[David Cutler]

Great discussion topic @Jeff.Collins

Wearing my Project Engineer hard hat a full project PDF would be a wonderful tool! Especially if it was setup with clearly identified layers so that you can toggle off what you don’t need to see. If it was a nice straight job it would be great to plot out a single sheet that I could hang on the wall in the trailer without having to tape multiple sheets together.

Putting on my tie as an Owner’s Representative I cringe over the potential document control issues having “live” documents out there. A flattened, black and white document that can’t be edited is the contract in this world. Having sheet numbers to reference in correspondence, RFI responses and such are key to good documentation.

While some portions of the industry are going digital at every opportunity you are correct that most contractors want paper and a .PDF file that they can print/plot copies at will – and measure in Revu! While they get tattered and dirty you never have to worry about charging a set of paper plans in the field!

[David Cutler]

Fair warning – this isn’t really a “tech” answer @ChrisRiley

The most efficient way to remove the highlights might be to ask for a “clean” file from the person that prepared it originally, if you have access to the person/organization that created the original document

On top of that, if you share the issue with the team that prepared the document originally they might adjust how they prepare their documents in the future so you (or the rest of us) don’t have the issue again.

Good luck!

[David Cutler]

Is “backup” a feature of the software, or is this a process that your IT Team does Vince? (I don’t see “backup” as a command in Revu and the in software help doesn’t show any topics.)

If your IT Team is backing up your computer to an off-site location I would expect “what” is backed up is controlled by their settings, not by anything in the software. If they are backing up your entire hard drive then I would think that anything that you have saved, including profiles, custom tools and such would be restorable.

Disclaimer – I am not an IT professional in any capacity – and, like Troy, I can’t remember the last time we backed up our home computer. My understanding is that our IT team backs up our company computers on a regular basis so that they can restore them if something happens. Additionally we save everything to a network drive that is also backed up on a regular basis. Thank you for bringing this up as now I will have to ask to confirm my understanding is correct…

[David Cutler]

That’s a great timesaving and cost saving idea Vince!

I’m a fan of having one file with all of the sheets in it as I find it easiest to scroll through the pages. Brings me back to my younger days when you could page through a set of plans and tab them up with sticky notes I guess.

While I’ve seen a number of discussions about using “Sets” in Revu, I haven’t really explored the topic extensively yet. I think that Sets would work for you for eliminating your heating layouts in your example, and, if my understanding is correct it may not slow down your computer as much when dealing with 700 pages.

At the end of the day the real question is if your printing company is savvy enough to print a set and will they do so at the same price as a 500 page single PDF. If not, maybe you need to introduce them to @uchapter2 …

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the reference screenshot Michelle!

In the past I’ve used a polygon shape with the color set to yellow and the highlight option checked to highlight. I find that this is helpful when the Text Highlight is auto selecting adjoining information as this can be frustrating in it-self.

If I set this as my default Polygon I can highlight quickly – and would be able to copy them later if needed.

[David Cutler]

Hi Roye,

The highlights were created in Revu 20 Extreme.

Dave

[David Cutler]

I’m not a Studio user, so I’m not sure if this applies, but could their comments be on a layer that is turned off?

[David Cutler]

Autocad SHX markups can be very frustrating to deal with in a document @Michelle Branch

A couple of ideas/workarounds:

1. Select your markups from the “Markup List” rather from the page. If you sort your markups by “Page Label” first you can capture all of the comments that you need to copy from the Markup List using a “Cntrl + click” sequence to gather everything up that you need to copy leaving the Autocad SHX markups behind.

2. You may be able to “Flatten” the Autocad SHX markups so that they are no longer selectable. Again, starting with the Markup List sort by “Author” and select all of the Autocad SHX comments. Next tap the Flatten function and toggle on the “Currently Selected Markups” option. This should make the Autocad SHX comments part of the background so they won’t be able to be selected.

If you are copying comments from multiple people’s markups over to a combined file a couple of more tips:

1. Start with a file that doesn’t have any markups on it and Flatten it first. That way you don’t have to worry about the Autocad SHX comments in future operations. You will likely have to copy markups from an additional file into your master, but the frustration you will save will be worth the extra step.

2. When copying comments use “Paste-In-Place” rather than just “Paste”. Paste-In-Place (Ctrl-Shift-V) will paste the markups into the same position on the new document as they were on the previous document. This is a huge timesaver vs having to reposition comments to ensure that they are in the right place.

3. If you use multiple monitors un-dock your markup list and drag it over onto one of your other monitors and maximize the size of the window. This will allow you to see 3-4 times the number of comments that you see if the markup list is docked at the bottom of your screen.

Hope some or all of this helps!

Dave

[David Cutler]

Great solution @andrew-veggian !

I’ve used the color change option before when making overlays, but haven’t tried to change specific colors.

Going to have to keep this one in mind for future use.

[David Cutler]

I may be wrong @vince , but my understanding is that if you leave the “Allow Markup Recovery (Unflatten)” check box blank your markups should be a permanent part of the PDF that is not able to be “hacked”. This is one of the reasons that it is important to create a copy of the file prior to flattening as @troydegroot suggested so that you maintain your ability to edit your markups.

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the link @troydegroot !

[David Cutler]

Could you expand on “I need to update my list of individual parts to save to the profile before you save the profile” more Troy? I’m getting closer to sharing my custom tools with others on my team and want to make the rollout as smooth as possible.

[David Cutler]

That would be my uneducated guess…

I had a similar issue using some of my custom tools in an older version of Revu. An area tool that was setup to measure area in Square Yards defaulted back to Square Feet. Not a good way to give people confidence in your custom tools…

Yet another reason to upgrade to the current version and add maintenance!

[David Cutler]

Quite the spreadsheet Vince! Nice job for your first video.

So the Bluebeamer in me is thinking how about creating some custom tools to capture your measurements while highlighting in Revu and then use quantity link to pull the data into your spreadsheet so that you don’t have to key anything in… This would leave you with a presentation grade highlight in review that you could snip and paste into your spreadsheet for future reference.

You could probably use “Spaces” to identify each unit and then copy your markups from one unit to the next, making appropriate changes as you go.

Looking forward to seeing more videos from you!

[David Cutler]

Good morning Vince. I’ll have to make some time to go through this. Looking forward to seeing what you have here.