October 13, 2023
Cutouts in Bluebeam Revu
After creating areas and other enclosed measurements, we sometimes need to remove portions of those measurements. This applies to engineers that are calculating the area of a wall while trying to exclude windows. We can do this by using the Polygon and Ellipse Cutout tools. They allow us to remove portions of our volumes and…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 28, 2023
Batch Signatures & Third-Party Authentication with Bluebeam Revu
Signing an individual document can take less than a minute if our signature’s appearance is prepared. However, this relatively small portion of time can be compounded exponentially when we need to sign tens of hundreds of PDFs. Thankfully, we have a batch signature tool in Bluebeam Revu that can reclaim hours of lost time on…
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Ariel Rejtman
September 28, 2023
Signatures and Certifications with Bluebeam Revu
Preparing our PDFs for third-party authenticated digital signatures is important when submitting them to cities and municipalities. Our markups can be flattened before signing the PDF, and we have two options: We can digitally sign our files with a visual signature. Likewise, we can use Document Certification to provide three different kinds of extra security…
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Ariel Rejtman
July 13, 2023
Locking Markups with Bluebeam Revu
Not only can we flatten markups and “stick” them onto a page, but we can also temporarily lock them to prevent them from being changed. This has many benefits in numerous scenarios. Individual markups can be locked, and it’s very easy to lock groups of markups and all markups with efficient keyboard shortcuts. We can…
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Ariel Rejtman
June 6, 2023
Flattening with Bluebeam Revu
Lines, objects, and text from many programs are retained when exporting/printing to a PDF. These assets are “pressed” (Flattened) onto a page and can’t be selected or modified without using specialized “Edit PDF Content” tools (We made a tutorial for this a couple of years ago. Here’s a link: https://ddscad.com/edit-pdf-content-with-bluebeam-revu). Before sharing official correspondence and/or…
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Ariel Rejtman
March 9, 2023
Click to View this Version with Bluebeam Revu
After we digitally sign PDF documents, it’s reassuring to know that there’s a way to see them without any subsequent changes made by anyone. If a stamp or other markup is added, the “Click to view this version” function is available. After selecting it, a new file opens with your signature and no modifications made.…
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Ariel Rejtman
February 20, 2023
Exporting PDFs with Bluebeam Revu
Our PDFs can be converted into numerous file formats with Bluebeam Revu. Each of them change markups, text, measurements, photos, and other data into compatible content that can be read/used in other programs. For example, Revu is able to convert our files into PDF Archive files for preservation and compatibility. We can also use Revu…
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Ariel Rejtman
October 10, 2022
The Markups List in Bluebeam Revu
In larger projects, we need to manage hundreds of markups and organize them based on their discipline, author, and other identifying data. Bluebeam Revu’s Markups List automatically quantifies our markups and groups them based on certain data that we can modify and automate. We can find specific markups by the using the “Filter” function, and…
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Ariel Rejtman
July 21, 2022
Measurements with Bluebeam Revu 20
Whether you’re quickly trying to measure distances or managing hundreds of categorized annotations, Bluebeam Revu can help you expedite your calculations. Default shortcuts can be customized with commonly used materials, color associations, and cost-analysis associations. Measurements are similar to Markups in that they can be stored in our Tool Chests. Thus, they can be easily…
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Ariel Rejtman
July 18, 2022
Markups & The Tool Chest in Bluebeam Revu 20
Optimizing the creation and organization of our markups is vital when preparing for deadlines and communicating effectively with our clients. Bluebeam Revu has many customizable settings that allow us to save specific types of markups and use the properties of our markups to create new annotations. Each type of markups has a shortcut associated with…
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