Learning Center
How each part of FieldMarkup works, one page per feature. Start with the quick start if this is your first project, or jump straight to the feature you are stuck on.
Getting started
- Quick Start: Your First Markup in 5 MinutesCreate a project, upload a floor plan, place your first device, and export a clean PDF, start to finish in under five minutes.
- Uploading Blueprints and Floor PlansHow to upload PDFs, phone photos, and images to FieldMarkup. Supported formats, size limits, and tips for getting clean plans into the editor.
- Satellite View from an AddressNo floor plan? Enter the project address and pull a satellite image you can mark up. Good for parking lots, building exteriors, and campus site walks.
Editor
- Placing Devices on the Floor PlanHow to use the icon library to place cameras, readers, detectors, and other devices. Auto-labeling, moving, editing, and the device drawer.
- Camera Field-of-View (FOV) ConesHow to visualize camera coverage on your floor plan with FOV cones. Adjust angle, range, and direction to show what each camera sees.
- Status Tracking: From Planned to ApprovedTrack install progress per device with color-coded status rings. Three workflow modes fit new installs, site surveys, and sales walkthroughs.
- Shapes, Text Boxes & Drawing ToolsBeyond device icons, draw rectangles, ellipses, lines and arrows, freehand ink, and auto-numbered text callouts. Plus the count tool and rapid place.
- Blank Canvas: Drawing Walls, Doors & WindowsNo PDF plan? Start from an empty page and sketch the building: draw walls, then cut in doors, windows, and overhead doors. Ideal for residential walkthroughs.
- Grid, Snap, and AlignmentKeep devices and shapes lined up. Snap positions to a grid spacing you choose, lock lines to 45-degree angles, and keep shapes square and round.
- Measuring Cable Runs: Calibration and Wire RunsCalibrate a floor plan to a real-world distance, then tap out cable routes that roll up into the BOM cable schedule.
- Counting Devices and Naming by RoomTwo review tools: use Count to tally devices on a plan with a running total, and use Room to draw a box around devices and auto-name them by their room.
- Multi-Port Drops (A/B/C faceplates)When one faceplate feeds several network ports, give the device multiple drops. Each drop is labeled A, B, C and gets its own line in every export.
Projects
- Bill of Materials (BOM)Auto-generated device counts, unit costs, labor hours, margin, and tax. How to use the BOM for internal estimating and customer-facing proposals.
- Exporting a Marked-Up PDFHow to export a clean, flattened PDF with your devices, FOV cones, status colors, and an optional device schedule appendix.
- Sharing a Read-Only LinkSend a customer a read-only link to a marked-up plan, with no account needed. Shows the plan and markup, never your install photos. Enable or revoke anytime.
- Importing a Vendor Quote into the BOMDrop a distributor quote PDF (ADI, Anixter, Wesco) into a project and the line items land in your Bill of Materials. No retyping part numbers or prices.
- Parts Library and Price BookYour saved catalog of parts with prices. Build it from quote imports or by hand, then add parts straight into any project's BOM with one click.