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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…
This week, we're highlighting how to add Actions to markups in Bluebeam Revu! PDF markups can be configured to perform certain actions when clicked, like jumping to a specific location in a document or opening another file when you add an Action. In addition, Tool Chest tools can be configured to create markups with…
This week, we're highlighting the Flatten tool in Revu! Flattening lets you lock in your markups, making them a permanent part of your PDF. It’s a great way to finalize documents and ensure that all annotations are secure before sharing. Do you or your team use the Flatten feature in Revu? What benefits have you…
A lot of features and tips for using this community have been buried so here are some that may be relevant for our newer members. How Ranks work (ribbon next to your name) starting with Beginner up to Genius.
These are the instructions I created for my office to help people setup a Studio Session and include custom Status for your use. Feel free to ask any questions or offer suggestions.
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Have you ever opened a file and tried to do some annotations and takeoff and it was locked with no permissions for the viewer? Are you unable to even print it to a .pdf or affect any change to it? Boooooo! Me Too. Looking for a workaround? I Found One! Aaaannnd, You're welcome. — If you have a other workaround, please…
This week, we'll be highlighting the Rotating Measurement Captions feature in Bluebeam! It's a simple, yet mighty feature that allows a user to rotate Measurement captions. Here's how: Select the measurement markup whose caption is to be rotated. Click the anchor point and drag it to the desired angle. Notice that 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.
Hold down the SHIFT key/ window selection and select two or more markups to be grouped. Right-click on one of the selected markups and select Group, or Press CTRL+G.
We asked: Which of these BATCH features has helped you out/been the most beneficial to you? …And you answered! Batch Compare Documents was the crowd favorite! "Batch Compare Documents feature compares groups of documents to each other and highlights the differences between them."