December 13, 2021

How to Create Path Arrays in Revit

This workflow allows us to create path arrays in Revit more easily than you might expect. In this post, James Cuervo shows us how it’s done. For more information, please contact us at info@ddscad.com

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James Cuervo

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

November 10, 2021

Autodesk reveals new logo, look, and feel

Today we’re excited to introduce a new look and feel for Autodesk, including a new logo, colors, and imagery. This change is the first of several bold moves we’re making as a company to reimagine the Autodesk brand—one that underscores our belief that a better world can be designed and made for all. Dynamic, modern, and…

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Alan Birmaher

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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Ariel Rejtman