Can you total a legend of different sources into One figure?

Phil-KudoX8

I've been away from Revu for a few years and just picking it up again. I am getting pretty frustrated that I can't find out how to enter a total for my legend at the bottom of my legend's individual source quantities. (this probably isn't a new thread, again just couldn't find anything and I'm wasting loads of time). Please help.

Peter Noyes

Is this image accurate of what you are asking about? If so, there isn't currently a way to add up all of the subtotals. If I may ask, how does having the total help with your workflow?

Phil-KudoX8

That's a real shame you can't total up legends and it's not a tall ask really. One of many examples are surface finishes that have multiple individual areas that need to be defined and of the same type. For example, floor finishes in a building may need to be filtered by location, type etc. To have the ability to total each legend that you filter by would be incredibly useful feature. You may need to total that area of all the same type for cost purposes, then sub divide it for lease / real estate purposes etc etc. I understand and do export these tables into excel but its an unnecessary step if the developers at Bluebeam would kindly consider this in their development map.

Phil-KudoX8

As an additional note, I have to currently use a calculator, and then use a markup text tool to add the totals for all of the legends I create on a drawing to demonstrate total areas of whatever surface finish whether it be external, internal, elevations etc etc. It's just a bit clunky but it works. Bluebeam is an amazing piece of software but the lack of this basic feature somewhat taints its good standing. I really hope this can be addressed.

James Schmidt

Using Excel (.csv saved as a .xlsx) is the best way to show this. There are a couple of things you can do to make these separate using either "Spaces" or some kind of custom columns in a Sheet with filters in conjunction with a "Quantity Link" to that sheet with REVU®.

Once it's set up and you have a workflow that returns the types of values you're looking for it would be easily repeatable. Give it a try, it may be exactly what your looking for. This way the sheet stays updated after making changes to the markup and your data is always synchronized.

Hope this helps,

Peter Noyes

Something else you could do is use the markup list to group by various properties and it will automatically create totals for you. Maybe this could workaround the totals not appearing in the legends?

Phil-KudoX8

Thanks all for the help I do appreciate it. I already use the quantity link which is great for estimates and understand that the mark up lists calculate filtered categories. Quite often I present to Clients the data on the drawing and it would be useful to that automated. If it can appear on the mark up lists, why can't it appear on a legend.

On other platforms I use there are forums or areas for users to suggest development of useful features. Is there something similar on bluebeam as I would be happy to formally request through the right channels.

Marco M

We do, @Phil-KudoX8!

Using the menu above, you can hover over Product which will take you to the Product Feedback category where you can submit ideas/feedback. When creating a new post, you can also select the New Idea option, which will direct it to the feedback category.

Make sure to also search before posting, we have a lot of suggested features in there and someone may have already submitted something similar.

James Schmidt

@Phil-KudoX8, EUREKA! I just found something that works for what you are trying to do.

If you highlight the markups you want to have tally in the legend, within the Markup Pane, then Right click on the takeoff on the page that you want the legend to be on / Click "Create New Legend" the default is for Markups on that one page only.

Then, click on the legend so it is active, then open the legend properties and scroll down to "Table" and under the "Source Page(s)" drop down, select "All Pages"

BAM!

Now you have the overall total in one Legend.

Try it out and see if it does what you need. You may not need to select all subjects right off the bat, but thats what I tried first.

Have a great day!

James Schmidt

Also, you can click on / activate the legend after its calcing properly and copy and paste it to a different page that has no takeoff on it and it will still tally, even if/when you add or delete takeoffs with the same subject.

it actually works really well and I'm going to be using this from now on and paste the legends on a cover sheet.

Have a great weekend.