[Alex Schectman]

Desired functionality is available in a free alternative that seems to support the JS API more thoroughly: https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=190291#p190291:~:text=the%20length%20for.-,something%20like%3A,-Code%3A

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Script Request: Search Body with Regex - PDF XChange Forum

Script Request: Search Body with Regex - PDF XChange Forum

[Alex Schectman]

Evidently, what I seek to accomplish is not currently possible. See Bluebeam staff’s reply to the same request on their forum: https://community.bluebeam.com/bluebeam-community/discussion/comment/3030#Comment_3030:~:text=Revu%20doesn%27t%20expose%20functionality%20to%20programmatically%20access%20the%20text%20of%20a%20PDF%20document%2C

[Alex Schectman]

Reading member lengths would be great for our estimator and is among my goals. I’m a detailing manager, so our roles overlap at the fringes of BIM.

My particular workflow is for calculating the ETA of a given estimodel (via Tekla). Script-read/-reported quantities will provide units against which tracked time (via ManicTime) may be compared. More accurate predictions of time-to-completion may then be offered when a job comes across my desk, which will help my supervisor and coworkers decide whether to proceed or simply estimate by hand.

[Alex Schectman]

Appreciate you tagging them for me, but what I seek to do in Revu doesn’t seem to be possible. Please see my most recent reply to the main post for details and reference.

[Alex Schectman]

Attempts on my end to search PDFs with regex yields nothing. This appears to be the case for others as well: Search Text with Regular Expressions — Bluebeam Community

Find tool in your screenshot appears to have identified the regex string literal on the PDF.

[Alex Schectman]

W\d{2}X\d{2}

e.g. W21X44

Script preferred so functionality may be expanded and multiple related/relevant results returned per run. Count tool would be an acceptable stopgap if the Find tool accepted regex (which it seemingly does not).