Updated Oct 6, 2026 ## How do I share a floor plan as a link? Export the plan as a PDF, upload it, and send the link. It opens in a viewer on any device with zoom, so dimensions stay readable on a phone. When the next revision is ready, replace the file: everyone who has the link, or scans its QR code, now sees the new version. Turn downloads off for drafts, and add a password on any plan. ### Plans that stay readable on a phone A floor plan is all small text: dimensions, room labels, door swings. Sent as a chat image it gets compressed until the numbers smear. As a link, the PDF opens in a viewer with zoom, so a client can pinch in on the kitchen run and read the measurement. ### Revision C replaces B, same link The costly mistake with plans is someone working from an old one. When the plan lives behind one link, you replace the file and every copy of that link, in every inbox and on every printed QR, now opens the current revision. [Share a PDF people can view but not download](https://linkinseconds.com/blog/share-a-pdf-people-can-view-but-not-download) ### Drafts people can look at but not take Early concepts are the ones that get forwarded for a cheaper quote. Switch downloads off and the plan becomes view-only. On any plan you can add a password, an expiry date, and a watermark on the PDF preview. None of this stops a screenshot, but it removes the easy route of saving and forwarding the file. [View-only file sharing](https://linkinseconds.com/view-only-file-sharing) ### Venues and events: the layout on a QR Event venues, markets and trade shows share floor plans with dozens of people who all need the latest one. Put the layout behind one link, print the QR on the exhibitor pack and the entrance sign, and move stands until the last minute without reprinting anything. ### Being straight about what this does not do It is not a CAD viewer. DWG and DXF files are not supported. Export the drawing to PDF (or an image) first. No markup or measuring tools. Viewers can zoom and page through the plan, and comment on any plan, but cannot draw on it or measure distances. No version history view. Replacing the file swaps it for everyone. Keep your own archive of earlier revisions. View-only is a deterrent, not a lock. Downloads off, watermark and password make copying harder. A screenshot is still possible. ## How it works - 1 ### Export to PDF, not a screenshot From CAD, SketchUp, Revit, Illustrator or a floor-plan app, export a PDF. Vector PDFs stay crisp at any zoom, where a screenshot blurs. Files go up to 250 MB on Free and 500 MB on Pro. - 2 ### Upload it and choose the controls Leave downloads on for a final plan, or switch them off for a draft so people can look but not save it. On any plan, add a password, an expiry date or a watermark on the PDF preview. - 3 ### Send the link, and keep it Email it, put it in the project chat or print its QR on the site board. For the next revision, replace the file behind the same link rather than sending a new one. ## Plans that stay readable on a phone A floor plan is all small text: dimensions, room labels, door swings. Sent as a chat image it gets compressed until the numbers smear. As a link, the PDF opens in a viewer with zoom, so a client standing in the empty room can pinch in on the kitchen run and read the measurement. Exported as a vector PDF, the lines and text stay sharp however far they zoom. ## Revision C replaces revision B, behind the same link The costly mistake with plans is someone working from an old one: the builder with last month's PDF, the kitchen supplier with the version before the wall moved. When the plan lives behind one link, you replace the file and every copy of that link, in every inbox and on every printed QR, now opens the current revision. Put the revision letter and date in the title block so people can tell at a glance. ## Drafts people can look at but not take Early concepts are the ones that get forwarded to three other contractors for a cheaper quote. Switch downloads off and the plan becomes view-only: no download button. On any plan you can add a password, an expiry date after which the link stops opening, and a watermark on the PDF preview. None of this stops a screenshot, but it removes the easy route of saving and forwarding the file. ## Comments on the plan, in one place On any plan you can turn comments on for a link, so a client can write 'can the island be 20 cm shorter?' right on the plan's page, and you get an email. It is not a markup tool; nobody draws on the drawing. But it keeps feedback attached to the plan it is about, instead of scattered across emails about three different versions. ## Venues and events: the layout on a QR Event venues, markets and trade shows share floor plans with dozens of people who all need the latest one: exhibitors checking their stand, caterers finding the service door, a couple checking the table plan. Put the layout behind one link, print the QR on the exhibitor pack and the entrance sign, and move stands until the last minute without reprinting anything. ## A whole drawing set in one link A project is rarely one sheet. Upload the ground floor, first floor, elevations, a couple of renders and a short walkthrough video together and they become one album with one link, each sheet also reachable on its own. 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