May 13, 2022
Exporting Page Labels to Excel with Bluebeam Revu
We can create Page Labels and Bookmarks from each other in Bluebeam Revu, and it would be quite useful to export that data into an Excel spreadsheet for a multitude of purposes. Luckily, Revu can export our bookmarks directly into a .csv file. By using the “Create Page Labels” function and utilizing the “Page Regions”…
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Ariel Rejtman
March 28, 2022
Navigating Bluebeam Revu 20
After managing our preferences, we can apply our new settings to our workflow and use them to navigate Revu efficiently. For example, the “middle-mouse-wheel” and “CTRL” key give us flexibility and alternate functions. This is the third part of our three-part series titled “The Interface & Navigation of Bluebeam Revu 20”. Please find links for…
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Ariel Rejtman
March 28, 2022
Preferences in Bluebeam Revu 20
After we customize our interface, we can adjust our preferences to expedite our workflow. There’s a setting for nearly every aspect of Revu, including one that automatically resizes a text’s box around its text. This is the second part of our three-part series titled “The Interface & Navigation of Bluebeam Revu 20”. Please find links…
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Ariel Rejtman
March 28, 2022
The Interface of Bluebeam Revu 20
When using Bluebeam Revu for your first time, your interface (Profile) will be missing some key features and useful shortcuts. This tutorial is a guide for new users of Revu that want to understand how to modify their side-panels, shortcuts, and toggle between key features of Revu. This is the first part of our three-part…
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Ariel Rejtman
January 27, 2022
Cost Analysis & Quantity Takeoffs with Bluebeam Revu
Quantifying hundreds of items and determining the cost of multiple measurements can be time-consuming and daunting. In Bluebeam Revu, we can use our Markups List and Custom Columns to automatically calculate, organize, and keep track of thousands of markups. Our markups contain tons of data that allow us to categorize them and “sort” them into…
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Ariel Rejtman
January 19, 2022
Manage your Auto-Complete Entries in Bluebeam Revu
When we type data for “Subjects”, Labels, Authors, and other categorizations, the entries are stored in a special function called the “Auto-Complete List”. We can find this in our Preferences, and this list can save us time when assigning certain information to our markups. Since categories are case-sensitive, we can accidentally add extra spaces or…
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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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