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Re: Revu for iPad to Retire on December 31, 2025
Hey Matt, thanks for the context—really helpful.
2025 is going to be a big year for Bluebeam Cloud, especially for users like you who rely on Studio Projects and DMS workflows.
Right now on iOS, you can access files from Studio Projects, and anything you open is stored for offline access. In the next few months, we’re adding the ability to check files out, make edits, and check them back in—plus a true offline-first sync experience so you can mark files or folders to keep on your device ahead of time.
We’re also building support for opening files stored locally through Files, iCloud, or your DMS app of choice. That’ll be a first for the app and unlock a whole new level of flexibility.
Once that’s in place, we plan to shift focus back to Tool Sets and basic measurements. We’d really value your input on what should come next, especially ahead of Revu for iPad’s retirement.
Re: "Look Up" feature to use a search engine instead of Wikipedia
I was told it's not something that can be changed and to bring it up here. It would be super beneficial when looking at specs and needing to research a material or product you are unfamiliar with.
Re: Revu for iPad to Retire on December 31, 2025
Thanks for your reply and for informing what you have in the pipeline. I’m confident that your forthcoming product will reach a point where it will be a fantastic addition to your portfolio. The thing is that companies need to make decisions based on current information.
If we, for example, are to wait out for a proper replacement we need to know exactly what will be released and when.
As for functions that at least we are looking for in a future application are:
- Automatic sync between cloud & device
- Batch functions in cloud
- Automated functions like ocr, symbol detections, hyperlinks
- Possibility to create custom checklists
- API (this is a big one for us currently)
- Better import/export functions or similar for collaboration with other applications
Obviously most of these are not in the current BB for iOS either, but it’s the direction we’re going for.
Re: Using Quantity Link with Excel Automation Scripts
JDR,
Making sure we are on the same page:
Are you familiar with BB's Mark Up List where you create Custom Columns and then utilize the Export Feature to Excel Function… I am trying to understand the big picture of what you are attempting to do?
Re: Defaults
No problem. However, it appears you accepted your comment as the accepted answer instead of mine. Usually I wouldn't care but when I checked for an update, it hid my answer because it had defaulted to display "accepted answers". That "tab" is not obvious so someone new would be pretty confused that you praised yourself 😁
Re: Shortcut for a personalized markup
Could it be this setting keeping you from accessing the hotkeys?
Re: Shortcut for a personalized markup
Add the tool to "My Tools" and then type the number of the tool's place in the set. So, the first tool is 1, second is 2, and so on. Sometimes I don't see the numbers, but the function still persists.
If utilizing the method that @Debora Leal outlined, you'll get the default settings of the markup tool you assigned the shortcut to. If that is adequate for your purposes then so be it. I try to keep common tool shortcuts dedicated to memory, but my markups I change the most throughout a project, I make sure to turn into a custom markup, sort it into a logical (to me) set and then put my favorites in My Tools and just use the hotkeys it assigns.
Just make sure to right-click the tool and change it to Properties Mode if you want to draw the shapes and such yourself. If you want it more like a stamp, then Drawing Mode should be good.
I hope that helped.
Re: Shortcut for a personalized markup
Correct. That is the DGL Tool Set. If you add a tool to the My Tools chest, any tool(s) there will be numbered. I believe that's the only way to give a shortcut like command to a custom markup. I know it limits the usefulness in some ways, but I hope that helps.
Re: How to print markups outside the document area
It has certainly been difficult for us to get to this work-around, but the issue is pretty simple.
Again, it is not the software/computer, it is what we are telling it to do.
The original PDF is 11x17, and we're working with markups placed outside of that boarder. As far as the software/computer is concerned, when printing, those graphics DO NOT EXIST, as you have seen. …"out da frame"
Go back to the original output and reset the sheet size to print that 11x17 graphic on 24x36, knowing this is how you are going to mark it up. Then you are likely not going to have that problem, and you are working with a vector PDF.
The snapshot is only my workaround because I do not have the original drawing info to work with… I did not think to try printing that 11X17 PDF on a 24x36 sheet. That may work as well.
