January 28, 2025
Plugins for Plot Configurations with Bluebeam Revu
Bluebeam Revu installs plugins that help us preview files in folders without opening them, print PDFs, and set up customizable configurations for different kinds of projects. These programs include Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Revu also installs plugins into specialized CAD and BIM programs like AutoCAD and Revit. We…
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Ariel Rejtman
November 5, 2024
Setting up the Interface of Bluebeam Revu with Profiles
When we install and use Bluebeam Revu for our first time, the program’s interface is set up to maximize our viewing space and minimize clutter. As we begin to use more functions and tools, it benefits us to make some adjustments and include more 1-click buttons to improve our efficiency. Revu’s “Profiles” let us switch…
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Ariel Rejtman
October 11, 2024
Convert Shapes into Arcs with Bluebeam Revu
Rectangles, ellipses, squares, and circles can be created with Bluebeam Revu quite precisely. However, their segments can’t be converted into arcs. Contrarily, Polygons and Polylines each have unique segments that can be converted into arcs and adjusted accordingly with specialized grips. Sharp edges and corners can be rounded off and smoothed with a simple right-click.…
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Ariel Rejtman
October 10, 2024
File Attachments with Bluebeam Revu
Combining multiple pages of PDFs together can be useful, but we can use one PDF to contain multiple files and filetypes with the “File Attachment” tool in Bluebeam Revu. This tool can be customized to change its size while zooming into a PDF to reduce its physical footprint. Likewise, we can use the “File Icon”…
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Ariel Rejtman
June 17, 2024
Sets with Bluebeam Revu
While we can manage multiple revisions of our PDF projects by renaming them with different dates and using other naming conventions, this method becomes tedious and can generate extra efforts. Instead, we can use a more robust and automated system within Bluebeam Revu called “Sets”. Each revision of the same “set” of pages can be…
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Ariel Rejtman
April 17, 2024
Erasing Pens & Highlighters with Bluebeam Revu
While creating “hand-written” pen and highlighter markups in Revu is simple and flexible, removing portions of each tool can be a bit tricky without the Eraser tool. Not only can we remove small, medium, and large portions of our pen and highlighter tools, but we can also remove “segments” that are determined by sharp angle…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 15, 2024
The Length & Dimension Tools in Bluebeam Revu
Interchangeable tools can help us adjust markups when needed instead of deleting them and creating new ones. In Bluebeam Revu, there’s a markup and measurement that are beyond interchangeable: They can look identical to each other. The “Dimension” markup can look like the “Length” measurement, yet we’re able to input custom data into the text…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 14, 2024
The Pan & Select Tools in Bluebeam Revu
When using a program like Bluebeam Revu “out of the box”, we tend to utilize features that are more “obvious” and “default” before delving into the alternatives and possibilities that these in-depth programs offer. One of these dualities involves the “Pan” and “Select” tools. By default, the Pan tool is always enabled when we open…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 9, 2024
Compare = Where, Overlay = What in Bluebeam Revu
Changes between revisions can be extensive and detailed, yet quite subtle. Tracking these changes could take tons of time and require us to carefully scan at least two sets of documents to confirm that specific changes were made. Luckily, Bluebeam Revu contains two functions that can cut down this comparison process into a few minutes:…
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Ariel Rejtman
January 22, 2024
Multiply with Bluebeam Revu
Bluebeam Revu 21 introduced a new feature in patch 21.0.50 called the “Multiply” tool! It allows us to create offset copies of our Markups and Measurements. Not only can we specify a Markup’s rotational direction, but we’re also able to make multiple copies at specific distances from the original markup. We can see a preview…
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