Notch Docs
Guides for marking up, measuring, and comparing construction drawings in the browser. Start at the top or jump to what you need.
Getting started
Getting started with Notch
Create a workspace, add a drawing set, and find your way around the editor.
Notch on iPhone, iPad & Mac
Get the apps, work with touch and Apple Pencil, and mark up PDFs straight from your device.
Your workspace & library
Find, sort and select your drawings, file them into projects, and recover them from Trash.
Adding documents
Upload files, email them in, start a blank document, convert images to PDF, or import from a cloud drive.
Cloud drives: import, sync & save
Connect Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SharePoint or Egnyte, import drawings, and send your markups back.
Connecting Procore
Coming soon. How connecting Procore will work: install the Notch app, connect your account, and import sheets at their current revision.
Connecting Egnyte
Connect your Egnyte account and import drawings straight from your Shared folders.
The editor
Navigating the editor
Tabs, the n menu, the command palette, sheet thumbnails, search, zoom, the status strip and every sidebar panel.
Selecting & editing markups
Select, move, resize, rotate, flip, copy, restyle and arrange anything on the sheet.
Managing pages
Reorder, insert, rotate, rename, duplicate, extract, split and delete sheets in Organize — markups follow along.
Working offline
Keep drawings on your device, mark up with no connection, and let Notch send your edits when you're back online.
Notch AI
Ask the assistant about your drawings, find details across a set, and bring it into a comment thread.
Using Notch with Claude & other AI assistants
Connect Claude or any MCP client to Notch so it can read your drawings and place markups and measurements with you.
Keyboard shortcuts
Every editor shortcut: tools, drawing, editing, pages, navigation, and search.
Markups
Marking up drawings
Shapes, pen, text, comment pins, links, stamps, and signatures — plus styling, review status, layers, and undo.
Stamps, custom tools & signatures
Place built-in stamps, build your own tool library, and sign drawings.
Organizing with layers
Group markups and measurements by trade or review round, and control what's visible.
Comments & discussion
Talk about a drawing with your team — messages, pinned comments, replies, reactions, @mentions, and unread.
Takeoffs
Compare & share
Comparing revisions with overlays
Lay one page over another with a tinted overlay, align it, and spot what changed.
Sharing a document
Send view or edit links, invite outside collaborators to one drawing, and set what your team can do with it.
Exporting & digital signatures
Export a marked-up PDF, flattened or editable, choose pages, and seal it with your digital ID.
Workspace & account
Managing your team
Invite teammates, choose seats and roles, and understand editor seats versus free viewers.
Workspace settings
Your workspace's name and brand, email inbox, integrations, AI, API & MCP, default colours and fonts.
Plans & billing
What Free, Solo and Pro include, how the 14-day trial works, and where to manage billing.
Your account settings
Profile, password, signatures, notifications, theme, the mouse wheel, offline storage, and deleting your account.