Feedback regarding Mac support.
I'm not too in touch with Windows on ARM, but I'm very in touch with needing a valuable pdf editing/markup solution for MacOS. I recently gave up with my outdated Bluebeam 2.0 Mac software as my other software needs required that i upgrade from Catalina. I've tried many different types of mac based pdf software and none have the capabilities of even the MacOS 2.0 Bluebeam. I resorted to using Windows Bluebeam w/ Parallels… which, more or less works, but is not ideal. Nemetschek Group owns Bluebeam now and their Vectorworks software is developed for both platforms (windows and mac), why can't they put a little effort into Bluebeam for Mac again?
I agree. I don't understand how both Vectorworks and ArchiCad can run on both MacOS and Windows, with agnostic file formats, but Nemetschek is okay with abandoning mac users when it comes to Bluebeam. How hard could it be to create a mac silicon version? Mac-only users using Vectorworks Spotlight and Landmark are a big missed opportunity. Bluebeam Revu is the only reason I have Parallels. It does run okay on M2, M3 chips with Windows 11 ARM. But, I agree, it is far from ideal. PDF Expert has recently added being able to set scale, measure distances and calculate perimeters and areas and runs natively on MacOS. I turn to PDF Expert for quick mark-ups now when I don't have a need for Bluebeam's more extensive features and tools.
I am adding my voice to those asking for a new Mac Apple Silicon version of Revu. I use Archicad professionally and deal with PDFs daily. I currently use a lot of tools (PDF Expert, Acrobat, Preview, others). I especially hate what Adobe has done to Acrobat and would become a Bluebeam customer in an instant if a native version was available for Mac. Thanks.
Honestly, the fact that Bluebeam refuses to respond to the needs of Mac users is sad. "We're working for a solution to ARM support for Windows," completely refused to address the bigger issue of not having Mac Support outright. I'd even take a browser version, or an iPad App that's actually updated with universal platform support. All they need to do is update the iPad App and Mac ARM users can run that instead…..
Agree though on needing Bluebeam ARM support for Windows. Parallels does okay but the app isn't native and still uses a lot of resources.
Is Bluebeam Revu available for a Mac computer with the full features and capabilities? The tools in Bluebeam Cloud are limited, and I'd like to have the same features / tools / capabilities that are in Revu.
@Darah The way to get the full features and capabilities of Revu for PC on the Mac would be to run it on an emulator. Boot camp is an option if you still have an Intel processor, but if you have the newer Apple Silicon you would want something like Parallels.
I was told they are abandoning the cloud and are moving to Studio Sessions which seems to have even less features than the cloud! It seems like Bluebeam is not really interested in serving the Mac community. I use Bluebeam exclusively for drawing review and I need to open several drawings simultaneously so I can check between drawings; I can't do that in Studio Sessions. To do that in the cloud I had to open multiple sessions which was not ideal either. And I don't won't to run an Emulator.
Hi @Bob Caine,
Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your concerns.
Bluebeam Cloud is here to stay. While we are retiring the Cloud Projects feature, including punch and field tools, Bluebeam Cloud is not going away. Our web and mobile solutions will continue to be enhanced to provide value to users without Revu, ensuring they can easily access and work with their drawings.
We appreciate your candid feedback and value your business. Please feel free to reach out with any other concerns or questions.
Shawn Dawson Product Manager
If a Mac version will come back. I'll become a customer.
I'll add my voice here. I am successful on my Apple silicon Macbook Air using Parallels on W11 but really miss being able to run Revu natively on a Mac. I only use my MBA for travel, I had to buy a separate Windows computer and monitors for Revu when the Mac version stopped being supported. I'd always prefer to work on my Mac.
