Use rulers and construction guides
Read the plan coordinates and create reference lines without drawing object outlines.
Rulers show axis-aligned plan coordinates in the project’s measurement format. Construction guides belong to their drawing page and can be used as snap references. They are not dimension annotations.
Show the rulers
Use Display in the canvas menu bar to show rulers where supported. Tick density follows the visible view. While the plan is rotated, the application shows Rulers are unavailable while the plan is rotated instead of offering misleading axis-aligned ruler input. Return the plan rotation to zero to use them.
Create a ruler guide
Click the top horizontal ruler to place a vertical guide at its X coordinate. Click the left vertical ruler to place a horizontal guide at the corresponding plan coordinate. Check the active drawing page before adding the guide.
Move or remove a ruler guide
Use the guide’s ruler dot. Drag it to move the guide, or click it to remove the guide. The dot’s help reads Click to remove, drag to move. The guide commands are undoable.
Use guides for snapping
Enable Guides in the snap palette to use construction-reference candidates. Additional guide tools and the locked Tape Measure workflow can create reference lines or points beyond ruler guides.
Guide rendering is suppressed in Presentation mode. Check the intended export’s options rather than assuming every export excludes every kind of reference geometry.