Real-Time Drawing Review with Collaborative Markup

Revolutionize how your team reviews drawings. Mark up PDFs in real-time, track issues with smart pins, and maintain threaded discussions—all synchronized instantly across all stakeholders.

Drawing markup interface showing real-time collaboration with smart pins and threaded comments on PDF

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The Drawing Chaos

1Markups sent via email create version chaos
2No way to know if someone else is reviewing the same drawing
3Issue locations described in text, not pinned on drawings
4Comments scattered across emails, meetings, and calls
5No audit trail of what was discussed and resolved

The Solution

Arkan Drawing & BIM Collaboration Capabilities

Drawing Viewer

High-performance PDF and DWG viewing

Zoom controls, multi-page navigation, thumbnails

Real-Time Markup

Pencil, line, shapes (rectangle, circle, ellipse)

Color picker, stroke width, eraser, layer management

Smart Pins

Location-specific issue tracking

Type classification, priority, discipline tagging, status

Comment System

Threaded discussions on markups

User avatars, timestamps, edit/delete, mentions

Drawing Sessions

Isolated review spaces

Track participants, session metrics, audit trail

Real-Time Sync

SignalR integration

Instant updates across all connected users

Why Arkan?

Technical Comparison

See how Arkan outperforms traditional solutions

Feature

Arkan

Traditional

Markup Sync

Real-time with SignalR push notifications

Manual refresh or email attachments

Collaboration Model

Multi-user simultaneous editing

Single user, sequential review

Issue Tracking

Smart pins with location + threaded discussion

Separate spreadsheet with issue log

Discussion Context

Threaded comments attached to drawing pin

Email threads disconnected from drawing

How It Works

Simple 4-Step Process

Upload: Import PDF or DWG files (up to 50MB each)

Review: Open drawing and add markups or smart pins

Collaborate: Discuss in threaded comments with real-time sync

Resolve: Track issues to closure with complete audit trail

Key Benefits

Measurable Impact

Review Cycle

60% faster

Real-time vs. email exchange

Issue Resolution

45% faster

Pins with context vs. descriptions

Version Conflicts

Zero

Real-time sync eliminates

“Our design review meetings were nightmares. Three consultants, two contractors, all marking up PDFs separately, then someone had to consolidate comments in Excel. Now with SignalR real-time sync, we all review together. Pin 247 links to a discussion thread, not an email chain. Collaboration finally works.”

Layla Al-Mutawa

Chief Architect

Kuwait Towers Development