Standard Document Viewer

The ConstructConnect Document Viewer gives you access to project plans, specifications and addenda for viewing and printing and for performing takeoff. You can use filtering to locate the exact document types and preview, export and print documents. You can search the document set using new keywords or append the terms from the original search.  

Takeoff lets you add elements and conditions, set scale, add annotations and draw directly on documents. Prepared documents can be opened in ConstructConnect Takeoff. 

This section contains the following topics:

Accessing the document viewer 

The document viewer is accessed from the project details page of projects that have documents attached. Note that you must first run a project search that includes project documents. 

The following table describes the two options for accessing the document viewer from the project details page.

From the project details page	Location
Click Open in Viewer:	Open
Clicking on a count for a document type.	Open

Viewing the window

Once you select either access option, the document viewer opens in a new browser with the first instances of your keyword highlighted in the document:

Note: The document tree initially displays only those documents matching your keywords. However, you can access all project documents from the document tree, including any addenda with all subsequent revisions.  

Viewing Exact Search results

When you use the ConstructConnect Project Intelligence Exact Search feature, the exact keyword is highlighted in the document tree and in the first document in the plan set: 

Understanding viewer features  

The options at the top of the window display the project name and provide options for working with project documents: 

The following table describes the options available from the header.

Zooming in and out

At the bottom-right of the document viewer window is the Zoom slider, slide it to the left to zoom out (making the visible plan smaller) or slide to the right to zoom in, making the visible portion of the plan larger. You can also click the drop-down arrow to select from a list of preset zoom levels. 

Note: Hold down the ALT key on your keyboard and roll your mouse's scroll wheel forward and back to zoom in/out. 

Working with the document tree

The document tree on the left side of the window displays the documents matching your search terms:    

• The menu opens showing only the documents that match your keywords. The keywords used in the search are displayed in the search bar. 

• To see all documents, click All Documents at the top of the list or Show All Documents at the bottom of the list. 

• Click the up and down arrows to open and close document categories.  

• To open documents in the viewing pane, click on the document name in the tree.   

Document tree features and options 

The following table describes the options and features of the document tree.

Downloading documents

The Actions menu at the top of the document tree gives you the option to download and print your project documents:  

Your documents download in PDF format to your local device for use in printing and sharing.

To download project documents, 

Searching with new keywords

Once you perform a document search, you can perform a new search on the full document set. You can use all new keywords or append keywords to the original terms. Your results include only those documents that contain your keywords. The first page where your search terms appear is displayed in the document window with all matching keywords highlighted. 

To search the document set with new keywords,