PolyPDF 1.5.5: Zoom Controls and Snapshot Fixes
Set zoom controls for each page layout, pan with Shift, and paste snapshots with the right proportions and saved orientation.
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Practical answers for working with PDF drawings
Guides for PolyPDF 1.5.7: grouped symbols, mirroring, overlays, zoom controls, snapshots, takeoff, comparison, forms, signatures, and document preparation, illustrated with real app captures.
PolyPDF 1.5.4: Better Highlights, Arcs, and Area Cutouts
Highlight shapes, separate arc radius and sweep controls, movable area cutouts, estimate scrolling, and a Windows file-opening patch arrive in 1.5.4.
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PolyPDF 1.5.1: Interactive Stamps and Clearer Drawing Review
Build interactive stamps, explore expanded symbol libraries, and present PDFs. Version 1.5.1 also improves navigation, saved appearances, and responsiveness.
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Build a review stamp from a blank canvas, arrange its fields, ask for details when placing it, and choose whether to save it for reuse.
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How to Calibrate a PDF Drawing Scale
Set an accurate PDF drawing scale from a printed ratio or a known dimension, then check it against a second reference before starting takeoff.
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Why PDF Measurements Are Wrong (and How to Fix Them)
Diagnose bad PDF dimensions by checking page scale, units, endpoints, detail regions, and scan distortion in a deliberate order.
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Trace a net PDF area, subtract multiple interior openings, optionally convert it to volume with depth, and keep hatch styling separate from the math.
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PDF Takeoff Worked Example: Scale, Area, Length, and Count
Follow one small plan takeoff from calibration through area, wall lengths, diffuser count, worksheet review, and CSV or PDF export.
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How to Count Symbols in a PDF Drawing
Use PolyPDF Pro Symbol Search to find repeated plan symbols, review every candidate, and commit the accepted matches as one linked Count series.
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Use a PDF Markup Table for RFI and Punch-List Review
Turn drawing markups into a filterable review register, with clear subjects, comments, statuses, and exports for an existing RFI or punch-list process.
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How to Compare PDF Drawing Revisions
Compare a baseline PDF with a revised file, review the detected regions, and issue a separate comparison record without overwriting the source.
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How to Create a Fillable PDF Form
Add standard AcroForm fields to a compatible PDF, set names and tab order, test the saved copy, and recognize signed, secured, and XFA limits.
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How to OCR Scanned PDF Drawings
Add a best-effort searchable text layer to scanned PDF drawings, then test search results and verify every value that could affect field or estimating work.
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Digital vs Visual PDF Signatures vs Professional Seals
Understand what a certificate-backed PDF signature verifies, what a visual signature mark does not, and why a professional seal is graphic artwork rather than a cryptographic signature.
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How to Redact and Sanitize a PDF: Limits to Know
Use PolyPDF redaction for supported searchable text, understand what sanitation can miss, and independently inspect the saved copy before release.
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How to Prepare an Issued PDF Set
Build a repeatable issue workflow with page labels, visible Bates identifiers, headers and footers, watermarks, preflight, and final-viewer checks.
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Set Up PolyPDF Collaboration Beta
PolyPDF Collaboration keeps the PDF on your company share while approved Mac and Windows users exchange live markups, cursors, offline edits, and signed history through a customer-owned host.
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Introducing PolyPDF Plugins
How PolyPDF Pro plugins work: declarative packages, one-list management, sideload consent, host-owned generators, and the three generators that come with the app.
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