Good drawings should not be trapped on a desktop. With the right CAD viewer, here is a practical way to work with them anywhere, without converting everything to PDF first.
Step 1: 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 2: 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 3: Get oriented with layers
Use layer management to switch off what you do not need. On a busy drawing that means isolating the structural grid, the services layer, or the furniture plan so you can actually see the issue.
Step 4: Review on the big screen when you can
Tablets give you more room for detailed markup, and a CAD viewer that scales from phone to iPad keeps the workflow identical.
Tip: if a drawing feels heavy, turn off the layers you are not using before you start marking up. Everything gets faster.
The point is not to replace desktop CAD - it is to stop the 80% of review work that never needed it. A good CAD viewer covers exactly that gap.
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