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✴️ Feature Highlight: Dynamic Fill
This week, we’re highlighting Dynamic Fill! This tool makes it easy to quickly measure irregular areas by filling them in. No need to trace every edge manually—it’s fast and helpful for area and volume calculations. How do you or your team utilize the Dynamic Fill tool for quick and accurate measurement? What specific…
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Measure Markup will not display
Hi all, Strangest thing has happened where my measurement markups will not longer display. I am able to set scales, set the start/end of the measurement, the preview measurement appears but after clicking again, the measurement disappears with no markup. Online advise says there is a Option tab to check "Show Markup" but I…
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New Method to Draw Curves (Using Perimeter Tool)
I know this might seem like a slightly Niche idea, however, when marking up a drawing using the perimeter tool - converting lines to arcs is slightly time consuming in my opinion. An alternative method of drawing curves would be to create multiple control points forming the curve - once again quite time consuming. My Idea…
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Feature Request: Add Area to Properties Panel
It's pretty simple. It seems pretty intuitive. There should be a field under properties that displays the enclosed area of the selected polygon. If the scale is set, that field should display the scaled area of the polygon. We shouldn't have to retrace existing polygons to calculate area. Please, and thank you. A value-add…
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Font size since latest update
Hi all We are relatively new to Bluebeam but use it every day in our work, it's a great tool that has helped us immensely since we started using it. However, we recently updated to the latest version and since then we are having a bit of trouble, we have contacted technical support and they have given us a couple of…
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Split/Break apart markups/measurements
Could there be a tool which could split area & length measurements along a line or polyline in a single action? In the below example i would like to split/separate my Road area measurement, as well as the linier measure for kerbs along the red line to allow me to allocate the markups into separate spaces/layers etc? I…
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Suggestions for Enhancing Measurement Tools in Bluebeam – Insights from AutoCAD & Revit User
Hi Bluebeam Community, I’m an experienced AutoCAD and Revit user with over 10 years in the industry, and I’ve been using Bluebeam for the past 3 years. While Bluebeam has become an essential part of my workflow, I believe there are opportunities to further enhance its measurement tools by drawing inspiration from…
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Question About Measurement Accuracy & Calibration Issues in Bluebeam
Hi Bluebeam Community, I’m encountering a confusing issue with the measurement tools in Bluebeam and would like some advice or clarification. When I use the Calibrate tool on a drawing PDF, I set the scale using the distance between two grid lines (for example, Grid PG to Grid PH, which is annotated as 3,035mm). After…
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Add Width to Length Measurement
I hope Bluebeam Revu could allow users to add Width property to Length or Polylength measurement and could therefore calculate volume of the measurement. This will be helpful for measuring thickenings, beams, and walls.
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✴️ Feature Highlight: Rotating Measurement Captions
This week, we'll be highlighting the Rotating Measurement Captions feature in Bluebeam! It's a simple, yet mighty feature that allows a user to rotate Measurement captions. Here's how: Select the measurement markup whose caption is to be rotated. Click the anchor point and drag it to the desired angle. Notice that the…
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Disable auto-fill for area measurement?
When I create a polygon cutout within an area and then try to measure a sub-area within this cutout, a bucket fill function is activated, filling the entire area. Is there a way to disable this fill function so that I can manually define the edges of the area measurement?
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Truss measurement format
While reviewing a truss submittal, I realized it would be much easier if we could use a dimension string following the same format as the truss drawings. Truss drawings use a three-part format that translates to feet-inches-16th of an inch (see below example). I would love to be able to use this format when calibrating the…
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multiple line trim
Hello, Please see attached. I am doing a rebar takeoff. I have a footing that is not squared. I have used multiply option to multiply my rebar lines spaced equally. however as you can see I have to adjust each line into the footing shape. Can you please create an option that I can trim all lines at the direction i want at…
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United Kingdom metric measurement for square metres is 'm2' and not 'sq m', Can I alter?
Hello everyone, I am trying to see if I can change the default metric area measurement label on the system from 'sq m' to a familiar 'm2' label here in the UK. All the instructions, videos online, help searches are silent on the matter. Also been in touch with Tech Support and they were unable to help and suggested I reach…
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Scale and Rotate by Reference
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…