Preparing Your Floor Plan Files for Blackline Live

Use this guide in order to help you prepare your floor and site plan files for the Blackline Live portal. By following these guidelines you can help ensure that your files have maximum usability and readability in the portal.

Ensure your files are editable PDFs, AI, SVG, EPS, PNG or JPEG

Blackline prefers PDFs, but can work with most file types. Please do not send scans of images.

Ensure your files are labeled clearly

Clearly label which floor plan corresponds with which floor in your building.

Use uncluttered, legible and high resolution maps

Avoid overly complicated, blurry or technical maps.

Do Use:

Uncluttered Legible Map

Don’t Use:

Overly-Complicated Technical Map

Ensure maps are up to date

Ensure maps are accurate with current floor plan of space.

Do Use:

Floor Plan Up to Date

Don’t Use:

Floor Plan Not Up To Date

Indicate which way is North

If not indicated on your map or obvious by the shape of your building, label which direction is North so that the floor plan can be placed with the correct orientation.

Do Use:

Label where floor plan is in the building

Don’t Use:

Label where floor plan is in the building

Label where the floor plan is in the building

If your floor plan only takes up a certain area of your building, please provide a reference image as to where your floor plan should go in the building.

Do Use:

Label where floor plan is in the building