Case Study: Drawboard achieves real-time AEC collaboration with Apryse

How Drawboard Reinvents Global Design and Construction Team Collaboration using PDFTron

Drawboard, a company focused on design collaboration, needed to create web and mobile apps that allowed AEC teams to intuitively mark up and collaborate on complex PDF drawings, including massive CAD files. They required a solution that was both powerful and simple to use, but an initial bad experience with another vendor made finding a reliable PDF SDK a critical business challenge. They turned to the vendor Apryse for its Core SDK to build this functionality.

By implementing Apryse's SDK, Drawboard gained access to high-fidelity document rendering, a flexible UI, and comprehensive markup tools, which allowed them to differentiate their product with a superior user experience. The partnership with Apryse provided the stability and responsive support needed for rapid development. The results included phenomenal growth for Drawboard, which became the best-selling AEC app on the Microsoft Store and successfully raised $4M in funding, all while freeing their developers to focus on core competitive advantages.

Drawboard

Alistair Michener

Founder and CEO