Drawings
Explore every Drawings feature, learn each workflow step by step and find its video explanations.
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What the Drawings module is and how drawings, versions, folders and pins relate
Drawings is the project's sheet library. Each sheet is processed so you can zoom into it, it lives in a folder, it keeps versions, and you can mark it up, measure, overlay it and link it to other modules.
View feature and tutorialBrowse the library: search, filter, switch views and read the statuses
The library shows drawings grouped by folder, with search, a discipline filter and each drawing's processing status.
View feature and tutorialUpload one or more drawings (multi-page PDF, DWG or DXF)
The Upload drawing panel takes the files, uploads them and builds the batch of drawings to process.
View feature and tutorialChoose pages and set where to read the sheet number
After uploading the PDFs you choose which pages become drawings and tell the system where on the sheet the number is.
View feature and tutorialConfirm the detected number and name of each drawing
When a drawing finishes processing, the system proposes a sheet number and name. You review them and confirm the batch in one step.
View feature and tutorialCreate a drawing folder
Drawing folders group sheets by discipline, stage or whatever the team decides.
View feature and tutorialMove drawings between folders and reorder folders
Select one or more drawings and send them to a folder or to No folder. Folders can be reordered.
View feature and tutorialOpen a drawing and get around the viewer (zoom, navigation, shortcuts)
The viewer shows the drawing as tiles so you can zoom without losing sharpness, with tools on the left and the pin list on the right.
View feature and tutorialEdit a drawing's sheet number, name and description
You can fix a drawing's sheet number, name and description from the viewer without uploading it again.
View feature and tutorialUpload a new version of a drawing
When a sheet is revised, upload it with the same sheet number: the drawing keeps its history and the revision becomes the current one.
View feature and tutorialVersion history: view, name, mark as current and delete
The Version control panel lists every version of a drawing and lets you open, compare, edit, mark as current or delete each one.
View feature and tutorialCompare one version with another
Comparison overlays two versions of the same drawing so you can see what changed. It uses the same panel as Overlay.
View feature and tutorialOverlay drawings from the library: select and open
From the library you pick up to 3 drawings: the first one you tick is the base and the others are overlaid on it.
View feature and tutorialThe «Compare and overlay drawings» panel: layers, opacity and visibility
The panel overlays up to 3 drawings (the base and 2 layers) and lets you adjust each one's transparency and visibility.
View feature and tutorialAlign an overlaid drawing (by hand, by values or by 2 points)
Drawings from different sources rarely match exactly. Alignment moves, scales and rotates an overlay until it fits the base.
View feature and tutorialPins: types, side list, hiding and search
A pin marks a point on the drawing and links it to a task, RFI, quality control, submittal, note or hyperlink. They are all listed in a side panel.
View feature and tutorialPlace a pin and create or link a task, RFI, quality control, submittal or note
With Add pin you choose the type, click the drawing and create a new record (or link an existing one) already tied to the drawing.
View feature and tutorialOpen a pin and what happens in the other modules
Clicking a pin opens the linked record's detail without leaving the drawing.
View feature and tutorialHyperlinks between drawings, images and files
A hyperlink is a clickable mark that takes you to another drawing, an image or a project file. The system also detects references automatically.
View feature and tutorialRecalculate hyperlinks and see related drawings
Automatic hyperlinks come from the drawing's references matched against the project's sheet numbers. When numbers change, recalculate them.
View feature and tutorialMarking up the drawing: drawing, shapes, symbols, text, erase and select
The left bar tools draw on the drawing. What you draw is saved instantly and the rest of the team sees it.
View feature and tutorialMeasure distances and set the scale
The Measure tool calculates the distance between two points. To get real metres you must set the drawing's scale first.
View feature and tutorialShare drawings or folders with another project
Sharing lets another project in the same organisation see the drawing, always at its current version, without duplicating files or pins.
View feature and tutorialDelete drawings and drawing folders
You can delete drawings one by one or several at once, and delete folders without losing the drawings inside.
View feature and tutorialReprocess a drawing
If a drawing fails to process or looks wrong, you can rebuild its view from the original PDF.
View feature and tutorialSet the project's title block zone
The title block zone tells the system where to read the sheet number on new drawings. It is saved for the whole project.
View feature and tutorialLink a 3D model to the drawing
A drawing can be linked to a 3D or CAD model (RVT, DWG, IFC, NWD or NWC) already uploaded to the project's Files.
View feature and tutorialWho can do what: permissions, current version and shared drawings
Which buttons work depends on your permission in the project, whether the open version is the current one and whether the drawing is yours or shared.
View feature and tutorialModule tutorials
Concrete actions that take you from understanding the feature to using it on a job.
Explainer videos
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