Skip to content
ProPlans Help

You're a Viewer

As a Viewer you can see the project and talk about it, without changing the plans. If you joined with a QR code, a join link or a code, you’re a Viewer.

What you can do

Section titled “What you can do”
  • Look at the plans: open sheets, zoom in, move between them, and see them all in All Plans. Share, download or print sheets. See View a sheet.
  • Choose what you see: hide markups, notes and task lists on your own screen in Layers. Nobody else’s view changes. See Layers.
  • Open documents: the public ones, and private ones shared with you. Share or download them. See View and share documents.
  • Follow the tasks: open every task list, comment on them, and send in work on a task assigned to you. See Comments and attachments.
  • Talk to everyone in Messages.
  • Invite people as Viewers, and show the project’s join code once joining is on.
  • Download the project for offline use.

What you can’t do

Section titled “What you can’t do”
  • Draw markups or add notes. There’s no toolbox on the sheet for you.
  • Create task lists or tasks.
  • Upload documents or sheets.
  • Change the project’s status, or anyone’s access level.

Need to do more?

Section titled “Need to do more?”

Ask for Crew access. Open Contacts, tap your own row, and tap Request Crew access. The project’s Admins and Managers are asked, and you’re told what they decide. If they approve, your tools appear within a few seconds. See Ask for Crew access.

Where to start

Section titled “Where to start”