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✴️ Feature Highlight: Creating the Perfect Circle
This week, we're highlighting how to create the perfect circle in Bluebeam Revu! ➡️Here’s how: Navigate to Tools Click Markup Select the Ellipse tool Before placing the ellipse tool on your document → Press and hold Shift …and now you have the perfect circle! 🔵 Resizing the circle is easy, too. Select the circle Press and…
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Convert BTX files to PNG Files
Hello everyone, I'm trying to find a way to convert Bluebeam BTX files into PNG image files. Has anyone worked with BTX files before or know of a tool, utility, or workflow that can convert them to PNG format (batch conversion would be even better)? I've tried several file converters and extraction tools, but they either…
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Signing in Error
We’re currently experiencing problems where some users are unable to log in. After downloading and installing the latest version (21.9), the application opens and proceeds to the sign-in process, but we encounter the following behavior: Revu launches and a white pop-up window appears labeled “login.bluebeam.com” with a…
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CAD PDF Snap
Many PDF plan sets now retain their original CAD layers, allowing users to isolate specific elements such as curb lines, pipelines, building footprints, and other objects. It would be extremely beneficial if Bluebeam could leverage this information during takeoffs by allowing users to select or snap to CAD linework rather…
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Fire Alarm Markups for Tool Chests
BlueBeam Community I just transitioned to a new Fire & Life Safety company in the recent days. By any chance, would anyone be willing to share fire alarm set for my tool chest on BlueBeam? Or provide me with a good site to download a few good fire alarm tool chests.
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Polyline & Polygon Markup Issues
Previously when using the polyline & polygon markups, while applying your markups the line would show up as transparent so you could see exactly where you are placing the control point. Now the line shows as a solid, creating guesswork when placing control points. This makes for extra work, as you have to go back and edit.…
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Is there any way to sort a document by page size?
We are having an issue where our detailers are sending PDFs of blueprints and they will not be grouped by page size. Where this becomes an issue is when we go to print, we have (2) different printers we use. One large format and one smaller printer. Also, occasionally they get a page size wrong, (use 12x18 instead of…
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Change Lower case to Capital Letter
How to change Lower case letters to Capital Letters with Tool chest or any other short cut key
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Day 10 of Finding Underrated Tools in Bluebeam
Today's tool: Spaces Many users create markups, but very few use Spaces effectively. Spaces let you divide a drawing into logical areas such as rooms, zones, floors, or work packages. Every markup placed inside a Space is automatically associated with that location. Why does this matter❓ It helps you: 🔹 Generate room-wise…
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✴ Feature Highlight: Cycle through overlapping markups
Wrapping up this month with a hot topic: drawings with a lot of markups! When drawings become packed with comments, symbols, and revisions, selecting the exact markup you need can quickly become frustrating. Instead of zooming in or moving markups, quickly and easily access markups hidden by cycling through overlapping…
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Share one Bluebeam trick that most users don't know.
Bluebeam users, What's one Bluebeam trick or hidden feature that most people don't know, but you use all the time? Let's help each other discover some hidden gems. 👇
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Search in Recent Files Tab
At any given time, I typically have over 100+ files listed in my Recent Files tab. While not all are open simultaneously, it would be extremely convenient if Revu included a search function within the Recent Files tab. This would allow me to quickly locate and reopen a previously accessed file, rather than having to scroll…
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Day 6 of Finding Underrated Tools in Bluebeam
Tool: Quantity Link (Excel Integration) 🔹One feature I don't see talked about enough is Quantity Link. 🔹Instead of manually copying quantities from your Markups List into Excel, Quantity Link creates a live connection between Revu and your spreadsheet. As markups and quantities change in the PDF, your Excel workbook can be…
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Short Cut Key to Jump to the input of next item in a Custom Column
Hi, When i am inputting data in to a custom column, i have to always double click in to each item and input the data. The data is different every time, so i can't do multiple items as the same time. I know it seems small but i am imputing 100s of bits of data in and every time i am taking my fingers away from the keyboad…
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Highlighting electrical loads on prints
Hey everyone, for my business I am constantly highlighting electrical loads on prints. Right now I am using the highlighter to trace the dashed lines from fixture to fixture. I was wondering if there was an easier way to do this than freehand. These are not straight lines, they are curved. Thanks.
