Concepts App is an amazing tool that we use when ideating Interior Design concepts with the team and clients. Its ability of layering, adding photos, drawing shapes, selection and many more features make it easy to sketch and be kept digitally without wasting paper, but with a limitation.
I work with teams a lot so managing, delegating and collaborating is a key feature i look in every tool. For example, Trello and Miro are great team management apps that can be used to coordinate, ideate and prioritise. However, this is not possible with Concepts.
I tried to look for a way where I could add my boss to my sketches so he can see and review, but I couldn't. I Googled around and most of the collaboration features for Concepts are just to share brushes, objects, pallets etc. Then, i found a neat trick that allowed both myself and my boss to work on the same Concept file on each others iPads.
Some basic requirements is that iCloud is needed, and i did not try this for android but the idea may be possible. So, concepts allow us to save our files and make folders to the iCloud Drive. From here, I recommend making a folder based off your name, in my case i did Andrian. Create a new Drawing and mark some scribbles to test this solution out.
In the Finder app, head to iCloud Drive and there will already be a Concepts folder, and you will find your newly created folder with the drawing there.
Now, the trick is to share this folder with your collaborator's iCloud account. Long hold the folder, there will be a dropdown and click Share, and in the share options, choose Collaborate. Once that is selected, send the link as an iMessage to your team member. They will receive a folder invitation and allow them to join.
Let's test it out. Open up the drawing, and add some scribbles, maybe your team members name. Once done, close the drawing and head over to the initial authors iPad, open back Concepts, and you should be able to see the name scribbled from your team member!
The limitation of this trick is that you cannot work on the same document at the same time. However, it still helps in terms of doing reviews and comments, or taking over and adding on some sketches.
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