December 11, 2020

Alignments & Profiles in Civil 3D – Webinar

Have you ever been confused by the alignment and profile layout tools? Is it hard for you to find that “one setting” in the profile view that you just can’t seem to figure out? This webinar will examine ALL the alignment, profile, and profile view settings and styles. We will also cover everything about the…

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Ariel Rejtman

December 9, 2020

Creating Legends in Bluebeam Revu

While we can group and categorize all of our markups in our Markups List, we can also group specific markups into their own list that can be placed on our sheets. This list is called a “Legend” in Bluebeam Revu. Our legends can be customized to include specific columns of data. We can format a…

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Ariel Rejtman

November 23, 2020

Creating Dynamic Stamps in Bluebeam Revu

Sealing a drawing with a stamp can be a tedious process, especially when stamping multiple sheets in a PDF set with time-sensitive information. Bluebeam Revu’s stamps allow us to seal each sheet consistently and retrieve timely information automatically from our computer’s clock. These “dynamic stamps” can be customized to display specific information that helps to…

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Ariel Rejtman

November 17, 2020

Replies & Alerts with Bluebeam Revu

Communication is important when coordinating markups and requesting changes. Instead of relying on emails, phone calls, and other external communication, Revu has efficient ways of preparing instructions for modifying markups and alerting a colleague about those instructions. A “Reply” is associated with a specific markup, and it can convey specific data. An “Alert” notifies a…

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Ariel Rejtman

November 12, 2020

Layer States with AutoCAD

AutoCAD’s layers allow us to categorize objects and organize them into groups. We can take this concept and use it on a larger scale by utilizing Layer States. Instead of associating objects with each other, we can group layers together into Layer States. Thus, we can switch between different states that have specific layers turned…

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Ariel Rejtman

November 4, 2020

Layers with AutoCAD

Our drawings can contain hundreds of objects. We can use Layers to categorize our objects and modify them as a group. The Layer Properties Manager lists our layers and allows us to change how our layers are viewed in our layouts. Layers can be hidden, isolated, and frozen with specific functions. We can change an…

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Ariel Rejtman

November 4, 2020

Layers with Bluebeam Revu

Some documents are complex and contain multiple markups for different disciplines and design milestones. We can group these markups into Layers that function similarly to layers in CAD and BIM programs. Layers can be turned off, locked, and toggled to print or export. We can isolate specific layers and turn all layers on with single…

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Ariel Rejtman

October 27, 2020

Bluebeam Revu for Government – Webinar

Join our Bluebeam Certified Instructor and AEC Technical Specialist, Ari Rejtman, as he demonstrates how to do the following: 1. Develop best practices for digital reviews.2. Improve paperless workflows.3. Sign and seal multiple pages in the same PDF set.4. Identify changes in revisions quickly.5. Communicate with clients efficiently.6. Save commonly used markups to tool sets…

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Ariel Rejtman

October 16, 2020

Edit PDF Content with Bluebeam Revu

Data that’s been flattened to our page seems to be difficult to modify. Revu’s “PDF Content” functions allow us to edit this “Vector Data”. We can turn this data into “Snapshots”, and these Snapshots can be saved to our Tool Chest for further use. We can also cut and paste content, along with simply deleting…

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Ariel Rejtman

October 15, 2020

Visual Search with Bluebeam Revu

Locating specific text and images can be difficult in dense documents with multiple sheets. Bluebeam Revu’s Visual Search function allows us to find copies of data and graphics very quickly. Not only can we search for text, but we can also search for vector data that’s been flattened to our sheet. Even if the data…

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Ariel Rejtman