I’m glad it worked unfortunately it looks like there isn’t a batch function for it.

It has a lot of potential uses, just keep it in mind. Here are a few ideas:

If you have a new site plan with lines in black, and the existing site plan as a grey background you can easily remove the background by changing the grey to no color. This could give you a clean drawing that is easier to read.

Sometimes engineers will print their…

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I’m almost positive that buttons with JavaScript are usable by anyone with any version of Revu. You only need eXtreme to create them.

I haven’t tested this, but this is what I would try if the highlights are embedded in the file.

Go to Document>Color Processing and try to change the highlight color to no color (box with the slash through it). This will replace everything that color with no color and could clean up the document for you.

Let us know if that works.

This is fairly simple as long as the text in your document is the full hyperlink address. For example, your text in the document is “https://www.123.com/ohplayer?p1site&note1″, and not “text” with a hyperlink to a website address.

Using the example you provided do the following:

1. Search the document for “p1”

2. In the search results list select…

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This is from the Q&A section on the XCON website. It looks like you can watch them later if you can’t make it.

Q: Are the sessions being recorded and will they be shared later?

A: Yes, all sessions will be recorded and available in the XCON Anywhere Virtual Attendee Hub (this platform) a few hours after each broadcast.

Exactly Troy. The main benefit of counts is condensing the markups list by having them grouped together. If you don’t care whether or not they are condensed, then there’s not a whole lot of advantage of using the count tool.

If you want all of your counts to be split by default then there are not a lot of reasons to use the count tool at that point. You can simply create a markup then add it to your tool chest. Then select that tool and start dropping it onto your drawings (make sure the markup is in “Drawing Mode” and not “Properties Mode” by double-clicking it…

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I took it a step further and created template files with different size paper, different grid patterns, and a title block. I will share my files with everyone (See Attached). You can take these files and add them to the list of templates by going to File>New PDF from Template>Import then select these files. Of course, change to your company…

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I have noticed that bringing in a lot of large snapshots can definitely slow Revu down. I find this a lot when stitching drawings together, but luckily I have a fast computer to handle it.

One setting you can try playing with is in Revu>Preferences>Tools>Markup>Snapshot Resolution and set it to a lower resolution which should reduce the file…

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Here’s mine. Almost identical to @doug-mclean

Bluebeam Opening Keynote

Utilizing Custom Columns
and Conditions to Streamline Take-offs

Generating and Managing 3D
PDFs in Revu

Tech Talk: All in a Day’s
Data – The Collaborative & Secure Journey of Your Project Documents

Generating Accurate Bids
Using Bluebeam Revu

Special Event hosted by…

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I typically like to use full-screen crosshairs when I’m doing takeoffs, but they can be annoying when reading text documents so I’m constantly toggling them on and off. I’ve set the shortcut to oemtilde (the key right above tab). I never actually use the keyboard shortcut since I’ve programmed that to one of the buttons on my mouse.

Troy, for…

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Don’t forget that the Preferences menu has some options to customize the Snapshot tool also. Go to Revu>Preferences>Tools>Markup and you’ll have these options:

That’s a good question. I don’t see an option for that in the syntax. I see that both Split Pages and Extract Pages when used in Revu give you that option, but the scripts don’t. My guess is that if the hyperlinks are created using relative paths to start with, then they should still work after the split, but I don’t see a way to “update” them…

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No, I’m not quantifying the rebar with the concrete. We don’t self-perform rebar so I usually don’t need to know the rebar quantities for self-work concrete estimates. Typically I’ll only calculate rebar quantities for conceptual estimates, but then it’s using a simple lb/cy or lb/sf factor that is easily multiplied after the takeoff is…

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I believe we are still testing on Beta. I don’t know the pricing on it yet, but I believe it is a set monthly cost per project.

Of course, but I learned this one from Terry Cline. He even automated the process with a very simple script that he shows in the following video. This would be the ideal setup if you have a client that always uses the same layers.

You should check out Bluebeam’s new Project Rover. It has some great punch functionality and works on mobile devices which is ideal for the field (offline capability also). We’ve been testing it out on a large project and sounds like it is working out well. We don’t use any of the RFI or Submittal features,…

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I’ll just start by saying I love using layers. Layers in Revu work so much better than any of the other takeoff software I’ve used.

My favorite layer feature is parent-child relationships. This allows me to quickly isolate a single item or a large scope of work. Here’s a screenshot of a concrete takeoff as an example. The right-click>”isolate”…

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Here is the monitor I have (Dell U3818DW). Combined with the Dell Display Manager it is easy to split your windows into a wide range of configurations. https://www.dell.com/mk/business/p/dell-u3818dw-monitor/pd

I use a Dell Precision 7540 workstation laptop with Intel Xeon E-2286M, Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000, and 64GB ram.

I use the Logitech MX…

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This is one of my favorite features. I use an ultrawide monitor which gives me plenty of screen real estate to split both sides. This way when I’m working on takeoffs I don’t need to keep flipping back and forth to different panels.

Are you sure that this warning still exists? I’m guessing this is a warning that they used to have in an old version but have subsequently removed it. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen this.

You can easily modify that without any coding changes.

1. Go into the stamp edit mode by going to Tools>Stamp>StampName.pdf and click the edit icon to the right of the name.

2. Open the Forms Panel. Under Status select one of the radio buttons (Approved, Revise, Rejected, Not Reviewed)

3. Open the Properties Panel. Under Options change Style…

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Here is a quick tutorial reference.

https://support.bluebeam.com/online-help/revu20/Content/RevuHelp/Menus/Document/Script/Using-Scripts.htm

And here is the Scripting Reference Guide.

https://support.bluebeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bluebeam-Script-Reference-2019.pdf

You could cut it down to one click if you use the built-in Bluebeam scripting function “InsertPages”. This basically allows you to write a script that says insert this template page, in this location of the active document. Then after you write the script you can add it to your toolbar as an icon and then it’s a quickly accessible…

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Here’s an example I created to teach people how to make JavaScript dashboards that turn layers on and off.

The first file is a sample dashboard that I created so you can see how this all functions. Everything is on a single-page PDF. All markups and form buttons are assigned to layers. The form buttons are each assigned similar JavaScript…

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Now if we could only import AutoCAD Line Styles also. That would be nice.

It seems strange we have the option to do it with hatches, but not line styles.

This is an interesting idea. I’ll have to try this next time!

If you do start your takeoffs and realize later that you forgot to flatten first, then turn on the “Author” column in the markups list. Sort by Author, select all markups that are not yours, then flatten them.

Here’s my list of steps that I always go through to prep my drawings before takeoffs.

1. Delete all viewports (if prompted when I…

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This method is close, but your example assumes that the existing grade is terraced and that your fill is exactly 1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, and 5′ all the way down, but the existing grade is sloped. If you were to draw a cut section through there, it would be a diagonal line, not stepped. A simple solution would be using the average depth between the… Read more

I have used JavaScript for making dashboards more dynamic, but I don’t know of a way to automate the creation of hyperlinks. I do have an idea that might work, but it depends on how your files are named. Are the files always named the same thing (Drawings.pdf, Specifications.pdf, etc.) or are they project-specific… Read more