[David Cutler]

Refreshing my suggestion from the other thread…

Perhaps we need to put together a “UChapter2 Brainery Brainstorm ’23″…. If we could engage 1% of the people that @troy-degroot has trained in the last year we could have a great event!

[David Cutler]

Looking forward to a great presentation from @lizlarsen !

[David Cutler]

One option might be to duplicate the sheet and make the space larger so that it encompasses the markup. You would probably want to add a text box label of some sort on each sheet saying “use for room A only”

(Disclaimer – responding from my phone so working from your description only) 😎

[David Cutler]

Is there a similar way to modify custom markup tools @lizlarsen ?

[David Cutler]

@tabz-nixonkingspan-com you may be able to open the file in Google Chrome by right clicking on the file name and then select “Open With” followed by “Google Chrome”. This may avoid the issue with everything opening with the system viewer.

Great discussion you have going here!

[David Cutler]

Absolutely @Vince – Concept would be to put something together ourselves so we would manage the content. Of course if we are using the UChapter2 website as the organizing spot it would be nice to involve @troy-degroot …

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[David Cutler]

Seems as if someone has indicated in the last week or two that every once in a while even an expert can learn a new trick @Vince !

The key to using “Markup Layer” is to have the desired layer available. Efficient ways of bringing standard layers into a pdf has been discussed above if I remember correctly.

Hope this helps ease the pain until Bluebeam get’s this known issue addressed.

[David Cutler]

Another thought @Vince – While this also falls into the “I shouldn’t have to do that” category I was reminded today of the ability to set a “Markup Layer” in Revu. Figured I’d mention it as an option in this situation. Note that this doesn’t work efficiently if you are jumping around between markups that you want on a variety of layers, but if you are measuring all of your demolition items for example it works well.

To use this option simply right click on your layer label in the layer menu and select “Markup Layer”. Now every markup that you apply will be assigned to the selected layer until you unselect the option. (Note that if a markup tool already has a layer assignment that assignment takes precedent.)

[David Cutler]

As @Doug McLean posted so eloquently the other day in the “Angled Markups” discussion:

“I shouldn’t have to do that though.”

Perhaps we need to challenge @troy-degroot and @mechave to see who has better contacts at Bluebeam to find out when they are going to release an update that will fix these issues in what I would call a “signature” feature of their product? Maybe if we leverage the combined voices of UChapter2, ATG, Brighter Graphics and Applied Software (Graitec) through our combined contacts we can get someone’s attention?😎

[David Cutler]

Unfortunately their response was less than satisfactory…

I was surprised by their statements about XCON 23 also…

Might have to push @troy-degroot on hosting the first UChapter2 Brainery Conference to fill the potential void… Could call it “Brainstorm 23″…

😎

[David Cutler]

Presidents Day is a Federal/National Holiday in the US so Government Offices/Schools/Banks and many larger businesses are closed for the day. Retailers tend to have “Presidents Day Sales” – especially in the automotive industry. Smaller companies, ours for example, not so much. 😎

Now we enter the spring slog from now until Memorial Day in May which will be the next 3 day weekend.

So, are you going to ask the “when is the next update coming” question on MCR this morning @Vince ? I expect that between @lizlarsen and @Doug McLean one of them will ask about XCON 23…

[David Cutler]

Nothing but crickets today @Vince – Everyone states side must have taken the day off for Presidents Day… 😎

[David Cutler]

If you have the layer names in a custom column @Vince you could filter by that layer name, “water” for example and then select all and reestablish the layer that way.

Unfortunately that doesn’t solve the problem of the layer assignment getting wiped from the tool, but it might help re-establishing the layers on markups that you have already placed.

I’m guessing that you are probably doing something along these lines already, but thought I’d throw it out there just in case. 😎

[David Cutler]

That’s one of the many things that I appreciate about the Brainery and MCR @Doug McLean – I get to learn what I didn’t know I didn’t know from folks like yourself, @vinc, @lizlarsen and others that post here!😎

[David Cutler]

The content was so engaging that no one had a chance to ask about XCON this week! 😎