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Manual Backup

Did you know you can effortlessly share all of your original Trace drawing projects? Want to send a drawing to your team back at the office, AirDrop it onto your iPhone for a quick construction visit or simply save it to your cloud storage for better organization? Below is a quick "How To" guide to get you started sharing and backing up your work.

Architecture design drawings by Mike Morrissey.


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How to Manually Backup Your Projects

Step 1. Edit Mode

From the Trace projects page, tap "Select" to enter edit mode.

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Step 2. Pick Your Projects

Select the projects that you want to export or share.

Pro Tip
You can only export projects, not folders. We're working on adding this functionality so stay tuned.

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Step 3. Export

Tap "Export" to save your project as a fully editable .morpholiotrace file. You can then share your project through AirDrop, email, or messages. You can also back up and save your projects to your cloud storage. When you’re finished simply hit "Done" to exit edit mode. It’s that easy!

Pro Tip
Some email and storage services may only allow one project to be shared at a time. Please be sure to check all projects go through.

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How To Video

Enjoy this brief introduction to backing up and sharing your projects.


Additional Resources

How To...Share Your Trace Projects

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About Morpholio Trace - Sketch Cad

Why Morpholio Trace for Architects, Landscape Architecture and Interior Designers?

Awarded Best Apps for architects, landscape architects, and interior designers, Trace is the dream sketch cad and architecture drawing software. Featured as both, the best app for iPad Pro and the best app for Apple Pencil, Trace combines the beauty and speed of sketching with the intelligence and precision of CAD. Whether you’re drawing project concepts, sketching through schematic design and designing architectural details, or just drawing on-site visits through construction administration and making high-res PDF drawing set markups, Morpholio Trace is everything you need for your new favorite architect app, landscape design app, or interior design app all in one. Welcome to the new best drawing app for iPad Pro.


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