Less is morePDF viewer and editor · Mac · Windows
A PDF viewer and editor with less in the way.
Contracts, forms and long reads open instantly. So do construction sets with hundreds of A0 sheets, with layers and measuring to scale. Nothing is ever uploaded.
Sample contract
Service agreement
between Studio Meier AG and Lindenhof Bau GmbH
1 · Scope. The architect provides design, tender and site supervision services for Block C, as listed in Appendix A.
2 · Fees. Fees are calculated on the agreed construction cost and invoiced monthly against progress.
3 · Term and notice. Either party may end this agreement with three months' written notice to the end of a calendar month.
4 · Documents. Drawings remain the property of the architect and may be used for this project only.
5 · Law. This agreement is governed by Swiss law.
Sample form · B2
Building permit application
The light had moved across the table by the time she reached the last chapter. Outside, the tram turned at the corner as it did every eleven minutes, and the sound came up through the open window like a page being turned. She had stopped noticing the edges of the screen an hour ago. There was only the line she was on, and the next one.
212Later she would not remember deciding to keep going. The book had simply made room for itself. Each page arrived where the last one had been, at the same size, in the same place, and nothing asked to be clicked. It was, she thought, the way paper used to behave before it learned to want things.
213Read · mark up · organise · measure
Every page you open, and only the tools you reach for.
Sample set: Lindenhof Block C, 412 A0 sheets with eight layers. The live demo opens it in your browser.
Less, on purpose
What we left out.
A viewer you open fifty times a day should get out of the way. Each of these is something LessPDF does not have.
- An accountOpen the app and read. No sign-up.
- UploadsFiles stay on your computer. It works without a network.
- A subscriptionPremium is one payment per person, yours to keep.
- Watermarks and limitsViewing, printing and markup are free.
- Tracking in the appThe LessPDF app itself never tracks you.
- A wall of toolbarsEvery tool is in the ⌘K palette, one search away.
What it does
Made for plans, sections and details.
Layers and sheet numbers
Switch architecture, structure and services on and off, search the whole set, and go to a sheet by its label.
Measure to scalePremium
Calibrate each page by two points or its drawing scale, then measure distance, perimeter and area.
Markup that other apps read
Revision clouds, callouts, stamps and comments are standard PDF annotations, saved into the file.
Organise the setPremium
Reorder, rotate, insert and delete sheets, merge consultants' files, split by discipline, all undoable until you save.
Tabs, windows, ⌘K
Keep the plan, the sections and the schedule side by side, and reach every tool from the palette.
Files stay on your computer
The app has no account, sends no document anywhere and works without a network.
Pricing
Free to read. Pay once to do more.
Premium adds pages and measuring on two computers, Mac or Windows, with free updates. Works offline after one activation.
CHF 49one-time, per person
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