First time on this iPad? Do the one-time setup (certificate) first.
Jobs
Every aligned drawing of a job together in one view: turn buildings and floors on or off, change colours and opacity, pan and zoom them as one.
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Tap a floor to open its drawing, then tap the columns.
Tap a pile plan to open it, then tap the piles that are ready.
A plan added here is read on this iPad (no PC needed), works offline, and goes to the PC when it is connected.
Field documentation
Photos taken on the drawings, filed by what they show. See on drawing opens the job at the pin.
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Offline copies, backup & files
Saved on this iPad for offline use
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PDFs
Each job's submittals and PDFs (sent from the office or added here). Open one to read it; pinch to zoom. Use Move to Submittals / Move to PDFs to file one in the other group. Files you add on this iPad go to the PC when it is connected.
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Requests
Ask the office to apply a submittal to a drawing, for example the proposed control lines on a contractor's sheet. Pick the submittal, the page, the drawing and what to apply, add a note if it helps, and send. Save it as a draft to finish later. Once sent it moves through In progress to Drawing ready, and the blocks below show where each request is. A request made without a connection goes to the PC when you are back on.
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Alignment
Line a PDF, DXF or DWG up on one of the job's drawings: import it, pick the drawing, then tap the same place on it and on the drawing, at least twice (three or more checks it). A DXF or DWG is drawn as a sheet on the PC at its own scale, keeping its layers (a DWG is converted to DXF on the PC first). Save it and it is kept under Aligned PDFs in Drawings, where it lays over the drawings like any other.
Tap a drawing to open it. It opens in the project view with only that drawing on; the drawings panel there turns the others on.
Align a PDF
Measure on the drawing:
PDF · page
Drawing
PDF
Tap the picture to enlarge
Link to a PDF
Photo
What it shows (the Reports tab files it under this)
Pair this iPad with the PC
On the office PC open Field › iPads › Pair an iPad and type the 6-digit code it shows.
You only do this once per iPad. Drawings saved for offline keep working without pairing.
Who are you?
Tap your name, then type your PIN (the office gave you one under Field › People). Your markups and measurements are yours until you share them with the job.