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I wish we had subcategories under Toolchest. I have made tools for every category of plumbing using the Norwegian standard for naming them. But I wish there were subcategories for that as well. There are a lot of tools to create. I have also made my own linestyle for every one of the pipe tools. It have been easier if I could have a sub category like 31 Sanitary, 32 Heating, 33 Fire protecting etc. and under them 312 sanitary pipes, 315 equipment. etc. Easy solution for that is too only have one pipe pr category and make a comentary for every cise when you use the tool. But I think in my case its easyer to have every dimension and pipe linestyle. A another thing is that its not so simple to use formulas. I tried to use a formula for heating pipes because they are one for tour and for return. And i dont wont to draw them twice for right measurment. easy to fix this in excel spredsheet.

Pål Kristiansen

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Re: lock text after signature added to certified document

update: I found a way that seems to work.

Each engineer adds their stamp in each appropriate location.
Add a signature block next to each stamp.
Certify the drawing/document using the certification tool, make sure to not flatten the signature blocks.
Each engineer adds their signature to the text block next to their seal.

If the document is modified, then its certification will be broken and the signatures lost.

Andy K

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Re: New install does not operate.

I'd suggest reaching out to the @Bluebeam Support Team at https://support.bluebeam.com/home.html

or your reseller @RBE.

Hope this helps. 😎

David Cutler

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Re: Bluebeam Cloud - Measuring Tool

I'm very happy that the measurement tools have been added, it's a step in the right direction, however…

Although the different segments showing the length can be helpful, this makes the drawing really busy. Old Revu you could change the settings to hide dimensions, I feel like this could be helpful here to hide the segments and/or the total. even this small run, the lengths overlap making this unreadable.

there isn't a way to make the lines go straight, which means we have to eyeball it and this changes the length

You can't zoom in and out while in the middle of using the tool like you can with count. This means we can't precisely place our control points. Some runs go all across the page.

the control points don't scale, so sometimes they're a bit big and this can obstruct the view

I'm surprised that the measurement totals don't show up in the information panel. Not a big deal, but strange

in old Revu, you could double tap on the measurement and you could manually change the length and the segment would expand or shrink based on your input.

fmayen

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Re: Quantity Takeoffs: How to check work with multiple scales across multiple sheets

Yep - long sections for roads and drainage runs often have different X and Y scales. Think I've only ever had to check the measures on these once or twice though.

Vince French

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How are the new 2026 accessibility requirements impacting your PDF workflows?

Hi everyone,

In light of the new ADA Title II regulations, many state and local governments — and the vendors who work with them — need their digital documents to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by April 24, 2026 (or 2027 for smaller jurisdictions). This includes PDFs that end up on public websites or portals.

I’m trying to understand how this is affecting real‑world Bluebeam users and what you need to stay compliant.

A few questions for you:

How, if at all, are these April 2026/2027 deadlines changing your current Revu workflows?
When you think about Bluebeam Revu itself, what accessibility‑related controls or features would help you the most?
- For example: an in‑app accessibility checker, tagging tools, alt‑text support for markups/images, color‑contrast guidance, etc.
If you’re currently jumping to another product to make PDFs accessible, what specific capabilities there are you missing in Revu today?

Any details you can share would be really helpful in shaping how Bluebeam thinks about PDF accessibility going forward! Feel free to respond here or send me a message directly.

Skylar Denney
Senior Product Designer l Bluebeam Revu