How can technicians mark up plans on a tablet – with photos, and even without an internet connection?
For Field service and project managers
In short
With a tablet app that opens PDF plans and places symbols, notes and photos directly on the plan. Everything is stored offline and synced with the team once there is a connection again. With Creavity, the app fits your own symbols and workflows – without per-seat licences for third-party markup tools.
5 weeks
to the request for production
Offline
plans, photos and markup without a connection
Five-figure
licence savings per year (expected)
The situation
Several hundred project managers, technicians and service staff in plant engineering printed plans and marked them up by hand, or used several commercial PDF tools side by side. Information got lost between the site and engineering.
The solution with Creavity
The business unit described in its own words what the tool had to do, including the requirement "fully offline, no data leaves the company". The result is a multilingual app with:
- symbol palettes and photo markers directly on the plan
- offline work with later sync
- simultaneous editing by the team
- export as PDF and with coordinates for CAD
The result
The business unit expects a five-figure saving in licence costs per year, plus fewer hand-offs between site and engineering. It took five weeks from project start to the request for production.
From a real project on Creavity, described in general terms: no customer, system or department names. Figures marked "expected" are the business unit’s own estimates, not measured results. Updated: .
More questions
Does an app like this really work without internet?
Yes. Plans, markup and photos are stored on the device. As soon as there is a connection again, the app syncs the changes with the team.
Is a custom app worth it compared with off-the-shelf markup tools?
When many people need a tool that matches their own symbols and workflows, often yes: there are no per-seat licences, and the data stays in-house. In this case the business unit expects a five-figure saving per year.