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Join a project with a QR code, link or code

A project can let people join without an invite: from a QR poster on site, a join link, or the six-character code printed on both. Everyone who joins this way joins as a Viewer.

Scan the QR poster

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  1. Point your phone’s camera at the QR code on the poster, and open the link it finds.
  2. ProPlans opens and asks Join project?, with the project’s name. Tap Join.

You can scan inside ProPlans too: open the menu, tap Join with a code, then Scan code. The first time, allow ProPlans to use the camera.
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Tap the join link someone sent you. ProPlans opens and asks Join project? Tap Join, or Not now to leave it.

Type the code

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  1. Open the menu and tap Join with a code (click it on a Mac).
  2. Under Project code, type the six characters from the poster or the join link.
  3. Tap Join, then Join again when ProPlans asks.

What to expect

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The project opens and is in your project list, and its Admins are told you joined. You join as a Viewer: you can look at everything, comment and send messages. To do more, ask for Crew access from your own row in Contacts: see Ask for Crew access.

Not signed in? A banner asks you to sign in or create an account first. Once you have, and your email is verified, ProPlans asks you to join the project you scanned.

Already in the project? The code or link just opens it.

If the code is wrong, Code not found says no project can be joined with it: it may be mistyped, or replaced or turned off. After several wrong tries, wait a few minutes and try again.

Put up a code for your project

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  1. On the project list, tap the ⋯ on the project’s card and choose Join QR Code.
  2. Turn on Allow joining by QR code or link.
  3. Share the Join link, or tap Show QR code to let someone scan your screen. Share poster and Download poster give you a poster to print.

Only Admins can turn joining on or off. Once it’s on, anyone in the project can open Join QR Code to show or share it.

Replace the code makes a new one. Anyone with the old link or a printed poster can no longer join, so share the new one. Turning joining off stops the link and the code working.

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