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This has come up a lot over the years. I believe the restriction isn't a design or programming issue, but more of a legal one. If I'm a subcontractor invited into a session by a GC, with this setting, they could potentially change my comments. This would be possible to anyone invited into a session that is owned by someone else.

Would require some trust on all parties. For internal use, I think the idea is fantastic.

Hi @ShaneGuy and @agalatioto,

Thank you for your questions and feedback.

@ShaneGuy, as Ken pointed out, Studio Projects will be coming to Bluebeam Cloud soon (web and mobile). Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to the same set of drawings, whether it’s a Session or Project, with our tools, on any platform. You can find more details in our post about the future of Bluebeam Cloud here.

@agalatioto, regarding offline functionality for Studio Sessions on mobile, while we don’t currently have a full offline sync feature, we do store information locally on your device. In the next couple of releases, the app will enable you to continue viewing and editing Session documents even if your connection drops. Once you're back online, any changes made offline will sync automatically. We’re committed to continuously improving the mobile experience.

Thanks again to @Ken Phelps for clarifying. I appreciate everyone's understanding as we transition. Please feel free to reach out with any other concerns.

Shawn

Bluebeam Studio Prime would be the answer. Think of this as the "big brother" that has oversight to all things Studio related. What sessions / projects are created. Who's involved in them. What files are being shared. Ability to transfer ownership. Also handling 3rd party integrations and project folder automations.

If a Mac version will come back. I'll become a customer.

Honestly, the fact that Bluebeam refuses to respond to the needs of Mac users is sad. "We're working for a solution to ARM support for Windows," completely refused to address the bigger issue of not having Mac Support outright. I'd even take a browser version, or an iPad App that's actually updated with universal platform support. All they need to do is update the iPad App and Mac ARM users can run that instead…..

Agree though on needing Bluebeam ARM support for Windows. Parallels does okay but the app isn't native and still uses a lot of resources.

I am adding my voice to those asking for a new Mac Apple Silicon version of Revu. I use Archicad professionally and deal with PDFs daily. I currently use a lot of tools (PDF Expert, Acrobat, Preview, others). I especially hate what Adobe has done to Acrobat and would become a Bluebeam customer in an instant if a native version was available for Mac. Thanks.

I agree. I don't understand how both Vectorworks and ArchiCad can run on both MacOS and Windows, with agnostic file formats, but Nemetschek is okay with abandoning mac users when it comes to Bluebeam. How hard could it be to create a mac silicon version? Mac-only users using Vectorworks Spotlight and Landmark are a big missed opportunity. Bluebeam Revu is the only reason I have Parallels. It does run okay on M2, M3 chips with Windows 11 ARM. But, I agree, it is far from ideal. PDF Expert has recently added being able to set scale, measure distances and calculate perimeters and areas and runs natively on MacOS. I turn to PDF Expert for quick mark-ups now when I don't have a need for Bluebeam's more extensive features and tools.

I'm not too in touch with Windows on ARM, but I'm very in touch with needing a valuable pdf editing/markup solution for MacOS. I recently gave up with my outdated Bluebeam 2.0 Mac software as my other software needs required that i upgrade from Catalina. I've tried many different types of mac based pdf software and none have the capabilities of even the MacOS 2.0 Bluebeam. I resorted to using Windows Bluebeam w/ Parallels… which, more or less works, but is not ideal. Nemetschek Group owns Bluebeam now and their Vectorworks software is developed for both platforms (windows and mac), why can't they put a little effort into Bluebeam for Mac again?