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Download or export marked-up drawings

After a drawing review, Nomic shows the source pages with markups overlaid. Review the issues first, then download a marked-up PDF to share with the team, archive, or open in Bluebeam.

Export from the review​

  1. Open the completed drawing review.
  2. Open the drawing you want to export in the review's viewer.
  3. Click Export in the artifact panel header (the tooltip reads Export annotated PDF).

Nomic downloads the drawing you have open as <file name>-annotated.pdf. To export another drawing from the same review, open it and click Export again.

To download the findings table instead, use the download icon in the same header and choose Download as Excel or Download as JSON.

What's in the marked-up PDF today​

  • Every finding on that drawing as a rectangle markup, with the finding summary as its comment and its review status attached.
  • Nomic's callouts as text callouts on the sheet.
  • The page numbering of the original drawing set is preserved.

The markups are standard PDF annotations, not flattened into the page, so you can select, edit, move, or delete them in Bluebeam Revu, PDF-XChange, or Adobe Acrobat.

Choose the right PDF viewer​

Most PDF viewers can open the exported file, but construction-focused PDF tools usually give the best review experience. If a browser viewer, macOS Preview, or another lightweight viewer displays markups oddly, try opening the PDF in Bluebeam, PDF-XChange, Adobe Acrobat, or the PDF reviewer your team already uses.

If the file still looks wrong in a full PDF editor, send Nomic Support the exported PDF, the original review link, and the viewer name/version so we can reproduce it.

What's not in it yet​

  • Source citations. The PDF includes the page reference; full source links remain inside Nomic.
  • A multi-drawing bundle. Each export covers one drawing; export each drawing in the set separately.

Tips​

  • Review before export. Accept useful findings and ignore false positives before the PDF becomes part of your review process.
  • Share the Nomic review link with internal reviewers first — they can drill into citations and source pages without round-tripping a PDF.
  • Use the Excel download for tracking. It's the right input for your existing issue-tracking process (Excel, Smartsheet, your QA tool of choice).
  • Re-run after fixes — Nomic versions runs, so you can compare what changed between the initial review and the resubmittal.

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