Show or Hide Dimensions

VisionPlan has more than one dimension layer, and they're controlled independently. Understanding which toggle controls which layer prevents the common confusion of "I turned off Dimensions but my tape dims are still showing" — that's two different things.

This reference covers every dim-related visibility toggle, what each one hides, and where to find it.

Quick map

Toggle	What it hides	Where to find it
Show Dimensions (app bar / Settings → Viewing)	Auto wall dimensions — the system-generated dims that label every wall segment in the room	Editor app bar (desktop, button icon) and Settings → Viewing → Show Dimensions
Dimensions layer (entity panel → Layers)	Same as above (auto wall dimensions). The layer toggle ANDs with the app-bar toggle	Entity panel → Layers section
Rough-In Dims layer	The orange spider dim radiating from every plumbing rough-in	Entity panel → Layers section
Annotations layer	Text annotations, leader text, AND segment dimensions placed by the Dimension tool	Entity panel → Layers section
Measurement Marks layer	Diamond marks dropped by the Tape Measure tool's mark modes	Entity panel → Layers section
Per-fixture Show Dims (rough-ins only)	One specific rough-in's spider dim, without touching the others	Entity panel → fixture options, or context menu → Hide Dims / Show Dims

Notably absent: there's no per-layer toggle for tape dims. Tape dims (placed by the Tape Measure tool's Dimension line mode) render unconditionally. If you want to hide one, delete it or move it off-canvas.

Show Dimensions (auto wall dimensions)

Auto wall dimensions are the numeric labels that appear automatically against every wall segment in the room. They're not stored as entities — the editor generates them from the wall geometry every frame and draws them as a separate layer.

To hide them:

• Desktop: click the Show / Hide dimensions button in the editor app bar.
• Mobile: open Settings → Viewing and toggle Show Dimensions off.

The button icon flips between two states so the current visibility is visible at a glance.

The Dimensions toggle is per-mode: switching between Customer and Contractor mode restores each mode's last visibility state. So if you're in Contractor mode with auto dims off, switching to Customer mode (which had them on) brings them back, and switching back to Contractor restores off.

Dimensions layer (entity panel)

The same auto wall dimensions can also be toggled from the entity panel's Layers section: open the entity panel (right rail on desktop, bottom sheet on mobile) and find the Dimensions layer toggle.

The layer toggle and the app-bar Show Dimensions toggle AND together — if either one is OFF, auto wall dims are hidden. This means the two toggles can fall out of sync visually, but the result is consistent: dims show only when both are on.

Rough-In Dims layer

The plumbing rough-in fixtures (toilet, sink, tub, shower, washer/dryer, bar sink, floor drain, plumbing stack) draw their own dim layer — the orange spider radiating from each rough-in to the surrounding walls and fixtures. That spider has its own layer toggle, the Rough-In Dims entry in the entity panel's Layers section.

Turn it off to clear plumbing dims while drafting architectural-only work, then turn it back on for the print pass. The spider is per-fixture-aware: each rough-in also carries its own Show Dims toggle (per-fixture option) and context menu entry, which overrides the master layer toggle for that one rough-in. See Plumbing rough-ins for the per-fixture rules.

The per-fixture toggle wins. Even with the master Rough-In Dims layer ON, a fixture you've muted individually stays muted.

Annotations layer

The Annotations layer covers:

• Text annotations (placed by the Text tool).
• Leader text annotations (placed by the Leader Text tool).
• Segment dimensions placed by the Dimension tool.

Turning off the Annotations layer hides all three at once. There's no separate "Segment Dims only" layer — they live with text annotations because they're built on the same primitive.

If you want to hide just segment dims while keeping text annotations visible, you'll need to delete the segment dims or move them off-canvas — there's no per-type filter inside the annotations layer in v1.

Tape dims (Dimension line mode) are NOT controlled by the Annotations layer. They render unconditionally. The two primitives sit in different code paths even though they look similar on the canvas.

Measurement Marks layer

The diamond marks dropped by the Tape Measure tool's Single mark, Mark pair, and End mark only modes live in the Measurement Marks layer.

Hide them when the marks have served their purpose (you've used them as snap targets) and you don't want them on the printed sheet. They stay in the project — hidden, not deleted — so you can turn the layer back on if you need the snap points again.

The marks also feed inference (alignment hints) only when they're visible. Hiding the layer suppresses both the visual marks AND their use as inference sources.

Per-fixture Show Dims (rough-ins)

Each plumbing rough-in carries a Show Dims toggle of its own, accessible two ways:

• Entity panel — select the rough-in, find Show Dims in the fixture options.
• Context menu — right-click or long-press the rough-in, pick Hide Dims (currently shown) or Show Dims (currently hidden).

This toggle mutes one rough-in's spider without touching the others. The master Rough-In Dims layer can stay ON globally while a single buried rough-in stays muted because its spider was overlapping with a nearby fixture's geometry. The per-fixture toggle wins over the master layer toggle.

Interaction summary

If a dim isn't showing when you expect it to, walk down this list:

1. Auto wall dim missing — both Show Dimensions in the app bar AND the Dimensions layer toggle need to be ON.
2. Rough-in spider missing on one fixture only — check the per-fixture Show Dims (entity panel) or the context menu Hide Dims / Show Dims entry.
3. All rough-in spiders missing — check the Rough-In Dims layer toggle.
4. Segment dim missing — check the Annotations layer toggle.
5. Measurement marks missing — check the Measurement Marks layer toggle.
6. Tape dim missing — tape dims have no layer toggle; if it's hidden, it was deleted or moved off-canvas.

Print integration

The print dialog includes layer-aware filtering — the layers you have OFF on the canvas are OFF on the printed sheet too. So turning a layer off to declutter the canvas also takes it out of the next print, unless you re-toggle it before printing.

Exception: the per-fixture rough-in Show Dims is preserved per-fixture across print too. Muted rough-ins stay muted on the printed sheet.

Tips

• The app-bar Show Dimensions button is the fastest path on desktop — keyboard navigation isn't wired for it in v1, so it's mouse-only.
• On a busy plan with many rough-ins, the master Rough-In Dims layer toggle is the cleanest single switch — flip it off while drafting non-plumbing work, flip it on before the print pass.
• Hiding the Annotations layer hides every text annotation and leader text in addition to segment dims. If your annotations carry critical information (room labels, equipment notes), leave the layer on and accept the segment dim's visibility alongside.
• The Dimensions and Rough-In Dims layers default ON in new projects. Measurement Marks defaults ON. Annotations defaults ON. None of them are persisted across browser reloads — they reset to defaults on project open.