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Be Among the First to Try Bluebeam Max (Powered by Revu 21.8)
Hi Bluebeamers, We’re excited to share that the Bluebeam Max Beta (Powered by Revu 21.8) is now open for applicants. This is your opportunity to explore new features before they officially launch, share your feedback directly with our Bluebeam team, and help us fine‑tune Bluebeam Max for your everyday workflows. Here’s…
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Revu for iPad to Bluebeam Mobile 📲
Transitioning from Revu for iPad to Bluebeam Mobile Bluebeam is evolving how teams access drawings, perform markups, collaborate, and manage Studio Sessions & Projects. As part of this evolution, Revu for iPad was officially retired and removed from the App Store on December 31, 2025. It is no longer supported or available…
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How are the new 2026 accessibility requirements impacting your PDF workflows?
Hi everyone, In light of the new ADA Title II regulations, many state and local governments — and the vendors who work with them — need their digital documents to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by April 24, 2026 (or 2027 for smaller jurisdictions). This includes PDFs that end up on public websites or portals. I’m trying to…
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🗓️ March 2026 Challenge - Power Combos!
Hi everyone! This month’s challenge is all about combining forces. Some tools in Bluebeam Revu are powerful on their own, but can become even better when paired together. For March, we’re spotlighting your favorite Power Combos! Two or more features that work together to make your workflow faster, smarter, or more…
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New Version of Bluebeam Has Destroyed the Recent Tools Tool - How Do I Fix It?
I recently upgraded to the latest version of Bluebeam from Version 20.3 and it is a disaster. There are 2 major problems that occur that have essentially eliminated the way that I typically do estimates. The recent tools button now records the same tool over and over again every time I use it. So if I use a polylength tool…
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Studio Permissions
It would be a game changer to add permissions to Studio users to allow editing of other user markups. People's minds would explode with delight if this seemingly simple feature was added. Effort to implement: Low Impact: High Result: Awesome new collaboration capability
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Setting a default tool when opening PDFs in Revu
I've been trying to find anything related to this, but all I see is default tool 'settings' but I want to change the tool, not settings of the tool. The default selected now is the pan tool but my most used tool is the select text tool and when I open a new PDF or have multiple opened and then I close one, Revu will change…
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Bluebeam shutting down
When working on a file, Bluebeam will freeze then shut down. It's been happening quite frequently. Why is this happening?
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Bluebeam Crashing
Hey, Is anyone know why Revu is crashing. I open it uplaod plans start measuring and it just crashes. I have uninstalled and re-installed. I have a very time sensitive project that I am doing and need it now and support is over 24hrs away. Any help be much appreciated. Thank you
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Can I print/share sheets selected from my Set?
Hi All, I want to send selected sheets from my drawing Set to a sub contractor. Is there a way to send just the sheets I select from the Sets window? Thanks Ahead, Ian
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🗓️ February 2026 Challenge - Love at First Click!
Hi everyone! February is all about appreciation, so this month we’re celebrating the Bluebeam features, tools, or workflows that just clicked for you. The feature you rely on daily, the workflow that finally made sense, or the tool you’d be lost without. This challenge is about sharing what you love using in Revu and…
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Is there any solution that can open links (hyperlinks) in new tab(s)?
I am estimator and sometimes need a lot of back and forth between plan and sections/details. I am aware of can use ALT+ Arrow left to back my previous page. But, I would like to keep focusing my current drawings and open those links trough new tabs. I can do it when I use Microsoft Edge (when have opened the PDF drawings).…
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PDF ADA accessibility compliance upcoming implementation/enforcement of US Federal Law
In Bluebeam (local and web), we need to verify PDFs are ADA accessibility compliant with the upcoming April 2026 implementation/enforcement of Federal Law. https://www.ada.gov/resources/2024-03-08-web-rule/ This rule includes any future PDF documents posted on websites. Adobe and Microsoft already have built-in…
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Import Chest Tool Items from Excel (or CSV)
Hello, Can I import Chets Tool Items from Excel. I've a list of items in Excel (number, description, m, m2, m3 of Pc) I've to measure. Can I import it to Tool Chest. Thanks.
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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…
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Series in Chest Tool
Good afternoon, I want to create a Tool-Chest component in "Tool Chest" that automatically numbers, e.g., W001, W002, W003, W004, ... and measures the area. It should place this on the plan-view with number W001 and the area. And then also place this number W001 in the Marksup list so that the link between a specific wall…
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Custom Markups to Tool Chest Gone on Restart
Hey - hope someone can help me here. I have custom mark ups I "save" to the tool chest to a custom tool set. When my session ends and I close and reopen bluebeam - none of the saved tools reload. Example - I am marking up an electrical plan. Realize I don't have a markup for bath fan with light. I create a custom mark up,…
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Holding a Zoom in flagged page
Flags Tab – If I have, say the window schedule part of the Flags zoomed in and I switch to another Flag. When I come back to it, it loses how I had it Zoomed. Can you make it so that wherever I had it zoomed into, it stays at that same spot?