Share a BOQ with your client: password-protected read-only links

Instead of emailing a PDF every revision, send a live link that always shows the latest BOQ — without your rate analyses or profit build-up.

Prime Base Engineering · 22 October 2026 · 2 min read

Share a BOQ with your client: password-protected read-only links

Static PDFs go out of date the moment a drawing changes. A client link shows the current version every time it is opened.

Open File → Share with client (or ↗ Share in the toolbar):

  1. add a label for yourself ("For the owner", "For the bank");
  2. optionally set a password;
  3. choose whether the client sees rates and amounts or quantities only;
  4. choose when the link expires — 7, 30, 90 or 365 days, or never.

Copy the link or send it straight to WhatsApp.

What the client sees

  • the project name, client, location, zone and revision;
  • the clean bill of quantities grouped by section, with bold text preserved;
  • the final total in figures and words.

They never see rate analyses, PWD item numbers, the material requisition, or your profit and overhead build-up. Section headings you have hidden stay hidden.

Revoke any time

Every link lists its view count. Revoke stops it immediately.

Guest projects

A link to a guest project stops working if your browser's data is cleared, because the project itself disappears. Create a free account before sharing important BOQs.

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