Feature Highlight: Overlay Pages

Marco M
Marco M Posts: 131
edited October 29 in Peer Support

This week we’re highlighting the Overlay Pages feature. This tool allows you to compare two or more documents by overlaying them, highlighting differences and changes with different colors. It's perfect for identifying revisions between versions of drawings.

Overlaying documents can help you catch changes that might be missed during reviews with visual comparisons that can streamline processes.

Do you use this feature often? How else can Overlay help improve accuracy in your projects?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xSSdA3WwcM

Find more resources here: https://support.bluebeam.com/online-help/revu2017/Content/RevuHelp/04--Document/05--Comparison/Overlay-Pages--MT.htm

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  • hungpa
    hungpa Posts: 2

    What a coincidence. I came to the bluebeam community page to find out why the default settings for the overlay feature (which I use often) for version 21 will not compare "all pages" when that is what I've set under Edit Defaults. I had an older version (2015) where I was able to set default to compare "all pages". Please help me troubleshoot or maybe this feature broke and needs to be fixed.

  • vfrench
    vfrench Posts: 32

    I sometimes use the overlay feature not to compare revisions but to put the details from multiple drawings on to one.

    For example, I can have layouts detailing the drainage, the external works and another detailing retaining walls. They don't have to all be the same size drawing nor do they have to be to the same rotation.

    Once overlaid you can see where the details on each drawing do and do not tie-up.

  • bwhitlock
    bwhitlock Posts: 5

    Love document compare, especially overlay pages.

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