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Re: Layer Organization
@Curtis Scott, yes you can! First make sure that you have "Show All Layers" checked, and "Show Layers on Page Only" UNCHECKED.
Then, select any layer, and move it up or down, if you want to nest it under another layer, just move it slightly to the right. I just tried it and it worked for me!
Hope I explained it well!
AISC Steel Sections as Bluebeam Toolsets
Attached are the AISC shape sections as polygons in Bluebeam toolsets. Scale of toolsets is 1":25". I tend to copy the shapes I use often into a Commonly Used Steel Shapes tool set with the same set scale that way I don't have to scroll the list to find a common shape.
Studio Session "ending soon" notifications
I receive multiple emails daily notifying me of studio sessions ending soon or ended. I'm told the only way around this is to change the setup of each studio session. Can this be a global setting to do once instead of for each session?
Filter Markup to Current Page
Please enable the ability to toggle the markup list to only show what is on the current page. For those that want to work through the markup list in lieu of interacting with markup on the page, filtering the list to only show what is on the page will make navigating easier.
Re: Edit/Unlock markups in Studio Sessions
We use sessions internally as a communication tool between departments. It is incredibly frustrating we cannot move another persons marks. Some common scenarios are
- a junior engineer adds marks to a session. This session is view by all team members. Me a supervisor would have to either leave my desk to tell the engineer to remove an incorrect mark (before it is picked up by BIM) or call them. If we're in different time zones this is incredibly difficult.
- Not everything is virtual. It is also common to have a coordination meeting in my office to go over marks. Any changes we talk about in the meeting means they would either have to leave and come back for each edit or run the risk of not getting picked up.
- It also sucks that when you save the session locally make edits then re-post means you can't edit your own marks. They are forever enshrined. Can we at least get that?
- Sometime documents will need additional sheets as the set grows. Session usually already have a lot of documents and it is difficult to know which one is the MOST CURRENT or which one should we be working in.
I get the legal stuff but that is why we have permission settings.
Option when copying text from pdf to not include paragraph returns at end of each line
Please provide an option when copying text from pdf to not include paragraph returns at end of each line into the copied text. This is ridiculous, everyone knows just because the text ends at the right side of the page that does not mean there should be a hard return - the text just continues on the next line. Removing all the hard returns manually from copied text is a major waste of time. Or better yet, add a feature to select an area and process it to rich text format when copying to the clipboard.
Provide an option in Keyboard Shortcuts to use Ctrl for Multi-Select
I split my time between Bluebeam and Revit, and Revit uses the Ctrl key if you want to select multiple text objects. Bluebeam uses Shift, so my brain is constantly causing me to use the wrong key. Can a keyboard shortcut be added for this?
Resize Text Box on Text Size Increase so It Doesn't Break the Text
Alt+Z wraps the text box around the text, but if you then increase the text size the box width stays the same, and text breaks and reflows into additional lines. This turns text size increase action into box resizing exercise, where users hunt small target area (drag handles). Can Bluebeam allow for text box width to automatically resize when increasing the text size, so that flow of text remains the same for the larger font?
Add a Leader to an Image
When marking up a layout, map or plan and you need to clarify an exact location for a repair, install, or removal; a picture says a thousand words and you want to pinpoint exactly where the picture was taken. I would like to have the option to create a leader line from an image.
Repeat last command
In excel for example, you can press F4 to repeat last command. This would be a great feature to have.




