Inserting Files

Jamey Griffith
Jamey Griffith Posts: 3
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I am working on a large submittal package that I need to swap out groups of pages with updates. No matter how I try, it is frustratingly slow as in up to 10 minutes. My current process is to delete the old files and drag the new ones over. Does anyone have suggestions?

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  • Jes Stafford
    Jes Stafford Posts: 26

    I have found the "Replace Pages" command helpful for this type of operation. In the Thumbnails side window, right click menu, use Shift+Click to select pages you want to replace, note the page numbers in the bottom status bar. Right click for menu, click Replace Pages. You then get a File Explorer window to browse to the updated PDF. After picking the updated PDF, a window pops up where you tell Bluebeam which page numbers you want to replace and which pages to replace them with.

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    ~j

  • Jamey Griffith
    Jamey Griffith Posts: 3

    Thanks Jes. I tried that just now and it's still very slow. I'm wondering if there is a setting issue.

  • Luke Shiras
    Luke Shiras Posts: 336

    It might be the pages themselves. I've found that Civil and Landscape drawings can be very resource-heavy due to all the hatch patterns. Try reducing the file size for the original file and the new pages before swapping them out.

  • Luke Shiras
    Luke Shiras Posts: 336

    Also, when replacing pages (see above), tick the "Replace page content only" option. This will preserve labels and bookmarks.

  • Duane Gingras
    Duane Gingras Posts: 33

    I would offer you an alternate method for making large files. Break the large file into it's representative secitons. Something like this:

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    I have each section broken out as separate PDFs. then I use Bluebeam stapler at the end to combine them. It's easier to handle/manage the smaller subsections (including using the tools above). And if it's a repetitive task, then save your Bluebeam Stapler job and re-run it without having to rebuild it each time.

  • Jes Stafford
    Jes Stafford Posts: 26

    Def sounds like a file size issue. Both good ideas above from @Luke Shiras and @Duane Gingras .

    Let us know if any of this improves your workflow, @Jamey Griffith

    If you save the combine operation to the end and use the BB Stapler… at least you can plan on that time sink and let the software work in the background while you catch up on something else.

    ~j

  • Margaret Collins
    Margaret Collins Posts: 7

    "Batch Slipsheet" with the option to "replace current pages with revised pages" might work. I recommend adding page labels (that match the drawing #) first & using the "manual correlation" option.

    Bluebeam's page on this:

    https://support.bluebeam.com/online-help/revu21/Content/RevuHelp/Menus/Batch/Slip-Sheet/Batch-Slip-Sheet--T.htm

  • Jamey Griffith
    Jamey Griffith Posts: 3

    Thank everyone for the responses. I also have technical support on it. My teammate performing the same function on the same file takes about 30 seconds instead of my 10 minutes.

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