Tutorials
See the platform, one minute at a time.
Short screen recordings of the real product, in the order you will need them. Set up your account, structure a project, upload and version drawings, run reviews, and export the audit trail. Each one takes about a minute. Nothing loads from YouTube, and no YouTube cookie is set, until you press play.
01Getting started
TPO gives your drawing reviews a structured workflow, clear approvals, and a permanent record of who approved what, on which version, and when. Sign in and every project you belong to is listed with its status at a glance. No more digging through email chains to find out where a drawing stands. This series covers setting up your account, structuring a project, uploading and classifying drawings, running reviews, and exporting the audit trail.
Watch on YouTube →02Setting up your account and profile
You join The Production Office by invitation. Activate your account from the email, choose a strong password, and set your real name and job title in your profile. Every comment and approval you make carries your name, so this is how the rest of the team knows who acted.
Watch on YouTube →03Member types and their roles
What each member type in The Production Office can see and do, and how roles shape who uploads, who reviews, and who signs off.
Watch on YouTube →04Inviting your team and assigning roles
Add your team to a project and give each person the role that matches their job. Roles decide who can upload, review and approve, and every role change is on the record.
Watch on YouTube →05Creating a project and structuring it
Create a project and give it the structure your drawings will live in, so the team can find what they need without opening ten files to check.
Watch on YouTube →06Uploading your first drawing
Uploading a drawing takes one step, and the platform does the housekeeping. TPO takes PDF drawings, the format your review actually happens in. The drawing arrives as version one and its history is permanent from that moment. New drawings start in draft, and nothing goes to review until you send it.
Watch on YouTube →07Classifying a drawing: discipline and typeComing
This video is in production and will appear here, and in the playlist, when it is ready.
08Uploading a new version
When the design changes, upload the revised file as a new version. Version two becomes current and the review cycle restarts there; approvals given on version one apply to version one only. Version one stays complete, with its file, comments and approvals untouched. Nothing is overwritten and nothing is deleted: old versions become permanent records, the upload is on the record with who and when, and one glance tells the team which version is current before anything gets built.
Watch on YouTube →09Confirming which version is current
Wrong-version builds are the most expensive mistake in this industry. Every drawing shows its current version and status in the list, and the viewer always identifies the version you are looking at. Approved means approved on this version. If a newer version exists, the approval does not carry over.
Watch on YouTube →10Navigating the viewer: zoom and pan
The built-in viewer is where reviews happen: no downloads and no external software. Zoom in to check the detail, drag to move around the sheet, zoom out and the whole sheet is back in view. Simple, fast, and the same for everyone on the team.
Watch on YouTube →11Using the annotation toolkit
Markups in TPO are structured, visible, and on the record. Cloud the detail you are flagging, point with arrows, frame a zone with rectangles, and use colours to separate disciplines or reviewers. Every markup carries its author.
Watch on YouTube →12Adding and replying to comments
Comments pin to the exact spot on the drawing they are about, with your name and a timestamp attached automatically. Replies keep the discussion in one thread, in context. Delete a comment and it leaves the discussion, but the record that it existed, who deleted it, and when, stays in the audit trail.
Watch on YouTube →13Reviewing and approving a drawing
Submit a drawing for review and choose who reviews it. Every assigned reviewer has to give their own decision, and the drawing sits in review until all of them have. Each approval is recorded with a name, the version, and the time. When the last reviewer approves, the record shows exactly who signed it off.
Watch on YouTube →14The project manager final gateComing
This video is in production and will appear here, and in the playlist, when it is ready.
15Rejecting a drawing and requesting changes
Not every drawing passes. Reject with a reason, because the reason is mandatory. The drawing moves to rejected, the fix comes back as a new version, and the review runs again on that version. The rejection stays on the record for the version it was given on.
Watch on YouTube →17Viewing the audit trail and exporting it to CSV
Uploads, version changes, comments, deletions, approvals, role changes, shares. Every action, every actor, every timestamp, in an append-only trail that cannot be rewritten. When a client asks who approved this, on which version, and when, this is the answer in seconds. Export the whole trail to CSV at any time. ---
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