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I haven't been on a lot of forums, and started this discussion while attempting to comment on a different post. My mistake!
But, incase you're reading this: Do you know you can create custom tools for takeoffs? Bluebeam Extreme also allows you to link those tools to an Excel spreadsheet, meaning your quantity cells auto-populate as you do your takeoffs.
Pretty cool! 👌
rnort
Re: ✴️ Experience using the Tool Chest?
We use tool chests for different departments and job titles. Some job titles use multiple different tool chests. For example, we are a joist and deck company, so our Estimators have both a "Joist" tool chest with joist tools and a "Deck" tool chest for deck tools. It's mostly a positive experience. One critical feedback item is the lack of storing layer "Group" info in a given tool. So, for example, when our Estimators are adding markups to the file, we like those markups to be under the "Sales" - "Estimator" layer groups. However, the tool in the tool chest only stores which layer it's on, not the parent groups. Can this be added?
Re: Bug? Bluebeam Hijacks my Windows File Explorer Window
I have had this problem for years on all of my machines. It is infuriating.
Re: Is there any way to open Australian Standards from SAI Global in Bluebeam?
Thanks Luke and Shan, keen to test it out.
Re: Roundup in Custom Columns
Ahh… sorry I misunderstood that! To round up to the nearest EVEN number, do the following:
ceiling(Width * 0.5) * 2
pnoyes
Re: Is there any way to open Australian Standards from SAI Global in Bluebeam?
Let me check with SAI and Bluebeam Product; this has been in the works and will be included in an update.
I will confirm if it will be in the next Bluebeam Revu release.
If any of the product teams have updates, please share.
Re: Is there any way to open Australian Standards from SAI Global in Bluebeam?
Thanks, Shan and Colby…
We've made some updates to this that are included in Revu 21.3, which is slated to launch next week. Colby, if you are able to try this file again next week on 21.3, we'd appreciate your feedback. We can also test this file internally before next week if you'd like to DM us the file.
Thanks for posting!
Re: Getting Started with 3D Drawings.
Great work @pmorwale on getting your first 3D drawing set up! It is looking great.
As far as the 3D Export options. JSON is really the 3JS format and GLB is the binary version of glTF.
A possible workflow is to import the 3D Drawings representation into a CAD application to make getting started with creating an actual model quicker. This use case would make sense if you need a 3D model and only have 2D drawings.
We are also looking at the possibility of a future Revu update that would support importing one of these formats as a 3D PDF so that the 3D drawings could be marked up. This could be a powerful tool when creating an RFI to really illustrate the question being asked.
Do these workflows resonate with you? Can you think of any other use cases for having the exported 3D drawings?
pnoyes
Re: Getting Started with 3D Drawings.
@Peter Noyes Thanks for the information.
3D Drawings (3D PDFs) generated out of 2D Plans, Elevations & Sections will help a lot in Visualization, RFIs & Punch creations at Site.
pmorwale