[Troy DeGroot]

I think the trick is to reverse engineer it. Figure out exactly what the import needs to look like. Then build custom columns in Revu to match both the data and the order of the columns. Some columns can have default values, some will have choice menus. After that, you build your tools as detailed as you want to be using the custom data. for instance, you might have the same tool with different manufacturers, so you make 2 tools with different colors and set the default for the manufacturer (or material type or whatever). Hope this makes sense.

[Troy DeGroot]

We will definitely have something when we move to in-person again. A lot of great courses this year!

I’d love to hear from anyone else!

My Sessions Include:

Bluebeam Opening Keynote

Supercharge Government e-Plan Reviews with File Automation and Bluebeam (Teaching)

Design Collaboration with Bluebeam Studio

Tech Talk: All in a Day’s Data – The Collaborative & Secure Journey of Your Project Documents

Generating Accurate Bids Using Bluebeam Revu

Special Event hosted by The B1M

Bluebeam Product Keynote

How to Use Bluebeam to Provide Rapid, Accurate Facility Assessments

Big Data for Big Projects: Using Information for Any Scale of Design

Bluebeam and Autodesk Revit Workflows

The Bluebeam Extreme Awards

[Troy DeGroot]

Thanks @David Cutler
I’m working on having so many resources, I need to make sure they’re easy to find!

[Troy DeGroot]

I also ran into this yesterday, the Boundary size I can work with most time because you just have to line up one side of the thick line, it doesn’t have to be associated with anything at all. I was running into an issue where the Fill dot was too big. In full disclosure, I was creating tiny social media buttons for my email signature. 😂

[Troy DeGroot]

You would have to flatten the markup for that to work. Dynamic Fill is looking for content in the PDF, and the markups are simply overlayed so it doesn’t see them.

[Troy DeGroot]

Snapshot tool 100% of the time. Because it only takes the linework with a transparent background, it works great for creating custom markup tools from existing drawing content. Great post David!

[Troy DeGroot]

I’d love to hear more Brett, thanks for being in the group!

[Troy DeGroot]

Great questions @david-cutler , Here is my best attempt at answering.

1. There is nothing special about the markups themselves, if everyone is using the same tools which are linked, the quantities should pull through regardless of who placed them.
2. I’m pretty confident we cannot link to a file in a Studio Session so each person would have to essetually have the drawing checked out to do the markups.
3. “Sets” are mearly a xref or viewport of the individual drawings. When you set up your QL you would be linking to those drawings with no regard to the “Set”. So yes QL should work without any issues in parallel with Sets.
4. Yes, when you load the Source File, either load an entire folder or map to all the individual drawings you want linked.

Thanks for clearifying with some great questions. Wait until this weeks more advanced wrap-up of QL. I’ll be dropping some value bombs!

[Troy DeGroot]

My IT guy sent me to my marketing guy, who sent me to my graphics designer. After getting the run-around, I just decided to do it myself! 😂

[Troy DeGroot]

You might try adjusting the Edge Sensitivity in the Dynamic Fill Properties..

[Troy DeGroot]

@vince or @dcutler you could try flattening and then creating a new pdf from that one. maybe then it would be totally flattened.

[Troy DeGroot]

” but getting too late now.” 🤣

One key is a reason for sure, but it’s more customizing Revu to react to my muscle memory habits.

[Troy DeGroot]

I think with my basic cheap mouse I don’t get a consistent double-click action, so it doesn’t work half the time. I do like and prefer that method however.

[Troy DeGroot]

One more thought, your concern about layers turned off not exporting….

If I remember correctly you are exporting your markups list to a CSV file. Turning off the layers is simply a visual thing on the drawings, the markups still exist in the markups list and will be exported. A person can change the export settings to NOT include certain layers, but you wouldn’t do that.

[Troy DeGroot]

I created the links and exported them, they all come up as broken.