[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]

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…

[David Cutler]

Great post @troydegroot ! I think back to all of the hours I’ve spent taping sheets along the match lines and then marking them up with highlighters or colored pencils and wish we had this functionality back in the day!

@Vince I was able to right click on the image and select “open in a new tab” to get to the content…

[David Cutler]

Great tip @vince !

[David Cutler]

That’s a great way to get another use out the data that you are capturing @vince !

[David Cutler]

I find it very frustrating when the “tricks” that we learn to make us more efficient in Revu don’t work. Especially when the issue is caused by base file issues – such as multiple layers of text as @vince noted with the double layers of text.

That being said, when I have a PDF set that is high quality and the tricks work I’m thrilled! Hopefully, over time, we will see better and better quality PDFs.

Dave

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the suggestion @troydegroot . I did this (print a new PDF file from the source PDF file) and the file size doubled! Performance seems to be pretty good. Maybe I need to start lobbying for that upgraded computer… 🙂

[David Cutler]

That did the trick @troydegroot ! Thank you!

In case others don’t know what Troy is talking about there is a setting in the “View” menu that allows you to “Disable Line Weights”. This can be very useful when reviewing a drawing, but doesn’t help when you are trying to display a markup on a flattened drawing…