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

March 28, 2022

Creating Path Arrays with Dynamo in Revit

This workflow allows us to create path arrays with Dynamo 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

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

January 13, 2022

The Action Recorder in AutoCAD

Performing tedious and repetitive tasks in AutoCAD can be time-consuming. Thankfully, AutoCAD has a powerful tool called the “Action Recorder”, and it allows us to automate a sequence of tasks that can be “repeated” when necessary. Most commands work well with the Action Recorder, and the Command Line is a great way to use it…

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Ariel Rejtman

January 5, 2022

Convert DWGs into DGNs with AutoCAD

While AutoCAD allows us to work with DWG files, there are times when we need to convert our DWGs into DGN files in order for them to be compatible with other CAD programs. The “Export” tool allows us to do this with tons of customization and keeps a lot of our data. References can be…

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Ariel Rejtman

December 22, 2021

Duplicating Parameters in Revit 2022.1

Hello, #revit users. In this video I try and review the new “Duplicate Parameters” tool in the family editor of Revit 2022.1 . I use an example in which I need four parameters of the same kind, for visibility. Instead of creating each parameter one by one, now I can duplicate a parameter to create a set…

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Alfredo Medina

December 22, 2021

Autodesk Volume Check Infraworks vs. Civil 3D

In this example I will show a practical flow and volume check between transportation projects, using Infraworks and Civil 3D 2022. I hope this tip is helpful! En este ejemplo voy a mostrar un flujo practico y comprobación de volúmenes entre los proyectos de transportación, utilizando Infraworks y Civil 3D 2022. Yo espero sea de…

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Simon Noyola