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Takeoffs and estimating can be time-consuming, but Quantity Link in Bluebeam Revu Complete helps streamline the process by linking your measurement data directly to Excel. As you update your takeoff in Revu, your spreadsheet updates automatically helping you keep calculations accurate and reducing manual entry errors.…
Need to clean up a PDF without affecting other areas on the page? The Erase Content tool in Bluebeam Revu lets you remove specific content like text, lines, or images, without messing with your markups or annotations. It’s great for clearing out outdated details or tidying up documents before sharing. Have you ever needed…
Hey Bluebeamers! This week, we're highlighting the Highlight tool! The Highlighter tool was a popular feature discussed among Bluebeam User Group members during the GOVBUG & COBUG meeting earlier this week and thought it's a great feature to share here too! When we think of a Highlighter, we often think of the…
Are you frustrated by Bluebeam switching the mouse wheel from ZOOM to SCROLL and back again? Have no fear; there is a solution. Holding down the Ctrl key while scrolling with the mouse wheel allows you to switch between zooming and scrolling. The link below goes into more detail and how you can set the default behavior.
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…
This week, we're talking Scale and Calibration. Getting accurate measurements starts with setting the right scale and Bluebeam makes it easy with Calibration. With just a couple of clicks, you can ensure your documents are properly scaled so that every measurement you take is precise. Whether you're measuring distances,…
This week, we’re highlighting the Alert Other Studio Session Attendees to a Markup feature! Need to make another Studio Session attendee aware of a markup you or someone else made on the document? No problem! Easily send an alert to another Session Attendee: they’ll receive an email with a linked snapshot view of the…
This week, we’re highlighting Dynamic Fill! This tool makes it easy to quickly measure irregular areas by filling them in. No need to trace every edge manually—it’s fast and helpful for area and volume calculations. How do you or your team utilize the Dynamic Fill tool for quick and accurate measurement? What specific…
Create a few custom keyboard shortcuts for your most used tools or commands. Not too many, otherwise its hard to remember all of them. I had problems with overlapping Markups. Therefore I use F1 to hide all markups with a single button, even while using different tools, without anything in the way. After completing the…
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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