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How to modify the markup list displayed in the Capture Media Summary (Screenshot attached)
Hi all!
I would like to know if there’s a method to either delete or select the markup fields displayed in the media capture summary for each markup made in the document (Refer to the screenshot for details).
I am using Revu 21 if that helps.
PD:Apologies if this post should have been saved into a different forum category, this is my first post actually.
Best wishes,
Rodrigo Lajas
Rodrigo
Re: New : Digital Signature Functionality
Digital signature rules are dictated by states and governments, so the settings provided for them by Bluebeam and other companies that create programs for PDFs aren't as flexible as other tools and functions. This is why we can't change the font type for text associated with a signature among other commonly customized settings.
Bluebeam already allows signatures with subsequent markups to be allowed and displays them with the following text: "Signature is valid. The document has been updated since signed". Then, a new set of text appears: "Click to view this version". This is a "button" that contains the original signed PDF without any changes or markups made to it after it was originally signed. This "button" is also created when subsequent signatures are created on the same PDF set. This is why a digitally signed PDF doubles in size. Likewise, subsequent signatures will increase a PDF's size. Also, a new section with the text "The document has been modified" appears with a yellow exclamation mark inside of a yellow triangle. Once expanded, it shows which new markups were added after the document was signed and shows which page they're on. We can select this and navigate to the markup itself by initially zooming into the PDF and then selecting this text that reads, "Added MARKUP NAME on Page PAGE NUMBER".
The "honor system" isn't reliable and allows people the opportunity to change documents subtly and nefariously. Digital signatures can be third-party authenticated and provide credibility, accountability, and "peace of mind" when submitting official documents to municipalities. If you're referring to using "Cut/Erase Content" and "Edit Text", then it would probably take just as much time to fix the original file and not allow these tools to be potentially misused. This is why they invalidate signatures, and even attempting to use them and cancelling the command still invalidates the digitally signed PDF beyond repair.
If a digitally signed PDF isn't showing as "Valid" by the receiver, then their PC is the issue. The "Federal Common/Bridge" files expire every few years periodically based on the date that our operating system (Windows, etc.) was created on our devices. They aren't being atomically updated via Windows Update, so everyone needs to download the "Federal Common CA G2 Certificate" and the "Federal Bridge CA G4 Certificate". I hope that this is automated in the future to avoid explaining this to a building department official receiving digitally signed files. It's common for them to see the "Signers Identity Unknown" error and assume that the submitter is at fault. Both the sender and receiver need to stay up-to-date and learn about the codes and laws that their state have created to guarantee the safety of everyone's submittals.
Re: grabbing the bottom right window corner
I hadn't noticed that before, but you're right.
Re: Mirror PDF
If I understand what you're looking for, to accomplish this today you could right-click on a page from the Thumbnails panel and choose Copy Page to Snapshot (Ctrl+Alt+C).
Next, create a new PDF with the same page size and then go to Edit > Paste in Place (Ctrl+Shift+V).
Then, right-click on the pasted snapshot > Alignment > Flip Horizontal (Ctrl+Alt+H).
Finally you'll want to flatten the snapshot so it is no longer an editable markup on top of the page. Right-click and select Flatten.
I realize this is several steps and not 1-click, and wouldn't be scalable for a lot of pages, but does this create the results you're looking for?
I'm curious about what scenario(s) you have to do this.
Also, how often do you have to do this, and for many documents/pages?
Re: Tip: Use Temporary Dimensions
Being an x-Revit user for over a decade, I get what you mean. I find clients using Revu need to dimension to check and may dimension that area again, so I setup a ToolSet with QA Dimensions that are on a Layer that does not print and can be easily turned off/back on for future QA checks.
But I will add a new dimension to what you posted to my ToolSet - nice work
Getting Started with 3D Drawings.
Hi Everyone,
Here is a quick overview of getting started with 3D Drawings. Please review this thread and comment back to me if you have any questions or run into any issues getting started.
First, after you have been accepted for a new Bluebeam Labs experiement you will be given access to that experiment in the Labs tab on Bluebeam Cloud:
If you do not see this tab you will need to be given access to it, please contact us at labs@bluebeam.com and we will help get you access.
Click "3D Drawings" to load up the experimental section. You will then be presented with a list of projects you have built. If you do not have an active 3D Drawings project you can create one use the + New Projects button:
From the create project screen you can add a new project, give it a name and press the "+ Create" button.
After creating your project upload your plan drawings into it using the "upload" button. While the sheets are being processed they will appeared greyed out in a grid pattern:
After the sheets have processed you can press the meta data button to review the data that the AI has interpreted:
You can see here that the AI will have detected information such as the sheet name, number, and discipline:
If you review the meta data of an elevation sheet in a drawing you will see that the AI has identified seperate sections of the drawing that include different elevation information as well as meta data related to that. For example, in this screenshot the AI has detected taht this part of the drawing relates to the West Elevation on Floor 1:
It is possible that the AI may not detect the relationships between all of your sheets. If that is the case you can manually set up these relationships using the "connect button". For example, if we click on A201 and load the "connect view", then we click the 'elevation' button we can see there is one elevation symbol that is red:
If you click the red elevation icon it will bring up a list of potential elevation sheets to connect to A201:
In this example, we will select A300 and then link it using the "Link" button:
After the relationship between sheets has been set up we can then view our drawings as a 3D model by pressing the "3D Drawings" button. You can grab the drawing and rotate it aound to view it from any angle in 3D Space. Also you can highlight specific floors to make them easier to see:
This is an excellent tool to give your drawings additional context and make it much easier for someone who is not used to reading plan drawings to visualize how the eleveation and floor plan drawings align in a 3D Space.
One other feature is that you can select floors in the drawing and then view them in an overlay similar to how you could in Revu.
You can also use this to overlay the same floor with different drawings such as this example where we are seeing Architectural overlayed with Mechanical:
We encourage you to get starting with 3D Drawings using your own plan drawings. Upload them and try out the features described here. Let us know your thoughts here in this discussion forum. We look forward to your great feedback!
Re: General Option Preferences - Adding a default subject to markup properties
@Iharned That changes the property for that single markup that can be kept in your tool box. It looks like you have some custom tools that have been configured as you need them. Go to the top menu and click > Tools > Markup > Cloud(or any other tool) and you will find that the subject is the tool name (cloud for the cloud tool).
Re: Keyboard Shortcuts for Assigning Statuses
Hi Liz, we assign the keyboard shortcuts in ascending order from SHIFT+1 thru SHIFT+9 to the same order in which they are displayed. For example, in the case below, "Accepted" thru "None" would be auto-assigned SHIFT+1 thru SHIFT+5, respectively. Then, for the three states in the "Issues" model, those would receive SHIFT+6 thru SHIFT+8.
If you elected, within the "Edit Statuses" dialog, to move Issues above Review, shortcuts would not "stick" with the status. The shortcuts will always be auto-assigned to the first 9 statuses.
Out of curiosity, how many different individual statuses do you use on a regular basis? Of these, how many would you want to use these keyboard shortcuts for? Looking forward to getting your feedback on this once it's available!
Re: .jpg files
Hi @Carolyn. Could you use the Capture Tool (RC on a markup —> Capture)? Then, you could place numerous images cleanly in an album. Clicking on the Capture icon will open the image(s) and give you the ability to export to a folder.
The Markups List also provides access to exporting Capture media.
