MarkupCraft is in development. This is what the current build does not do, so you can plan around it. It describes today's build, not promises.
Working with other people
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Shared review sessions (several people marking up the same set live) | Save the marked-up PDF and pass it on; each person replies and saves. See Statuses and replies. |
| Cloud saving and sync between computers | Keep the PDFs with your project files. Cloud saving is not available yet. |
| Merging two people's copies | Divide the sheets between reviewers, or copy a few markups across with ⌘CCtrl+C and ⌘VCtrl+V. |
| Editing or deleting a reply once sent | Undo right away, or add a correcting reply. |
| Changing who a markup is by | Set your name before you start. |
Markups
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Arcs | Use a polyline with short segments, or the pen. |
| Image stamps, signatures, stamps with fill-in fields | Use a custom text stamp, which carries your name and the date. |
| Attachments and photos on markups | Keep photos alongside the PDF and refer to them in the comment. |
| Hyperlinks (to other sheets, files or websites) | Write the sheet number in the comment. |
| Markup layers | Use subjects, authors and statuses, and the list filters. |
| Custom status sets | Use the four statuses, and the subject for anything more. |
| Editing comments that came with the file as read-only (text highlights, other programs' stamps) | Reply to them, or draw a MarkupCraft markup next to them. |
| Flattening markups into the page | Other viewers show and print the comments as they are. |
| Pressure-sensitive pen strokes | Set the line width. |
| Changing keyboard shortcuts | See Keyboard and mouse for the fixed keys. |
Measuring
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Angle and radius measurements | Not available. |
| Holes (cut-outs) in an area | Measure the hole as a separate area and subtract it. |
| Applying one scale to many sheets at once | Calibrate each sheet; picking a preset takes a few seconds per sheet. |
| Several scales on one sheet (viewports) | Calibrate to the drawing you measure most. Changing a sheet's scale re-measures everything on it, so write down detail values before you recalibrate for them. |
| Snapping to lines in the drawing | Zoom in before clicking. |
| A full takeoff with items, assemblies and prices | Use TakeoffCraft, the CadCraft family's takeoff app. |
Sheets and files
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Reading text from scanned sheets (OCR) | Scans are named by file and page; use Rename sheet. |
| Rotating the view | Not available; the sheet shows as the PDF sets it. |
| Page operations (insert, delete, reorder, rotate, extract pages) | Do them in another PDF program before or after review. |
| Closing one file of a set | Close closes the whole set; reopen the files you need. |
| Saving a set as a project to reopen in one step | Open the same PDFs again. |
| Searching the text of the drawings | Search sheets searches sheet names, numbers and file names only. |
| Printing from MarkupCraft | Save, then print the copy from any PDF viewer with comments shown. |
| Autosave and recovery after a crash or closed tab | Save often. |
Lists and exports
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Markup summary as a PDF or workbook | Export CSV and open it in a spreadsheet. |
| Custom columns and sorting in the markups list | Filter the list; sort the CSV in a spreadsheet. |
| Importing BCF | Export only. |
| Importing tool sets from other markup programs | Rebuild the tools you need and save them to the chest; export it for the office. |
Compare
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| Comparing by text (a list of what changed) | Use the overlay and the slider. |
| Clouding differences automatically | Cloud them yourself while comparing. |
Compare works on the drawn picture of both sheets, not on their lines and text.
Panels
| Not built yet | Do this today |
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| More than one panels window, or dragging a panel between the two windows | Use the panel's ⋯ menu to move it. See Arrange the panels. |
| Moving the toolbar or the status bar | Only the two side panels move. |
| Resizing a floating panel by touch | Use the ⋯ menu to dock it, or resize it with a mouse. |
- Desktop builds are not available yet. MarkupCraft runs in the browser on Mac, Windows, Linux and iPad.
- MarkupCraft is in development. Labels and behavior may still change, and this help changes with them.