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Feature Highlight: Snapshot
This week, we're highlighting the Snapshot tool! Did you know the Snapshot tool allows you to copy text, images, or vector graphics and paste them as new vector images? You may be asking yourself, "Is the Snapshot tool different than copying/pasting?" And the answer is yes! The Snapshot tool allows you to retain the vector…
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💡 Share Your Bluebeam Tips & Tricks!
Hello Bluebeam community! Welcome to the Bluebeam Community, a platform designed for Bluebeamers worldwide to build connections, stay updated, and contribute insight. This forum can help with collaborations, sharing workflows, and promoting best practices. We’d love to have you share your experiences with Bluebeam and the…
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Creating Custom Statuses in Bluebeam Profiles
Hello everyone! I'm a BIM manager at my architecture firm, and we're currently facing some challenges with Bluebeam sessions and assigning statuses. Each time I create a new document, I have to set the statuses again, which is quite frustrating. I noticed that when I try to save the statuses to a Bluebeam profile, the…
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Markup selection cycle popup
This discussion was created from comments split from: 📢 What’s New: Revu 21.4.
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If-then formulas for Custom Columns
Hello, I'm pricing a job that has both LF measurements for wall base and Wall Area measurements for wall panels. I currently have a formula calculating Raw Material Cost (custom column) which is: Measurement * Material. I have multiple other columns building off this value to add various other data. (Mark-up on material,…
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Movable "Locked" Shapes
I would like another option for locking that allows for a shapes dimensions to be locked, but still be able to move the shape / sketch around. An example of this would be a toggle for "dimension lock" where I could trace the outline of a building and rotate / move it around a site or property without accidentally changing…
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Would it be nice if Web Links in Bluebeam opened in your default browser?
Bluebeam is awesome for drawings etc., but it is not a web browser. Wouldn't it be nice if when you clicked on a web link it would open in your default browser? Unless there already is an option and I just don't know about it.
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Call out numbers not recognized
I've done OCR and run batch hyperlinks. It works pretty well. However, the callouts all through the plans that are referenced on the bill of materials page are never recognized. Why is that? I've even tried doing an image search while in the BOM to find where that callout is in the plans, but I never get a good result. Is…
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setting scale precision
I would like to know how I can set the scale precision to default to 1/8" instead of 1/4". I have searched but not been able to come up with an answer.
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Gigantic Slow PDFs
Does anyone have any tips to make gigantic PDF's that have a lot of details, load faster? I have a takeoff I am doing on a 133MB stack of just architectural prints, and it is loading way too slow on some pages, because of the detail. I already have hardware rendering on and the typical BB settings enabled to make it…
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Markup Rotation
I've recently purchased the Tourbox and love using it for all my Adobe editing programs. It also lets you create custom commands for other programs. I have been assigning shortcuts for Bluebeam to it and like with the Adobe products it saves me time. One of my holy grails would be to assign a shortcut to the rotation of a…
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Any concrete estimators on here???
Good afternoon all. I'm in the concrete sales business and more so than not, yardages for such things as foundation, paving and curb and gutter are not available from the contractors. This led me to finding another solution. Revu 21 seemed to be what I needed to learn. If there is anyone in here that does concrete…
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Feature Highlight: Hiding Markups
This week, we're highlighting how to hide markups in Bluebeam Revu temporarily! Temporarily hide markups in Bluebeam Revu to quickly surface and interact with markups whose visibility is obscured by overlapping markups. Here's how to: Hide Markups: Right-click the markup(s) you want to hide on the document or from the…
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cannot reorder pages in thumbnails
Does anyone know why I can suddenly no longer reorder pages in thumbnails? I'm hoping that someone has found a solution to this issue. Bluebeam support can't seem to address this question in a timely fashion due to an overload of tech support questions.
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Prevent Bluebeam from opening all previous tabs?
Good morning, I'd like to be able to close Bluebeam at the end of the day or when I shut down my PC and then open it back up without opening all of the pervious documents I had open. Is there a way to change this in settings? thanks in advance -Ryan G
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Form Font causing issues to Check Box and Radio Buttons
Does anyone know how to fix or work around Bluebeam forms Radio Buttons and Check Boxes that show numbers instead of the desired symbols? i.e. Cross/checkmark for Check Boxes and not numbers when checked. Performing an online search and there did not seem to be a lot of helpful information out there other than to change…
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Selected tool will not release using escape key
Sometimes right click will drop it, but most times I must select a new tool before escape will work. and no, my reuse markup tool is not engaged when this happens.