Projects & Sheets
Uploading Drawings
Upload your construction drawings to start a takeoff, one PDF at a time. Multi-page PDFs are automatically split into individual sheets, and you can start looking at them while the file finishes uploading in the background.
Steps
- Open the Upload page ("+ New Project" in the header, or the upload icon at the top of the viewer's left sidebar to add sheets to the current project).
- Drag and drop your file onto the upload zone, or click "Upload a File" to browse.
- Your file appears in a staged list. Click Confirm to start the upload.
- For multi-page PDFs, each page becomes a separate sheet, and you're taken to the viewer to begin your takeoff.
Notes
- •Upload one file at a time. If you drop or pick several, only the first is staged and you'll see "Yanno uploads one drawing at a time. Upload the next one from inside the project to add its sheets."
- •Files can be up to 200 MB each. Oversized files are flagged before upload, so nothing waits on a transfer that would be refused.
- •While the file uploads, a card at the bottom of the screen shows its progress and, once it can tell, about how long is left. You can measure and run Auto Takeoff meanwhile: Auto Takeoff sends just the sheet it runs on ahead of the rest. A secured PDF (one that restricts editing, copying or printing, even if it opens without a password) is the exception; there, Auto Takeoff waits for the upload to finish.
- •An account is required to upload. If you're not signed in, your staged file uploads automatically right after you sign in.
- •Uploading from a fresh start creates a new project named after the file. To add more drawings to a project, upload again from inside the project: they are added as new sheets.
- •Your drawings are stored in private storage tied to your account. Other users can't browse or open them in the app.