Viewing, comparing, and marking up drawings
Saving and collaborating with Topics
A Topic keeps related drawing markup and conversation together. You can use one across a single sheet or several sheets without mixing in unrelated notes.
A Topic keeps related drawing markup and conversation together. You can use one across a single sheet or several sheets without mixing in unrelated notes.
Best for: Reviewers who need reusable markup and conversation · Requires: Topic access appropriate to the intended audience.
Work in Draft Mode
When you begin markup without an active Topic, the viewer can place you in Draft Mode. Your work is private and not yet part of a shared project record.
The Draft Mode notice lets you:
- Save the markup to a new Topic
- Save it to an existing Topic
- Discard the draft
If you try to leave with unsaved draft markup, Constructable warns you. Saving before navigating is the safest choice.
Create a useful Topic
Give the Topic a clear, specific title, such as Level 2 corridor coordination instead of Review.
A Topic can include:
- Markup on multiple sheets
- Comment threads
- Attachments and media
- Screen recordings
- Mentions and notifications
Your team can return to the marked locations and see that context together.
Choose visibility
Depending on your permissions, a Topic can be:
- Private to you or shared with specific people
- Available across your organization
- Available across the project
Choose the narrowest audience that can complete the work. You can expand access later when an internal review is ready for the broader team.
Topic permissions are separate from drawing permissions. Someone may be able to view a sheet without being able to see every Topic on it.
Manage Topic markup
Select markup to copy or move it to another Topic, RFI, or Submittal. Copying keeps the original; moving changes where the selected markup belongs.
Archive a Topic when the work is complete or no longer active. Archiving reduces clutter without treating the historical conversation as disposable.
Markup changes synchronize with the project as you work. Constructable uses shape locking to reduce conflicting edits, but two people should still avoid changing the exact same markup at the same time.