Bluebeam will open a PDF but some pages are blank

I am trying to open a PDF that is multiple pages. Some pages will pop up showing all items other pages some some of the content on the page and others are completely blank. I have tried restarting my computer and reinstalling 21.8.0 twice. I just recently downloaded and installed 21.6.0 to see if was a problem with the updated. I still find I am having the same issue. The pdf will open correctly using Google Chrome or MS Edge, I have also tried with multiple different files, and some have the same issue. Is there anyone that has experienced this and a corrective action. Thanks

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Bob Ritger

I've seen similar behavior when the PDF contains an inordinate amount of hatching, poche, pattern fills, transparent fills, and dotted lines. Usually I can narrow down the culprit to civil engineering drawings as they often contain all of the above. This issue could indicate that you are running out of GPU memory. Try changing the way 2D rendering is handled by changing your preferences.

Revu > Preferences (Ctrl+K) > Advanced > 2D Rendering and set Rendering Engine to Software.

Spitballing some other options: Flattening the PDF might also reduce its complexity. Another option could be to print the pages to Bluebeam PDF by switching the Printing Engine to Image (rather than Image/Vector/Grid) which will eliminate the complex vector data. Maybe also break the file up into groups of pages and save them as individual PDF's and then save them as a set instead.

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