[David Cutler]

Your workflow is well above my experience level Glenn! Thinking about it, what I’m wondering is where is the program is finding the “original values” if you’ve modified them? If it is in the compressed section that you referred to above is there a way to modify the compressed section also? Maybe try deleting the compressed section and seeing if it will load off of the uncompressed data?

Another thought, not knowing the number of markup values that you are working with is it reasonable to key the updated data back in?

[David Cutler]

Thank you for your response @troydegroot . I’ll have to look into layers more as I haven’t used them much in Bluebeam, yet…

[David Cutler]

Thank you Troy. Unfortunately my reduction isn’t consistent so I think I need to adjust each markup.

What I’ve come up with at this point is to draw a 2.5 ft radius circle that I’m dropping on the markup so one side is at the edge of the sidewalk, the other side is then 5 ft behind the sidewalk. Next I’m grabbing the end of my existing markup and dragging it back to the edge of the circle.

I’m copying the circle multiple times and leaving one at each unit. I plan on selecting them all on the markup list and then using “paste in place” (CTRL+SHIFT+V) (thank you @lizlarsen !) to paste them onto my water takeoff page and then repeat the endpoint move as described above.

I started with a 5 Ft square, but found I needed to rotate it to get an accurate offset. The circle eliminates this issue.

I’m open to suggestions for the next time!

[David Cutler]

Welcome to the group Sharlene!

Your question about markups disappearing is an interesting one! Luckily I haven’t had that problem, but I expect someone here has and will be along soon to offer a suggestion.

With regards to versions I would suggest going to the newest version available and purchasing the maintenance package so that you stay up to date going forward. Bluebeam is constantly adding features and fixing issues so having the most up to date version makes your life easier. On top of that it’s frustrating when you see a new tool when you attend training – or see a tip here – that your version of the software doesn’t support.

[David Cutler]

I have seen something similar myself recently with hatch patterns on civil drawings depicting surface treatment types. What’s interesting is that what I’m seeing appears to be the opposite issue – the hatch or fill patterns don’t show when zoomed out, but appear when you zoom in.

I like using “Disable Line Weights” as it eliminates some of the clutter, but it also appears to remove some of the detail!

I’m going to make a point going forward to check everything by turning off “Disable Line Weights” from time to time.

[David Cutler]

Thank you Troy. I’ll have to check that out.

Have you heard of this being an issue before using tools created in a newer version in an older version?

[David Cutler]

Okay, opened up the file again in Revu 2018 and looked for the option on the Measurement Panel for changing from Square Feet to Square Yards and I’m not seeing it?

I also found a mistake in a couple of the other custom tools on my Desktop that I’m using where they still set to measure in Square Feet rather than in Square Yards so operator error was part of my original issue after all (surprise, surprise….)🙂

[David Cutler]

This is a great tip Doug! I like to use the typewriter tool for filling out “non-fillable” forms.

Bonus trick – you can really make your completed forms look neat by using the align tool to get all of your entries lined up.

Extra Bonus Trick – You can activate the typewriter tool with a single stroke of the “w” key.

[David Cutler]

Good afternoon Glenn,

Your file sounds like some of mine – lots of individual markups. With my workflow once I export it in a CSV format I don’t go back into Revu so I don’t know that I’m much help at this point. Perhaps @lizlarsen or @doug-mclean might jump in…

Dave

[David Cutler]

I was afraid that you would say that @troydegroot 🙂

Ideally I would setup custom tools for each of our pay items. Some are counts – “Sanitary Manhole” for example. Others are lengths – “Concrete Curb”. Some are areas – “Fine Grade Subgrade”. I create them on the fly now as I need them, wondering if there might be a way of automating the process. Might be time to hire a summer intern..

[David Cutler]

I guess it’s kinda like cars. Our 2018 minivan has features that our 2010 model doesn’t, can’t expect that the older model has everything that the newer one does when it wasn’t available back then.🙂

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the idea Doug. I was able to get through it with Troy’s method relatively quickly. I did receive one error with a “corrupt lock file”. Guess I will have to try that one again…

[David Cutler]

A good example of this would be if you wanted to calculate the volume of a variable depth sewer trench from a profile. Typically sewer profiles are drawn with significantly different horizontal and vertical scales as @troy-degroot mentioned. You would create a volume measurement with the “depth” set as the width of the trench. You would then select the area of the trench following the drawn pipe profile as the bottom and the ground surface as the top boundary. Bluebeam does the rest.

Note that you should think about units when you set these up. If set correctly you can get Cubic Yards directly as opposed to having to convert from Cubic Feet to Cubic Yards in another step.

[David Cutler]

That’s a good question Roye. A lot depends upon the size of the project. One takeoff recently had 299 separate housing units over a 40 acre site. I had hours of time on that one for each type of utility to ensure I didn’t miss anything. The one I have on my desktop now has 1 sanitary lateral, 1 section of watermain and a few storm sewer runs so I would be switching profiles multiple times. I guess I could have specific task profiles and a general profile that has everything. I’ll have to think about that one.

Typically I try to take the job off in the order that our crews build them – start with sediment & erosion controls then move into clearing, earthwork, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water, curb/stone/pave/sidewalk and then miscellaneous. I have my custom tool sets organized in that order. This works well for standard markups, but when you get to dynamic fill you have to scroll through all of your custom area tools to find the one you need as they don’t “roll up” and worse yet there isn’t a slider bar and the scroll wheel doesn’t work either – hence when I found the way to get my desired tool into the “recent tools” section at the top I jumped on it.

[David Cutler]

Thank you for the tip Doug. I watched a quick intro video on the feature. Going to have to explore this further…