[David Cutler]

I was glad to hear Tuesday on MCR that Tammy was recovering well @Doug McLean

Prayers for more good news in the coming weeks and months.

[David Cutler]

Glad to plant a seed @troy-degroot ! Looking forward to hearing what you come up with.

You could take this a step further and create a separate takeoff sheet for ridges and valleys using grid lines. Simply start your tool at a “zero point”, move over your run distance (don’t click on it!) and then up your rise distance and complete the measurement. Easy-peassy!

[David Cutler]

I’d suggest recreating the triangle under the ridge (or valley) over on the side of the drawing using sketch to scale.

Start by measuring the horizontal length (run) on your plan sheet. Duplicate this length as a horizontal sketch to scale over on the margin. Next capture the “rise” of the roof from an elevation view. Draw this as the vertical leg of your triangle using sketch to scale at the end of your previously drawn horizontal length.

Now use your “ridge cap tool” to connect the dots creating the 3rd leg of your triangle.

Takes a couple of steps, but no extra columns are required. 😎

[David Cutler]

While I can’t say I’ve documented this @lizlarsen I’ve definitely noticed from time to time that features don’t seem to work the same every time… Guess I will have to pay closer attention!

[David Cutler]

While we don’t currently use Studio Sessions I’m excited to pick up some tips and trick for when we do!

[David Cutler]

Welcome to the Brainery @jvldraft !

There could be a number of answers to your question – but none of them should require multiple licenses.

For your workflow do you need 3 copies of the file open at the same time, or are you simply looking to view 3 pages in the same document at the same time (one page per monitor)?

[David Cutler]

I’ve been thinking for a while @troy-degroot that it would nice to have “tool based” formulas, rather than “column based” formulas.

For now you might consider adding an additional column that would provide a “binary” yes/no option. Simply enter “1” for yes or “0” for no and add that Y/N column to your formula. You will end up with “0” values, but that is probably a better option than having to deduct incorrect values.

As @Doug McLean we shouldn’t have to do work arounds, but until they add the functionality we need to make the tools that we have work. 🙂

[David Cutler]

You may already have done this, but I’ll throw it out there for others…

A potential work around:

1. Create a simple, 2 point poly length measurement

2. Select the markup and then right click on it

3. Select “convert to arc”

4. Save your “arc polylength measurement tool” to your favorite tool box

5. When applying the markup ensure that it is set to placing a copy of the markup (I think this is “markup mode” vs “properties mode”) then adjust the points to fit.

When I tried this I was able to set a wall height and it generated a wall area.

While not a clean as a “arc polylength” standard tool would be, I think it would get you where you need to be.

[David Cutler]

Sorry that I missed this @troy-degroot

Next time!

[David Cutler]

I like the idea of starting with the split screen @Doug McLean 😊. I use the split screen often – especially there is a key of some sort. I’ll split the screen, drag it to another monitor and then zoom in on the key while maintaining the plan view on the main screen. Works slick and keeps me from having to pan/zoom back to the key.

I’m pretty sure that if I tried to use “sets” the folks down stream of me wouldn’t understand how to work with them….

[David Cutler]

Hopefully these will help @Vince

In this example I want to measure a sawcut 2 foot off of a curb line. Basically follow the steps as outlined above. It takes a few steps and looks a bit choppy when I’m zoomed in this tight, but it works.

🙂

[David Cutler]

Had another thought for you on this @troy-degroot

This would be a 5 – click method:

1. Select your custom tool – note that it would need to be a polylength tool

2. Click on the starting point of the valley/ridge – call this the “A” point

3. Click on the end of the valley/ridge on the plan view – the “B” point

4. Extend the measurement line perpendicular to your “AB” line a length equal to the rise to establish your “C” point. Finish the measurement here.

5. Select the “Subtract Control Point” tool and remove point “B”. This leaves you with the measurement along the slope from “A” to “C”.

I’ve been using a similar process recently when I need to offset at line – say for paving restoration along a curbline. I start on the curbline (my “A” point), move out the specified distance (“B” point), place my next point along the curb at a direction change (“C1” point), then move out the specified distance perpendicular to the line at the “C1” point to establish my “D1” point and then continue along establishing a series of “Cx” and “Dx” points. Once I’ve gotten to then end of the measurement I select the “Subtract Control Point” tool and delete the “C” points. What is left behind is offset from my baseline consistently by the distance between the “C” and “D” points. This also works with area tools, but you have to pick your return pass points carefully to avoid crossing the measurement lines…

This take some practice, but avoids having to create multiple offset lines…

[David Cutler]

Do any of your custom columns need to be set for your current calculations? Say wall width for example. When you are measuring to capture your wall stud count you could set the wall width in the calculation that takes off concrete to “0”. This could have the same net result of a y/n, using the columns that you already have.

[David Cutler]

What’s a few extra columns between friends?

Realistically you wouldn’t need to display the column in the markups list – just set it, hide it and forget it.

[David Cutler]

As I understand it (last presentation I saw about Cloud was months ago) “locate me” ties your PDF to a map image.

From Bluebeams website:

“Using the Bluebeam Cloud mobile app, you’ll be able to utilize satellite and street maps to contextualize your drawings. This will help improve project efficiency and streamline basic workflows, whether by finding nearby punch items based on geolocation, or visualizing multiple drawings simultaneously using the Layers List.”

I haven’t tried any of this yet – I rarely get out of the office these days…

Source: https://support.bluebeam.com/articles/bluebeam-cloud-visualizing-data-using-maps/#:~:text=Locate%20Me%20functionality&text=Simply%20tap%20the%20Locate%20Me,screen%20and%20select%20Hide%20marker.

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