segment Count | How many segments the bar has. |
The panel shows the resulting physical width of the bar as you change these, so you can see whether it will fit where you intend to put it.
Get the drawing scale right. It comes from the viewport scale on the CAD sheet, not from anything Studio can infer, because paper space carries no plot scale. A scale bar with the wrong drawing scale is worse than no scale bar.
Dragging the corner handles resizes the bar physically while keeping it truthful: the drawing scale value adjusts so the labels still say something correct. If you want the bar to represent a different distance, change Segment Length or Segment Count rather than stretching it.