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I have a set of plans that I want to run an overlay on. It's 30 pages and most of them are not consistent in how they were updated and the only accurate way to do it is to go into each page and individually do an overlay for a single page at a time between the two PDFs being overlaid. I feel like we would benefit from the…
Just realized this might be better on this forum, sorry for posting this from another area if that's an issue. I have a set of plans that I want to run an overlay on. It's 30 pages and most of them are not consistent in how they were updated and the only accurate way to do it is to go into each page and individually do an…
I've run an overlay on an 88-page project with lots of changes. When trying to print a physical copy, it gets hung up. Even printing in batches is slow because several pages lead to virtual freezing. Are there any tips on how to improve/speed up the printing process? I've flattened and reduced file size, but that has had…
Keyboard Shortcut Key Request: Add ability for the user to select a single layer to be assigned to a keyboard shortcut key for toggling on and off that layer. Example: Layers: Main document Overlay document #1 Overlay document #2 Right click overlay document #1 layer > assign to layer shortcut key > toggle on/off assigned…
Is there a shortcut to colorize snapshots? I use the snapshot tool quite a bit to take a snip of something and then overlay on another drawing. After pasting that snapshot, I will typically right-click and chose "Change Color" and select colorize and have it changed to red so I can distinguish from the snapshot and the…
When I bring in a screenshot, it is not to scale, and I need to rotate it and resize to try match the pdf content. For example, sometimes I want to take an aerial screenshot and overlay it over my pdf plans. To make sure it aligns I need to scale it correctly, and rotate it correctly. It would be very handy if I could…
Please have the default settings for overlay feature actually work and apply to the pdfs I am trying to compare. otherwise, what's the purpose of the default settings?
When I try to overlay two documents, I have my default settings set to "all pages", however, I have to manually change each document in the overlay list to all pages. Why is this function not working? It used to work in older versions (2015).
This week we’re highlighting the Overlay Pages feature. This tool allows you to compare two or more documents by overlaying them, highlighting differences and changes with different colors. It's perfect for identifying revisions between versions of drawings. Overlaying documents can help you catch changes that might be…
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When a quantity link is set up in excel, it imports the value into the cell. It also uses the cell to the right of the link to tell us what that value is representing. example-sqft Can I stop it from talking the cell on the right? I just need the number.
In the latest update 21.7, semi-transparent or "highlight" markups are completely blocking out the content when measuring many documents. This creates more work if I have to guess a point location then remember to come back and fix it. I've been using BB for more than 10 years and the markups have always respected their…
I am wondering if there is a "reuse mode" for mark-ups like polylines and areas.. A reuse mode like how the dimension length functions after one is completed. Thank YOU!
Is Flatten broken?? I can no longer flatten AutoCAD SHX Text. I use take-off in bluebeam and tag my items in the properties menu. If there are AutoCAD SHX Text or objects on the sheet, I am unable to label these items. As the properties window gets greyed out if a SHX item is highlighted. This makes things very difficult…
Is there any work-around to no keyboard shortcut for exporting a page region to Excel? I have made several (unsuccessful) attempts to figure out a way to pin this function to a toolbar, but this does not seem possible either. Is there a feature that I don't know about that will allow me to simply add this shortcut, or add…
I have a plan I want to measure doing take off how do I do that?
HI all, I had been using the Snapshot tool (G) in rectangle mode without any issues, but a few days ago it unexpectedly switched to Polygon/Lasso mode. Is there a way to revert it back to the default rectangle mode? Could I have accidentally pressed a key that caused this change? I'm using version 21.7 Thanks
For no known reason my BB has become excruciatingly slow. It makes no difference as to what file I open, if it has text only, vector line, images, if it is a single page or many, the program is now so slow that it takes 30+ seconds just to display the file's first page upon opening it. A click to change pages on a 3 page…
Feel like I'm losing my mind. but I save my custom column to profile but every time I bring in a new PDF it removes it. What can be causing this. I have saved my profile and custom multiple times a day
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