Blue Beam Studio , Why cant we add layers to uploaded PDF in a set

HKennedy-Phelan

There should be a way to add layers in a pdf on blue beam studio

to have to set them all up sheet by sheet then upload them is very time consuming each time a new sheet is added or if someone else adds sheet

Shanoc Halliday

Hi fellow Bluebeam User,
To be clear, there are two parts to Studio - Projects and Sessions. I believe that you are referring to Sessions.
Part of the rules for Studio Session is that the PDF cant be edited once its in the Session, having more flexibility is a good feature request, but what can you do today?
Have you used the Batch functions that are in the Complete version? There is a Batch Script that will allow you to add Layers to as many drawings as you need in preparation to load up into a Studio Session.
The way you do this is to create a Script that imports a "Master PDF" that contains ALL the Layers that you require, into the PDFs that you want to load up into Studio Session, then delete the Master PDF, leaving your Layers behind.

Here is the Script:
InsertPages(0,"{add in your Master PDF location here}\Master_PDF.pdf", false, false, false, true, false)
PageDelete(1)

The one true value is (please check) the option (boolean) to import the Master PDFs Layers into your PDFs that are to be uploaded into Studio Sessions.

Let me know how you go.