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Edit PDF documents online

The following article describes how PDF documents can be edited directly in buildagil.


PDF documents can also be edited directly with local PDF programs. Further information


Directly to the following sections:


Open online edit

Select Edit online on the PDF to be edited or click on Edit online in the open PDF.




Display options



  1. Page navigation & layers
    The following views are available in the page navigation:
    1. Thumbnail view: Display of all pages of the PDF document
    2. Structure: Structure of the existing elements
    3. Layers: Display of the individual layers of the document (layers can be shown or hidden)



  1. Display options
    Various settings for displaying the document are available under the display options:



  1. Zoom options



Editing tools



  1. Moving the plan / element selection and editing
    When an element is selected, the following options are available:
    Create comments on this element / Edit element style / Delete element
    Use the snap points to move / change the element.



Under Style, there are various options for editing the appearance of the selected element (e.g. Color, thickness, opacity, symbols, text size, etc.).



Tip: If the style of an element is changed, the settings are saved and applied when the next element is drawn.


  1. Comments



  1. Text



  1. Markings / highlighting (freehand)**



  1. Rectangles and circles



  1. Freehand drawing



  1. Lines and arrows



  1. Measure distances and areas
    First, the scale of the plan can be set.



A preset scale can be used here or a new scale can be created.
After setting the accuracy, the new scale can be saved via Create.



The correct scale can then be used to create measurements of routes and areas.



  1. Forward / Back / Erase



  1. Create plan section
    The topic of plan sections is described in more detail in the following article: Create plan sections


Notes and comments

The annotation / comment column can be opened via the annotation symbol.
All elements of the PDF document are displayed here.
The elements can be commentated, edited and deleted here.


The Filter role can be used to sort and filter the elements according to various criteria.




Text search

Texts in the PDF document can be searched using the Search function.



The link to a page and annotations (e.g. Comments, markers, rectangles etc.) in a PDF document can be copied and used in tasks, topics, journal entries and comments. This eliminates the need to search for the relevant location in large documents. For PDF documents, the role can be selected by right-clicking on the desired page.



For the annotations, the link can be copied when the annotation is selected.


Updated on: 05/05/2025