[David Cutler]

Welcome to the Brainery @tshump67 .

Thank you for your question. I’ve never used that feature before, but when I tried this morning (Extreme Version 20.2.60) it seemed to work as expected – no issue with anything being grayed out.

I know I’m not being much help here, but @troy-degroot might have some thoughts on this.

[David Cutler]

I’m not sure I’m understanding your question @Doug McLean

Are you writing a formula in this custom column?

If you are just talking column headers I didn’t have any problems creating one named “Unit of Measure”.

Please provide some more info on what you are trying to accomplish.

[David Cutler]

I’m not sure I’m understanding your question @Vince – I made a custom column with a formula of “Length * Length”. I then made a second custom column with a formula of “Length * Length * Length” with no issues.

Note that the “Length” appears to default to the “Quantity” value so that when I measured an area my column displayed “Area * Area”.

I’m guessing perhaps you are working with something more complicated though…

[David Cutler]

Welcome to the Brainery @jaredp !

Yes, Revu can definitely be setup to provide check numbers. Take a read through @troy-degroot ‘s blog entry at:

https://uchapter2.com/3-ways-framing-contractors-are-winning-with-bluebeam-revu/

This will get you started. The sky is the limit with Revu. The hardest part is deciding how far you want to take your custom tools.

Looking forward to having you be part of the group!

Dave

[David Cutler]

I haven’t seen that @Roro , but I’m in 20.2.60…

[David Cutler]

The quick solution @vince is to turn the grid on in the “View” dropdown. This displays a grid of points across the page. You may have a button visible in your bottom tray to toggle this on or off. You can also set your cursor to snap to this grid. Note that this grid does not print and I’m not sure how to modify the spacing…

If you are looking to establish a permanent, printable grid (similar to what you have on a paper map) you could create a standard grid template and then overlay it on to your drawings.

[David Cutler]

I don’t see where you can set the location on the standard tools, but you definitely set your label location on your custom tools.

1. Apply a markup

2. Move the label to where you want it to be positioned. This is accomplished by selecting the markup, then, while holding down the shift key clicking on the label and drag the label where you would like it to be.

3. Right click on the markup and select “add to toolbox”.

This new custom markup will place the label where you want it every time.

As a bonus tip you can change the color of the label before you add it to your toolbox for extra customization.

[David Cutler]

Thank you for posting the question and the answer @Roye

Now we all know!

[David Cutler]

Welcome to the group @tshump67 . Thank you for your question. I gave it a try and it appears that Revu has the same functionality. Here are the steps that I took.

1. Open Revu

2. Open file explorer and locate your word file

3. Click on the word file and drag it into the Revu window

4. You will be prompted to choose a location and name to save the file as

This is a great feature that I didn’t know about. Sometimes I receive quotes from vendors in Word format. I’d rather have them as PDFs. Using this feature I can drag the Word file from the email into a folder then drag it to Revu and have the PDF ready to use. This saves me having to open the Word document and printing it to a PDF.

Note that for some reason it doesn’t appear to work dragging the file directly from Outlook to Revu. Any ideas on this @troy-degroot ?

[David Cutler]

That’s a great question about displaying custom columns in the markup @Vince

[David Cutler]

My pleasure @jaredp . I’d suggest making time to check out all of the blogs, videos and Brainery posts that you can. You can find them under the “Resources” drop down above. You may be surprised to see what you can take away from a post about cabinetry takeoffs or earthwork when your primary focus is framing. The key is to always be asking yourself “what can I do with this feature”.

A class or two with @troy-degroot will also open your eyes to all of the additional data you can generate in your takeoffs.

[David Cutler]

I disagree @troy-degroot . The area you draw is the footprint looking straight down. So if you were looking at a roof that formed a 3/4/5 right triangle where the “3” is the vertical component you would “see” the “4” length looking down.

It would be interesting to run some calculations to see how Revu handles the calculations when the sloped area isn’t a square or rectangle if you are trying to determine the length along the “angled edge”…

[David Cutler]

A number of my co-workers still have “that other” pdf software as their defaults. Unfortunately old habits die hard and they are used to the interface…🙂

[David Cutler]

Thank you for mentioning that @Doug McLean . Unfortunately in the Civil Construction world that I work in we rarely have rectangular shapes that align perfectly with the pdf sheets. I thought that Perimeter might “close” by double clicking on the 3rd point or hitting enter similar to the way the area tool does, but that doesn’t seem to be the case on the Perimeter tool…

[David Cutler]

Something I find interesting @vince is that the “Perimeter” tool doesn’t show in my left toolbar. This may just be a setting, but it makes me think that “Polyline” is the preferred tool.

Using a separate column for rise/drop is an interesting idea. I’m considering a major custom column overhaul of my markup tools before too long. I’ll have to add that to my potential list of upgrades…