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# Backdrop

Setting up a backdrop allows you to use an image in the Schematic view for reference. Most image formats are supported.

![A hand-drawn photographed floorplan displayed as reference inside the Schematic view](/files/-M7T1qvn6tgx-FfEXY72)

Position, scaling, rotations opacity and the default Schematic view angle can be all set through the respective JSON configuration properties.

Here's the default configuration file:

```
{
	"Backdrop": {
		"Path": "plan.png",
		"Scale": "1",
		"TranslateX": "0",
		"TranslateY": "0",
		"Rotate": "0",
		"Opacity": ".5",
		"View": "Top"
	}
}

```

And here is an example of a configuration file adjusted to scale the image higher and the Area setting added to change the size of the grid:

```
{
	"Backdrop": {
		"Path": "plan.jpg",
		"Scale": "2",
		"TranslateX": "0",
		"TranslateY": "0",
		"Rotate": "0",
		"Opacity": ".5",
		"View": "Top"
	},
  "Area": {
    "Width": 20,
    "Length": 10
  }
}

```