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Markup and review

The markup stays with the revision it was made on

Markup that is tied to the revision it was made against, and is not carried forward onto a drawing that has since changed.

Optional, licensed through DocCore

How it works

From the drawing to a priced takeoff

  1. Opened Straight from the DocCore register.DocCore
  2. Scaled Set the scale once, in the drawing's own units.
  3. Marked up Clouds, callouts and replies on the sheet, each with a status.
  4. Measured Lengths, areas and counts off the same sheet.
  5. Priced Each quantity carries your rate, and the takeoff exports to a spreadsheet.

What it does

  • Marks up the drawing itself. The drawing is opened where it is controlled — not a printout, not a screenshot, not a PDF in a separate viewer.
  • Measures to scale. Distances and areas taken on screen in the drawing's own units.
  • Two people, one sheet, at once. A live review with somebody else on the same drawing at the same time.
  • Ties every markup to a revision. When the drawing is revised, the old markup stays with the old revision.

On screen

Review the drawing on the drawing

Reviewers cloud, call out and reply on the sheet, and each markup has a status.

A general arrangement drawing under review, with clouds, callouts and measured lengths and areas
A general arrangement under review. Clouds and callouts on the sheet, with lengths and areas measured off it.

Set the scale once

Read the scale from the title block, pick a common scale, or measure a known length. The scale belongs to the sheet, holds at every zoom, and recalculates every measurement on it when it is changed.

The calibration dialog with common scales, the drawing units and the resulting sheet width
Calibrating a sheet at 1:50 in millimetres.

Measure, by room or bay

A length being measured between two vessels on a general arrangement drawing
Length, area, perimeter and count, taken on the sheet in the drawing's own units.
A space being drawn around a bay on the drawing
Draw a space around a room, bay or deck, and every quantity inside it is grouped under that space.
The totals panel with quantities grouped by space and a cost total
Quantities by space, counts totalled, a cost from your rates, and the takeoff exported to a spreadsheet.

What changed between two versions

Two versions of a drawing laid over each other: what is only in the older one, what is only in the newer one, and what is in both.

Two versions of a general arrangement compared, with differences coloured by version
Version 1 against revision D, the differences in colour.

The takeoff, priced as you measure

Quantities are grouped by subject and counts are totalled, with a cost column from your rates.

The totals panel, with quantities grouped by subject and a cost total
The totals panel. Quantities grouped by subject, counts totalled, and a cost from your rates.

The same on a contractor's services layout

A services layout with cable tray, duct, ceiling area and sprinkler heads measured and priced
A Level 4 services layout at 1:50. Cable tray, supply duct, suspended ceiling and sprinkler heads, each priced.

Why the revision link matters

The failure it prevents

A comment written on revision C and carried forward onto revision E may point at a feature that is no longer there. The markup still looks reasonable, and a review decision is applied to the wrong geometry. MarkCore is licensed through DocCore so that the markup and the controlled revision are in the same system.

Licensing

A product in its own right

MarkCore is licensed through DocCore and runs alongside it: one installation, one licence to administer.

Next

The manual

The MarkCore manual covers day-to-day use and administration. Access is granted on request.

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