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Did both of the versions have the layers before you slipped?

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My first thought would be that his tool is defaulting to a hidden layer. Are they still showing up in the markup list?

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Sounds like she is gaining valuable experience on a large project, good for her.

It depends on where the drawings came from and who produced them. Back in the manual drafting days, you could write whatever dimension you wanted between the extension lines. It didn’t always matter if it was to scale. That carried into 2D CAD programs as well, where you could override the dimension value. In a 3D BIM world, the rule is to model everything exactly how it should be built, so dimensions are accurate. You’re also not able to override dimensions anymore.

At the end of the day, it depends on the tools used and the quality of the work.

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Sorry for pulling this post back to the surface, but I found the answer. You can save and share or import your pinned categories to another computer. I wrote a quick blog post.

https://uchapter2.com/how-to-save-and-share-pinned-categories-in-bluebeam-revu/

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That’s pretty cool @dhwalkellc

We’re already able to produce a lot of similar reports with sorting and filtering the export. Do you see this eliminating the need for some of the custom columns, maybe simplify things a little? It will be fun to see the progress and abilities once you get beyond the first try. I’m sure there will be many cool things to share! I really appreciate you sharing Don!

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It might be a result of the outage last week. That’s the only guess I have. Here is the link on how to fix it. 🤞🏼🤞🏼

https://uchapter2.com/bluebeam-outage-2025-recap-what-happened-and-how-to-fix-ongoing-issues/

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I do the same; I have all my customer tools organized in that folder as well, so I carry it forward every release. All my files linked up seamlessly, but since everything is stored on my local computer, I don’t have any network issues.

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You definitely sent me on a research mission! Thanks for the head start!

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I always thought the recent files were more of a local thing, and there was no way it could be saved and shared. Turns out, it’s extremely easy! Good luck with the computer migration!

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Great share @DavidCutler

Way to see it through to finally find the solution. Most people don’t know layers are even a thing. Making sure its on Default before saving is a great solution, I didn’t think of off hand. Again, thanks for sharing.

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Civil models can have an extremely large number of points and surfaces. If he could provide just the right layers, it should reduce the file size. Maybe you’ll have more success with that…?

I’m excited to see it when you make it work.

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I wonder if their file could be imported into another software, maybe Civil 3D, and then exported as an ICF… where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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I wasn’t sure, but it was worth a shot. Glad they are up and running.

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@Vince Just remember Newton’s Third Law of Updates, “For every bug fix, there is an equal and opposite new bug.” 🤣

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@Vince Looks like the 21.6.1 update published today has eliminated the “My Tools” issue