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PDF markup and takeoff for Mac

OpenBeam

OpenBeam is a desktop PDF markup, takeoff, comparison, and conversion tool for engineers and technical reviewers who need practical drawing workflows on macOS.

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No payment is required to start the 12-week trial. Newport Resonance records trial signup and download events to understand user traction and support needs.

OpenBeam macOS interface showing a PDF drawing with red markups, a measurement annotation, and the takeoff panel.

Actual OpenBeam early-access interface showing drawing markup, length measurement, and takeoff capture on a construction PDF. The example shows PDF points before scale calibration.

Measure, review and hand over the drawing

OpenBeam focuses on the PDF workflows engineers actually repeat: annotate, measure, compare, export, and hand over evidence.

PDF annotation

Open, render, annotate, and save PDFs with standard PDF annotations

Drawing tools

Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows, revision clouds, polygons, callouts, highlights, stamps, and text boxes

Evidence export

Export markups to Excel or CSV and convert PDFs to images, Word, Markdown, and flattened PDFs

Practical guides for your next drawing review

Start with a representative drawing, check its scale and follow the result through to a saved PDF and export. These guides help you plan the review and choose the tools your team needs.

System Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
  • 250 MB available disk space before documents and exports
  • Optional OCR support requires OCR tooling installed locally

Release Track

  • 12-week trial release track prepared for public traction testing
  • Includes PDF markups, takeoff tools, markups list, thumbnails, OCR hooks, and revision compare foundations
  • Trial users can download eligible updates through the Newport Resonance download portal until access expires

Ready to try it?

Use the download portal to start a 12-week trial and get the latest available OpenBeam early-access release.

OpenBeam is a Newport Resonance product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bluebeam, Inc.

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