[Doug McLean]

it seems that Bluebeam has also applied a fix for this in the first update for Revu 21.

Its #5

[Doug McLean]

Welcome to the Brainery.

Care to share a little more info on what you do and how you’re using Revu?

[Doug McLean]

Chances are, someone else has opened it previously and their custom columns are already with the PDF.

To save yourself some effort, you can set up a quick macro to import your custom columns. (If you have Extreme/ Complete)

[Doug McLean]

You will need a second area markup, but you won’t need another Column.

You could do a second custom column, ‘material 1’ ‘material 2’ but I’m not too sure how any value associated with the material would play out in that scenario.

Run an experiment

[Doug McLean]

I just checked this and it worked out fine.
I set a Material 1 and a Material 2 Custom Column and gave them each a value.
Then I build a total column with the formula (Measurement*Material 1)+(Measurement*Material 2)

To save yourself some headaches, I would put your materials and their cost into a csv file for easy import.

[Doug McLean]

I did eventually find something and you can’t. If you open it via a hyperlink, it will always open in the browser

[Doug McLean]

Hey Nic, all great questions.

#1 yes. Click on the end node to select the tool, Rt. Click (right click is your very best friend btw) and then click Resume.

#2 Try applying your custom columns first. If that doesn’t work, check your tools to see if they have built in layers

#3 You can change the column layout (pretty much works like Excel in dragging columns) and you can change the sort order, but that’s about it. You can also set custom filters if that works for you

#4 Open the Legend Properties. You can do all of that there.

#5 in a word no…but… you can apply the same scale to multiple pages at the same time.
I have a trick for this to select them quickly. It should be under the Tips and Tricks forum.

Hopefully I helped a little

[Doug McLean]

the real key to using Power Query is a consistent output of data.

Take the time to learn how to set up a proper BatchConfig output file with exactly what you want.
I talked about planning properly in my presentation, because that is the very first thing you need to do. Figure out what you want to do, figure out where you are, then figure out how to get there.

I have one slide in my presentation that says how data without context is just noise. We can generate so much data now in construction that we have to learn how to filter out all of the noise and get to what we really want.

[Doug McLean]

profiles, custom stamps,… anything like that should also be exported.
You can also Export your Preferences for Import into the new computer

[Doug McLean]

One of the headaches with the markups list is that there is no if statement available.

The work around is get the data to Excel or some other estimating software and do the math there.

[Doug McLean]

keep learning David, you’ll get there

[Doug McLean]

its pretty easy to send feedback… Help> Make a Suggestion, it will do the rest.

Several of us have made suggestions, on various things. One of the few I’ve suggested actually came to fruition, which was the ability to set scales to multiple pages at the same time. We’ve only been able to do this since Revu19.

You’ll find macro’s in Revu MUCH easier to do than than Excel. You don’t need to learn VBA for one. They’re much simpler.

I wholeheartedly agree that something as simple as your custom columns could be a quick popup box, but setting up a quick macro and making it part of your workflow is actually quite simple. Bluebeam likes to say that they support Estimators, but honestly, they focus more of their support towards field ops and collaboration with Architects, Engineers and GC’s IMO.

[Doug McLean]

Firstly, you have to have Extreme/ Complete

Then you need to have this document https://support.bluebeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Bluebeam-Script-Reference-2018.pdf

Now go to the Help menu for Using Scripts in Revu… it will walk you through everything you’ll need to know (there’s even a link the Script Reference I posted above)

Good luck

[Doug McLean]

Maybe think about adding the Status column.

I know you’re new, but you should learn about this wonderful column and what it can do.

If your Estimating team is making the markups, then build your Custom Status to default to “Estimator Review”. Then the PM can update the status later to “PM Review”.

You’ll also be able to sort by Status in the markups list

[Doug McLean]

I was also thinking maybe multiple legends might be a solution.