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Re: User friendly count tool
You can do this by saving a Legend to your job specific tool chest and editing its Properties.
It won't show the Opacity, however, it will show everything else that you've asked for. The colour however will come in a code, but the icon will display with its assigned colour.
Displayed columns can easily be set up with Edit Columns, and if you want it to show for more than what is on a single page, you will have to set that up under Source Pages.
Once you get one all set up the way you like it, simply save your Legend to your tool chest and you're good to go.
Re: Highlight in the find/search command with a different color than blue
You can change the color of the highlights after they are applied.
Re: Let's Bring Bluebeam to MacOS!
I still use Revu 1 for Mac on my M1 Macbook Pro. I also want Bluebeam to bring Revu for Mac back. It is still the best PDF application for measuring, callouts, tool chests, stamps, and flattening. Not to mention the markups list and the only way to participate in studio enterprise sessions on the Mac.
Re: When using "Overlay" function, can you import the hyperlinks from one of the chose PDF's?
For the hyperlinks, try the Export/ Import Markup feature. Not sure if this will work but its worth a shot.
As for your other request, you should be able to do that as its own layer.
Give it a shot and let us know how it turned out
🎉 Congratulations December 2025 Leaderboard Winner!
Hey Bluebeam Community!
We’re excited to announce the top contributor for December 2025!
For more information on Leaderboards, visit this page.
🥇 Winner: @Doug McLean
Since joining on April 30, 2024, Doug has become a familiar and helpful face in the community, and December marks his third leaderboard win! As one of our resident Community Champions, he’s been active in Peer Support, sharing feedback in Product Feedback, and showing up strong in 8 Monthly Challenges (with the last 4 in a row)! Thanks for continuing to lead by example, Doug. We’re lucky to have you in the Bluebeam Community!
🎁 Rewards:
- $50 value Snappy Gift via email
- Special Badge with extra Community Points
- Spot in our Hall of Fame (coming soon)
Let's keep the momentum going! Stay active and participate in our Community Activities for a chance to win next month’s leaderboard!
Marco M
Re: Standard Take Off List
Welcome to the Community @BJL!
Short answer - YES! You can create custom tools and reuse them on future projects.
The next question is how much detail you want to collect with each markup and how you want to use the information in your overall workflow.
To get yourself started create a custom markup. Once you have the properties set the way you want select the markup, right click and select "add to tool chest". That tool will now be available for all future projects!
If you are new to Bluebeam there is some great content available on the UChapter2 YouTube site (https://www.youtube.com/@UChapter2 ) and the Vinic Surveying YouTube site (https://www.youtube.com/@vinicsurveying )
Don't forget to check out Bluebeam University too!
These are great places to see what is possible with Revu.
Hope this helps! 😎
Re: Search Centering
Would also be nice if there was more visual indication of where the found item is. Like a visual ping or a different color. Perhaps you could configure which color it uses?
M.Craig
Re: 🗓️ Nov - Dec 2025 Challenge - Prompt Power!
with a little help from @David Rekker we were able to pull this off. I was able to do a small table easily, but a large one, that needed the help of a paid subscription and a second chat session.
In the end, the process of taking 4 side by side door schedules on two pages and stacking them together took around 15 minutes for Claude to accomplish. Far too long in my opinion and it burns up a lot of (or all of) your daily allotment.
For those of you who have seen my Unbound 2025 presentation, you know that I can accomplish this process in about 10-15 seconds using Power Query (yes, after the initial coding).
I still say that AI is good, but its not all that and a bag of chips (YET!!). The key right now is knowing what it does well, and using it to its fullest advantage. However, we also have to know its limitations and use existing processes for the moment until it can get faster.
Until Skynet takes over, keep plugging away everyone.