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It is worth noting you can add your own scales to the list in Revu 20 or 21. When adding a custom scale, like 3"=1 ft, you can select to +Add Preset button and it will add it to your list of preset scales going forward. Does this accomplish what you're looking for as well?

this may or may not help you, but if you use the poly-line tool, you can right click on the poly-line and "convert to arc." doing this allows you to generally draw where you want your arc to be, then convert and manipulate it to be the arc trajectory that youre looking for. or something close to it

@Aily Roper - I share the tips I create to our intranet page on Bluebeam. We have links to all our recorded trainings there as well. For things that are generic, I like pointing to the Bluebeam site within my posts. For our specific workflows or even for generic workflows that aren't explained on the site, then I write up my own. Users always want to know how to simply combine or move pages around or convert to another format. Or they want to know options for how to do something. What are all the ways you can convert files depending on how they are selected or which tool you chose to use? So I would like to see more videos covering the basics and getting started. Also something pointing new users to selecting the appropriate profile (for their company or simply from the options included).

There is also method #4 (temporary re-use or single-tool re-use, not sure what to call it), double-click a tool on a toolbar. This will enable re-use for only this tool until you hit Esc or single-click to select another markup tool.

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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

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.

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?