TraceBuild

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Settings

Dark mode

Your name (markup author)

Color

Line2

Opacity100%

Fill

Dash

Font14

Text

Stamp

Subject

Compare — Mode This Other

Text

Visual Search — Match 0.70 Subject

Markup

Measure

Form

Drop PDF to open
.fdf / .xfdf imports form data

TraceBuild — PDF creation, markup, editing, collaboration

Calibrate first to set drawing scale, then measure length, area or count.
Markups and quantities roll up in the right-hand panel and export to CSV.
Save flattens your markups into a new PDF.
Or just drag & drop a PDF anywhere in this window.

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Takeoff

Tool: Select Scale: not set

Input

Known length Apply scale to all pages

Share & save to cloud

Digitally sign PDF

Live session

Session

Attendees

Chat

Scripting & automation

Examples

Trusted, user-authored macros run against the open document via the tb API (query/create/modify markups, set status, read takeoff). One Run = one Undo step.

Printer Copies Paper size

Custom (in) ×

Orientation Scale

Scale %

Pages Color

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Headers, footers & Bates numbering

Tokens: {n} page · {N} total · {date} · {file} · {bates}

Header

Footer

Bates numbering

Prefix Start Digits Suffix Position

Page labels — how the PDF viewer numbers pages (i, ii, 1, 2, A‑1…). Metadata only, not drawn.

Font size Margin Color Pages

Batch operation

Preparing…

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Password protect & permissions

Save an encrypted copy of the PDF. User password = open the doc. Owner password = change permissions. Uses qpdf (AES-256) as the encryption engine.

User password Owner password

Restrictions Prevent printing Allow only low-resolution printing Prevent editing / modification Prevent copy / extract of text & images Prevent adding annotations Prevent form filling Prevent page assembly (extract / rotate / reorder)

Batch search & redact

One search term per line. Case-insensitive. Whole-word by default (uncheck to allow partial matches).

Match whole words only (\btermk\b)

3D Viewer

Load a 3D model

GLB · glTF · OBJ · STL — exported from Revit, SketchUp, Navisworks, etc.

Rotate: drag · Pan: right-drag · Zoom: scroll