Skip to main content

Projects & uploads

The home screen​

Your home screen lists every project you have access to. From here you can:

  • Find any project with search and filters.
  • Pin the projects you live in so they're always at the top.
  • Report a bug or request a feature without leaving the page.
Video / 0:40Home Overview

Use case: Jump straight to the three jobs you touched this week instead of scrolling the full list.

Uploading a drawing set​

Drop a PDF drawing set anywhere on the home screen, or use the upload button. Then choose:

  • Start a new project: for a brand-new job.
  • Add to an existing project: for a fresh revision or an additional document (specs, schedules, a consultant's set). Revisions of the same set sit side by side, ready for Compare Versions.

What happens during processing​

The platform processes the set page by page:

  1. Each sheet is rendered and read, including title blocks, drawing numbers, and sheet names.
  2. Disciplines are detected automatically (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, civil, general).
  3. Schedules and tables are extracted into structured data the tools and chat can query.
  4. Everything is indexed so search, chat, and checks can find it.

Processing continues in the background; you can open the project and start looking around right away.

Video / 0:40Upload a Drawing

Use case: Add a fresh revision to an existing job so it sits alongside the previous version.

Run work at upload time​

The upload wizard can kick off review work the moment your set finishes committing, so you don't have to open each tool by hand afterwards. On the "What do you want to do?" step, pick any of:

  • Project QAQC - run all the relevant checks. The platform decides which checks apply after reading your set; see Project QAQC.
  • Compare Versions - pick the older and newer set to diff.
  • Compare Against Control - diff the uploaded set against a reference/template set.
  • Spec Audit - check the drawings against the project specs. The wizard makes a best-effort split of specs from drawings by filename, which you can correct.
  • Comment Closure - check a list of review comments (an uploaded spreadsheet, or PDF markups) against the latest drawings.
  • Shop Drawing Review - check a submitted shop drawing against the issued design.

Each task you select gets a short config step (which documents to use, an optional prompt), then launches automatically once the upload commits. You're taken straight into the project while the runs proceed in the background - nothing waits on a slow start. If an upload is replaced or closed before its tasks fire, open the relevant tool tab and run it manually.

Tools that are views rather than upload-time tasks - Issues, Organize, and Custom Checks - aren't offered here; you open those inside the project.

Supported files​

  • PDF drawing sets: the primary format. Vector or scanned; multi-hundred-page sets are fine.
  • BIM models (IFC): view in 3D and let the chat inspect elements. See BIM models.
  • Building codes: upload once for your organization and browse them like a searchable library. See Code Review.

Sharing a project​

Projects belong to your organization. Invite teammates from the users page and share projects so everyone reviews the same set. See Team & sharing.