Mobile CAD

Mobile CAD should be an editor, not a viewer

On site you don't need an app that shows the drawing — you need one that fixes, marks and exports it where you stand. Fluxketch takes the office's drawings on one iPad, works on them and sends them back.

iPad · Apple Pencil · on the App Store
Fluxketch CAD mode on an iPad held upright — parking plan
Questions and answers

What to check when choosing a mobile CAD

How is a mobile CAD different from a CAD viewer?

A viewer opens and measures, then stops. Fluxketch draws lines, circles and dimensions, moves, copies and trims entities, toggles layers and changes their color, weight and linetype, then exports the result to DXF and scale-true PDF.

Does it run on a phone?

No. Fluxketch is iPad-only. Drawings need a large screen and the precision of Apple Pencil, so there is no iPhone or Android version.

Does it work on a site without a connection?

Opening DXF and PDF, drafting, markup, pins and plotting are all offline. Only the first opening of a DWG needs the conversion server, so open it once before you leave or save as DXF on a PC.

Can it take big drawings?

Verified at 60 Hz pan and zoom on a 180,000-entity drawing and on a drawing with 188 layers handled as-is. A memory gate checks the device's free memory before opening and tells you why if it can't.

How do I keep site records?

Drop a pin and attach a photo and a note. Pins are locked to drawing coordinates, so the position is the record; the pin log is the list, and it prints as a report in seven document formats (inspection, instruction, meeting and more).

What happens back in office CAD?

DXF export carries layers, colors, weights and linetypes. Markup ink and pins print into the plot PDF. Saving to DWG is not supported yet — open the DXF in PC CAD and save as DWG.

Can I hold it upright?

Yes. In portrait the tool cluster moves to a vertical column on the right and palettes open from the right edge, matching a one-hand hold with the Pencil in the other.

Korean and English?

Both. The app and its document formats are localized in Korean and English, and the language chosen on first launch can be changed in Settings.

How it works

A day on site

  1. Morning, at the office

    Put today's drawings on the iPad as DWG or DXF. Open a DWG once here to convert it.

  2. On site

    Leave pins, photos, markup and dimensions on drawing coordinates. Check at 1:50 with the true-scale ruler.

  3. Evening, in the meeting

    One report and a plot PDF run the meeting; the DXF goes back to office CAD.

More menu — pin log, report, sheet issue, plot, DXF export

See also

Take Fluxketch to your next site.

Download it from the App Store and start today. Monthly plans include a 7-day free trial, and Lite is free until October 14.