January 13, 2022
The Action Recorder in AutoCAD
Performing tedious and repetitive tasks in AutoCAD can be time-consuming. Thankfully, AutoCAD has a powerful tool called the “Action Recorder”, and it allows us to automate a sequence of tasks that can be “repeated” when necessary. Most commands work well with the Action Recorder, and the Command Line is a great way to use it…
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Ariel Rejtman
January 5, 2022
Convert DWGs into DGNs with AutoCAD
While AutoCAD allows us to work with DWG files, there are times when we need to convert our DWGs into DGN files in order for them to be compatible with other CAD programs. The “Export” tool allows us to do this with tons of customization and keeps a lot of our data. References can be…
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Ariel Rejtman
December 3, 2021
Create Wipeouts with AutoCAD
After drawing and compiling thousands of objects that constitute our construction documents, there are instances in which we need to hide certain portions of our sheets without deleting their contents. We can do this with Wipeouts in AutoCAD. While it’s quick to create wipeouts from scratch, it’s actually more efficient to use existing polylines and…
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Ariel Rejtman
December 2, 2021
Create Page Labels with Bluebeam Revu
If our projects have hundreds of pages, it can be tedious to label each page manually. Luckily, Bluebeam Revu has a powerful tool called “Create Page Labels”. It allows us to use our existing bookmarks or a common region on our pages to automatically detect vector data and label each page accordingly. If we simply…
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Ariel Rejtman
October 6, 2021
Decrease your PDF’s Size with Bluebeam Revu
Sending PDFs and submittals via email can be complex and tedious if you’re sending files larger than 20mb. Instead of sending multiple emails or using a file-sharing website/program, you can reduce the size of your PDFs with Bluebeam Revu. Not only can you compress your PDFs based on a simple quality slider, but you can…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 28, 2021
Change your Bluebeam ID in Revu
When we initially create our Bluebeam ID and login to Bluebeam Studio, we can choose our username. We might want to change it to reflect our company’s standards, and we can do so from within Revu’s Preferences. We can easily change our Bluebeam ID in Revu. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com.
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Ariel Rejtman
September 23, 2021
PDF Packages in Bluebeam Revu
While we can create PDF files and sent them separately to a client, we can also combine them into a special PDF called a “PDF Package”. Found within the “Create” group of tools, this function combines our PDFs into a special file and allows them to be sent together while still being separate files. PDF…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 23, 2021
Layered PDFs in Bluebeam Revu
If you’ve used the Overlay tool in Bluebeam Revu, you’ll know what it’s like to place an old and new version of a drawing on top of each other. Comparing documents that have been overlaid is easier than looking at both documents to carefully determine what changed. In a similar fashion, we can combine multiple…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 23, 2021
The Create Tool in Bluebeam Revu
When we use Bluebeam Revu to open PDFs created from other programs like Microsoft Word, AutoCAD, and Revit, we might notice that some lines, markups, images, and other objects are either different or not visible at all. To fix this, we can use a function called the “Create” tool. This tool allows us to make…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 14, 2021
Using Layer States with Viewports in AutoCAD
After our Layer States are created, we can use them to display specific objects from different disciplines. Each of our viewports can use different Layer States, allowing us to show specific information on the same layout and sheet. Toggling between different layer states for our viewports is easy and efficient in AutoCAD. For more information,…
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