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@Doug McLean What are you trying to automate? I’ve seen lots of digital dashboard strategies, here is what I’ve always done:

1. Create a template project folder structure, Saved on your network.
2. Save the Template Dashboard in the root directory of that project.
3. Create all the links, and make sure all your links are set to Relative.
4. When a new project comes in, make a duplicate where you save your project data, whether that’s a network location or Studio Project. All the paths should remain if you move the entire thing together.

I saw a video a year ago using javascript to turn layers on/off on a dashboard. I didn’t really understand why they took that approach. It’s a lot easier to create several pages that look different, than to script hiding things on one page.

I’d love to hear what ideas you guys picked up from @mechave presentation. Digital Dashboards are one of my favorite things to do in Bluebeam.

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Not that I’m aware of @sdryan

Welcome to the group and thanks for being here, I look forward to learning from you.

I could certainly build any tools you might be looking for, just go to the contact us menu at the top and schedule a free introduction call.

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@dsperg I was digging through some of my old notes looking for tips & tricks for an upcoming webinar and found this one. Let me know if this helps.

Select several markups, holding the Shift key select several pages in the thumbnails, right click, and add markups to selected pages. All markups will copy to the selected pages.

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I do miss that middle grip from AutoCAD. Unfortunately, I don’t think we have that option. Great suggestion to developers. Thanks for being in the group @mikeceilingsystems-com

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This depends on many factors and there are probably several correct answers.

• If I just add a new Toolset, I just share the .btx file and have them double-click to load it. Then, Save Profile.
• If there are a lot of changes, I would have them delete the Profile .bpx, Toolsets .btx, and Custom Column .xml files. Then, load the entire Profile again.
• Some companies save the Profile in a locked folder on a network and map all the individual user computers. This way you can make the change globally. Some run a script to delete and deploy profiles every weekend. The rest here is anyone taking the time to build their own custom tools, might lose them (every weekend)
• Maybe this older post will help some too. Best Practices for Sharing Bluebeam Revu Tools Profiles

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Great post @David Cutler thanks for sharing.

I knew there was a catch to Child Layers so I tested it. If you assign your custom tools to a child layer in your toolset, it will only show the parent layer on a new document. Layers are extremely powerful, and child layers can definetly make a project easier to manage. Too bad it doesn’t stick in the toolchest. The work around I guess to to filter by color or label in the markups list.

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Great troubleshooting already @dsperg and I echo David Cutler’s questions.

Is the Form field you want to copy to each page a text field or a signature field?

When I’ve done this in the past I had to copy to the clipboard and CTRL+Shift+V to paste in place on each sheet. Not the answer your looking for at all.

In some cases the information in the text form is the same on every sheet, like a quote number or project number. In this case I make sure each text field is name exactly the same on every page. This way when you fill in one, it carries the data to all the matching fields.

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I love it!

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@David Cutler you need to become a celebrity like @Doug McLean once your manager sees the industry paying attention, he will too. 😂🤣

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Good visual @lizlarsen “just like the export CSV window”. I’d like to see a list of all the ToolSets, Line Style files, Hatch Pattern files, Custom Column files, Export Configs, Stamps, PDF Templates, Email Templates, and Saved Filters in the Markups List. This way you know exactly what’s included. As someone who builds and shares Profiles all the time, it’s frustrating to never know for sure what’s included when saving a Profile. You have to go to each one of these locations and make sure to save to profile before you save the profile.

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I sometimes use a * or _ to sort them to the top, but that doesn’t always work if the person in CAD used the same idea.

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I just make sure I show those users how to save them locally.

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The search bar at the top works great, it will show you everything including blogs, videos, and forum content. Or ask @David Cutler 🤣

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Great tip @David Cutler , I love that Snapshot tool!

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My fingers are crossed we have stopped the bleeding. Now we just have to delete 90,000 posts and comments. We’ll be back to a clean forum again soon. Thanks for your patients and understanding.