PlanDeskHow-to
How to do it in PlanDesk.
Short, step-by-step answers for the work you do on drawings every day. For a guided tour, see the video lessons.
- Measure a PDF on iPadMeasure lengths and areas on a PDF drawing on iPad: set the sheet's scale, then trace with Apple Pencil or a finger. Totals add up as you go.
- Set or calibrate the scaleSet a PDF drawing's scale from the printed scale, or calibrate it against a known dimension when the set was printed half size or scanned.
- Takeoff to ExcelCount, measure and price a quantity takeoff on PDF drawings, then export it to an Excel workbook with live formulas.
- Punch list on iPadPin punch items on the drawings on iPad, assign them, track their status, and send a punch report PDF to each sub.
- Mark up with Apple PencilMark up construction drawings on iPad with Apple Pencil: clouds, text, callouts and pressure-sensitive ink, with your hand resting on the screen.
- Revision clouds on a PDFAdd revision clouds to a PDF drawing, with a note or a numbered tag, and save them as standard PDF annotations.
- Compare drawing revisionsOverlay two revisions of a drawing set to see what changed, cloud the changes automatically, and slip sheet the new revision with your markups carried forward.
- Combine PDFs on iPadMerge several PDF drawing files into one set on iPad, in the order you want, with a bookmark for each file and markups kept.
- Live review with your teamStart a live review session so your team and outside reviewers mark up the same drawing set at the same time on iPad, iPhone, Windows or the web.