How can architects send CAD files and drawing sets?
Short answer
Upload the whole project folder with Choose a folder. Pandafile keeps your folder structure, and recipients download single drawings or everything as a ZIP.
Drawing issues are rarely a single file. A typical package includes DWG plans, a PDF set for planning, and Revit or IFC models, all sorted into folders that the receiving consultant expects. Pandafile keeps that structure so nothing gets mixed up between revisions.
Package the issue
- Make one folder per issue, named with the project and revision, for example Riverside-House_Rev-C.
- Inside, use sub-folders such as 01_DWG, 02_PDF and 03_Models.
- Bind or eTransmit CAD files first so referenced xrefs, fonts and images travel with them.
- Include a drawing register or transmittal as a PDF.
Send the folder
- Open pandafile.co and choose Choose a folder, then select your issue folder.
- Wait for the uploads to finish. Large models upload with resumable transfers, so a brief drop in connection will not restart them.
- Choose Send by email and add the client, engineer or contractor. Several recipients can go in one send.
- Add the revision in the title and send.
Why email sends work well for issues
Every recipient gets their own link and you get an email when each one downloads, which is a useful record that the right revision reached the right person. Anyone who has not downloaded gets a daily reminder until they do or the link expires.
