A PDF editor built for construction, in your browser
Insert, delete, rotate, crop, and combine pages. Mark up, fill forms, redact, and stamp headers and Bates numbers across a whole set. TRACEBUILD Lite is a real PDF editor for plan sets, with measurement to scale built into the same toolbar, free while Lite is in early access.
Your documents never leave your device. Editing runs locally in the browser.
Edit the document, not just the markup
- Page editing: insert, delete, rotate, and crop pages, and combine multiple PDFs into one document.
- Headers, footers, and Bates numbering applied across a set with continuous numbering.
- Whiteout and true redaction: cover content cleanly, or remove it from the file for good, not just hide it.
- AcroForm forms: create and fill form fields, and import FDF and XFDF data.
- Text, callouts, clouds, stamps, and symbols from a full construction markup toolkit with 22 embedded fonts.
- Flatten and save as PDF, PNG, or JPEG, or print to plotter and paper sizes in the app.
An editor that also measures
Generic PDF editors stop at pages and annotations. TRACEBUILD adds what construction teams actually need on top: set the scale once and pull areas, lengths, and counts in real feet or meters, right next to the editing tools.
Measure to real scale
Areas, lengths, volumes, and counts on any plan, imperial or metric, with running subtotals.
Any PDF, any size
Letter specs to full size drawings, vector or scanned, all in the same set.
OCR and unified search
Instant text search across sheets, visual search by image, and OCR when a scan has no text layer.
Sets and revisions
Drawing sets, bookmarks, and slip-sheets keep hundred-sheet plan sets navigable.
Looking to replace a desktop PDF editor?
If your team pays for a desktop editor today just to reorganize pages, redline, and stamp drawings, TRACEBUILD covers that work in the browser with nothing to install. See the honest, side by side breakdown against the industry standard.
Common questions
Can I edit the existing text in a PDF?
TRACEBUILD does not rewrite the original text layer of a drawing. Instead you cover content cleanly with whiteout and place new text over it, remove content permanently with true redaction, or add new text boxes and callouts anywhere. On construction documents that is usually what you want, since the underlying drawing stays intact as the record.
Can I reorganize the pages of a PDF?
Yes. Insert, delete, rotate, and crop pages, and combine multiple PDFs into one set. Drawing sets with bookmarks and slip-sheets keep large plan sets organized.
Is the PDF editor free?
Yes. TRACEBUILD Lite runs free in your browser during early access, with no credit card and no download. Page editing, markup, forms, redaction, and measurement are all included.
Are my documents uploaded to a server?
No. Editing, markup, and measurement run on your own device in the browser. Your PDF is not uploaded to use these features.
What does it cost?
TRACEBUILD Lite is free in the browser during early access. A Windows app, TRACEBUILD Pro, is coming soon with estimating, on-device AI, digital signatures, and AES-256 password protection.
Go further
See the full PDF markup toolkit, learn the workflow in how to mark up a PDF, or start measuring with the free takeoff tools.