How do I…

Mark a device in the field

On site, see which icons are To do, Done or Issue, open an icon's card, mark it and add photos and comments, with or without signal.

Where to find it: open the project › Field in the top bar (Field members open in it) › tap the icon

1. Every icon is To do, Done or Issue; one nobody has marked is To do. Done is grey with a dark grey check and a grey label; an Issue's label is red. The strip counts each; tap a count and only those stay bright. The eye hides Annotations here only; Views, sheets and Equipment work as in Drawing.
2. Tap an icon; the plan stays put. Its card opens at the right, beside Equipment or the Timeline, or over it on a narrower screen until Equipment or Timeline at its top. On a phone it is a sheet (on its side, a panel at the right); its handle opens the whole card.
3. The card's top shows the label, what it is, its room and sheet, then Wiring, Show on plan and ×. Show on plan, or double-clicking its line in Equipment or the Timeline, glides in close on it. × or Esc closes the card.
4. Under it, choose To do, Done or Issue; it never scrolls away (on a phone, at the foot beside Comment and Add photo). To do and Done save at once, even without signal.
5. Issue opens a box under the status: say what stops the work, attach a photo if you like, then Mark Issue (⌘↵ or Ctrl+Enter). Comment works the same way with Add comment. Cancel throws the words away; Esc keeps them, and a dot on the button says so. The status changes only once it is sent; if the server refuses it, the words stay with the reason and Retry.
6. The Field log's header holds the photo count, which opens every photo in turn, then Add photo, Choose from library and Comment; a photo never changes the status. An old photo says when it was taken ("Taken Oct 3").
7. Mark up a photo with Pen, Arrow, Circle, Text, Measure and Colour; pinch to zoom, Fit photo to see it whole. Write its comment under it, then Save or Retake; Take another, or Done to finish.

A Viewer sees the card marked View only, with its status and no buttons.

Field log

The Field log lists every mark, photo and comment, newest first. Nothing is cleared when an icon goes back to To do. Unread, it says Connect to read field work. A photo still coming from another device says "On its way"; work sent late reads "made Mon · arrived Fri". Tap one of your photos for Change your markup, or Open full size; someone else's, Mark up a copy: a new photo of yours, theirs untouched.

Wiring

Wiring in the card's header opens the cables by Cable ID under the status, with Details for the product. Show where it goes draws a straight dashed line to the rack; Back to returns.

Photo space

Photos have 3 GB per workspace, 9 GB in all. At the limit, waiting photos stay on your device; marks still send.

No signal

Everything is saved on the device first. An entry says Saved here without signal and Sending… while it goes; the strip sums them. Nothing is marked until the project's field work has been read once. Field marks never change the drawing or its work status.

On site, the iPhone app does the same. The office side is using the work list.

Photos stay private in Cloudflare R2, with an encrypted recovery copy in Backblaze B2; deleting a photo removes both. See the Privacy Policy and your data and the legal documents.