There is a version of mobile CAD that feels like a toy and a version that feels like a tool. A good CAD viewer is firmly in the second camp.
Step 1: Measure before you assume
Pull distances and areas straight off the drawing with the built-in measuring tools. No manual unit conversion and no guessing at scale.
Step 2: Keep sensitive data local
Favour CAD viewer that processes drawings on-device, so proprietary designs are not uploaded somewhere you do not control.
Step 3: Loop the team in fast
Generate a share link and drop it in the project channel. Everyone works from the same marked-up drawing instead of five different replies.
Step 4: Keep revisions straight
Name versions clearly and re-open the latest before a review, so you are never marking up a drawing that has already moved on.
Tip: watermark everything that leaves the building. It costs seconds and it is the difference between traceable and anonymous.
Start with one project and one drawing. Once your team sees a marked-up drawing come back instead of a paragraph of notes, a CAD viewer stops feeling optional.
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