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Collaborate with drawings
Explore the Drawings module, which allows field teams, subcontractors and owners to share drawings. When you're ready to upload and publish drawings, follow the steps below.
Create a drawing set
A drawing set groups drawings together. You need to first create a drawing set and upload drawings (.pdf files) into the drawing set.
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- From the navigation menu, open the Drawing Sets view.
- In the Drawing Sets view, click add_circle (Create).
- In the new drawing set, upload the first drawing, which must be a .pdf file.
- Define the title block regions for the drawing details.
- Upload more drawings into the drawing set.
- Enter the drawing set name, and then save the drawing set.
![Open drawing sets view](Images/Drawing-Sets-Open-Menu.png)
—Or—
Open the Drawing Sets view from the dashboard.
![Open drawing sets view](Images/Drawing-Sets-Open-Dashboard.png)
![Create drawing set](Images/Create-Action.png)
![Upload first drawing](Images/Drawing-Sets-Upload-First.png)
The drawing details are taken from the same regions for each drawing that's uploaded into this drawing set.
![Define title block](Images/Drawing-Sets-Title-Block.png)
![Upload more drawings](Images/Drawing-Sets-Upload-More.png)
Publish approved drawings
When the drawings are ready, you can publish them so that your team members can open them in the drawing viewer.
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- Change the status of each drawing to Approved.
- Click Publish Drawings.
- Set the publishing notification, and then click Publish.
![Approved status](Images/Drawing-Sets-Approve-Drawings.png)
![Publish drawings](Images/Drawing-Sets-Publish.png)
![Publishing notification](Images/Drawing-Sets-Publish-Notification.png)
Add annotations to drawings
After a drawing is published, you can add annotations and link them to items such as records, models, and other drawings.
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- From the navigation menu, open the Drawings view.
- Click the drawing.
- Add annotations and link them to records and other items.
![Open drawing sets view](Images/Drawings-Open-Menu.png)
—Or—
In the Drawings and Specifications module, click the Drawings tile.
![Open drawing sets view](Images/Drawings-Open-Tile.png)
![Open drawing sets view](Images/Drawings-Open.png)
![Add annotations](Images/Drawings-Annotation.png)