[David Cutler]

One option @ChrisRiley is to print the file to a new PDF from Bluebeam. That should eliminate any layers.

Is there a reason why you want to remove the layers? Other than trying to figure out the designers “code” in their layer names I find it quite handy to be able to toggle the layers on and off.

[Chris Riley]

If I want to use Layers in Bluebeam then the Layer list gets rather long, I have tried to print these to Bluebeam Pdf and they will not print, just hangs and all you get is a ‘Cancel’ button.

[Don Walke]

I generally delete the architects layers prior to doing my take-off, as I use layers to organize and better view my work. You should get a dialog box confirming the deletion with the option of saving or removing the content of the layer.

[Chris Riley]

Ahh, thanks for that one. I had left content checked thinking I needed one or the other or both to be checked.

[Don Walke]

Also, If I can isolate the layer that has a hatch showing type of wall for example, I delete the cont of that layer so that if I am trying to select a corner of a room I don’t accidentally select an intersection between a wall line and a hatch line.

[David Cutler]

That makes sense why you would want to get the hatch out of your way @dhwalkellc

If you wanted to preserve the hatch, but not accidentally select it you couldn’t you just turn the layer off? I’m hesitant to delete information permanently if I can avoid doing so.

[Don Walke]

I always keep an unaltered original just in case. Some architects eave up to several hundred layers in their drawings and come to think about it, maybe nest all the originals under a new collapsed “Architect” layer and keep my layers separate. 🤔

[Nic Bitting]

Thanks for the question @ChrisRiley and the response @dhwalkellc

I’ve been trying to sort out the same thing and it looks like this will be a slick solution. Cheers!

[Vince French]

I’ve sent a ‘suggestion’ to Bluebeam for a function where you can batch move layers to a new group.

This way when you open a new drawing, you will be able to move all of the existing layers to a new group e.g. “XXX – Original Drawing Layers”, then you can move this to the end of your layers list and collapse it until you need to access it at a later stage.