macOS PDF workflows
OpenBeam
OpenBeam is a desktop PDF markup, takeoff, comparison, and conversion tool for engineers and technical reviewers who need practical drawing workflows on macOS.
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.
Actual OpenBeam early-access interface showing drawing markup, length measurement, and takeoff capture on a construction PDF.
Built For Drawing Review
OpenBeam focuses on the PDF workflows engineers actually repeat: annotate, measure, compare, export, and hand over evidence.
Open, render, annotate, and save PDFs with standard PDF annotations
Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows, revision clouds, polygons, callouts, highlights, stamps, and text boxes
Measure length, area, perimeter, diameter, angle, volume, and counts with calibration
Compare drawing revisions with change clouds and overlay views
Export markups to Excel or CSV and convert PDFs to images, Word, Markdown, and flattened PDFs
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.