A PDF markup tool built for architects, and for the engineers and contractors they work with. Fewer tools, chosen for our work, and a submittal stamp you fill in with a click.
Swipe the plan sideways to see the whole sheet.
A note from the architect who built it.
I didn't want a tool that fits everyone. I wanted one that fits an architect.
As a solo practitioner I tried a number of PDF tools. None of them hit the mark for what I needed, and I was tired of paying for expensive subscriptions.
Then I found Open PDF Studio, open-source PDF software with the bones of what our industry needs. I didn't want cloud sharing or a do-everything tool. So I built Markset on it: the capabilities you'd expect from PDF software, with a scope tailored to us. A focused set of tools, and a growing library of tool sets made for our industry.
And the shop drawing stamp is built in. Click a box or a line on the stamp to fill it in. No more placing a stamp and then typing text over it.
Most of a day in a drawing set comes down to the same few jobs. Markset does those well and leaves the rest out.
| Mark | Job | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| T-1 | Mark up | Clouds, callouts, arrows, highlights, text boxes and leader notes, in the color you work in. |
| T-2 | Measure | Calibrate each sheet from a dimension you know, then measure length, area, perimeter and count in feet and inches. |
| T-3 | Stamp | Your firm's submittal review stamp, placed at true size and filled in with a click. |
| T-4 | Set it once | A tool palette set up for architects, and tool defaults that keep every new markup the way you like it. |
Left out on purpose: cloud sessions, takeoff spreadsheets, forms, 3D and scripting. That weight is what makes the big tools slow.
Click both ends of a dimension you know and type it the way it's written on the sheet. Every measurement on that sheet follows, and the scale is saved in the PDF.
7'-3"12'-6 3/8"1/4" = 1'-0"
Every markup you reach for sits in one palette, already set up in the right colors, line weights and sizes. No digging through menus, and no building tool sets from scratch.
Symbols from the free starter libraries.
Build your firm's shop drawing stamp once: logo, checkboxes, By and Date lines, and your own limitation language. Place it at true size, then click the box that applies and click a line to type on it.
Revision clouds, leader notes and text boxes in the color you work in. Copy a markup and it pastes where your pointer is, not on top of the original.
Free and open source
Coming later. Pricing to be announced.
A small group of architects will use Markset on real work before it opens to everyone.
