MarkupRight User Guide

MarkupRight is a PDF review and markup app for architecture, engineering and construction teams. Open a drawing set, mark it up, measure it to scale, track every comment to closure and share the result.

For version 1.0.1·Updated November 2026

MarkupRight with sheet A-101 of a clinic project open, marked up with clouds, callouts, a highlight, a stamp and measurements, with the Markups List below and the Tool Chest on the right.
A design review of sheet A-101: clouds and RFI callouts on the drawing, every markup listed below it, and reusable tools on the right.

Where to start

New to MarkupRight

Learn the basics in an afternoon

  1. Install and activate
  2. Your first review: a guided 15-minute walkthrough
  3. The workspace: menus, toolbars and panels
  4. Mark up drawings
  5. Open, view and navigate
  6. Create, save and export
Already reviewing drawings

Go faster and scale up

  1. Tool Chest and stamps: standardise your markups
  2. Measure and take off: quantities at scale
  3. Markups List and reports: statuses and summaries
  4. Sets and Batch processing: whole drawing sets
  5. Preferences and profiles and shortcuts
  6. Command line and AI agents

Everything in this guide

Everyday work

Open, view and navigateZoom, page layouts, split views, search and dark mode.Beginner Mark up drawingsClouds, callouts, text, shapes, pens and stamps.Beginner Edit and style markupsSelect, reshape and restyle; comments and replies.Intermediate Tool Chest and stampsReusable tools and stamps your whole team shares.Intermediate Measure and take offScales, lengths, areas, volumes and counts.Intermediate Markups List and reportsFilter, track statuses and export summaries.Intermediate

Documents

Create, save and exportNew PDFs, combining files, export and print.Beginner Pages and document toolsPages, labels, headers, bookmarks, layers and OCR.Intermediate Compare and overlaySee what changed between two issues.Intermediate Security and signaturesPasswords, redaction, digital IDs and signing.Intermediate

Teams, scale and automation

Sets and drawing logsSheets, tags, revisions and drawing logs.Expert Batch processingOne job, many files.Expert CollabShared Projects and live markup Sessions.Intermediate Preferences and profilesToolbars, shortcuts, layouts and IT settings.Expert Command line and AI agentsScripts, batch jobs and the MCP connector.Expert Keyboard shortcutsEvery default shortcut, searchable.

How to read this guide

You'll seeIt means
Beginner Intermediate ExpertWho a page or section is written for. Beginner pages assume nothing; Expert sections go deeper into options, files and automation. The coloured dots in the sidebar show the same levels.
Tools ▸ Measure ▸ Set Scale…A menu path: open the Tools menu, then Measure, then choose Set Scale….
CalibrateA button, field, tab or other label exactly as it appears in MarkupRight.
Ctrl+Shift+SA keyboard shortcut, shown for your computer. Use the macOS / Windows · Linux switch at the top of any page to see the other.
MarkupRight's own icons, as you'll see them on its toolbars and panels.
1A numbered marker on a screenshot, explained in the list under it. Click any screenshot to see it full size.

Notes stand out like this:

Tip

A quicker way to do something.

Note

Something worth knowing.

Caution

Something that can catch you out or cost you work.

Permanent

An action that can't be undone once you save.

Expert

A deeper detail for power users.

The sample project

Screenshots use two sample projects. Harbor St. Clinic sheet A-101 is a level 1 floor plan at 1/8" = 1'-0", reviewed by a design team: Priya S. (architect), Marcus T. (general contractor), Dana R. (superintendent), Arjun K. (structural engineer) and Lena K. (owner's representative). A small MEP set (sheets M-101, M-102 and P-201) is used for measuring, comparing and Sets. You can follow along with any drawings of your own.

Getting help