Have You Tried: Cross-Platform Collaboration Tools

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Web and Mobile Cross Collaboration Tools in AutoCAD

Let’s talk about collaboration. For the Have You Tried series installment this month, we’ll cover the most efficient ways to use the collaboration tools built into AutoCAD desktop and the AutoCAD web and mobile apps. 

Clients can view your designs from a browser in the AutoCAD web app without having to install additional software.  And if you’re working in the field or are simply away from your primary computer, you can add critical information to a drawing using the AutoCAD web or mobile apps and have your co-workers see the changes in AutoCAD desktop back in the office.   

AutoCAD cross collaboration

In this Have You Tried, we’ll go over:

  • Sharing a drawing as a URL
  • How to create a trace in the AutoCAD web and mobile apps
  • How to view the trace in AutoCAD desktop

Learn how the Share and Trace features can save you time collaborating with clients and co-workers with the step-by-step examples in the Have You Tried: Cross-Platform Collaboration Tools topic.

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Lee Ambrosius

Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk, Inc., for the AutoCAD software and AutoCAD LT software products. He works primarily on the CAD administration, customization, and developer documentation. Lee has also worked on the user documentation for AutoCAD on Windows and Mac. He has presented on a wide range of topics at Autodesk University over the past 10 years, from general AutoCAD customization to ObjectARX technology. Lee has authored a number of AutoCAD-related books, with his most recent projects being AutoCAD Platform Customization: User Interface, AutoLISP, VBA, and Beyond and AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible. When he’s not writing, you can find him roaming various community forums, posting articles on his blog, or tweeting AutoCAD-related information.

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