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  • Troy DeGroot

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    September 9, 2024 at 9:28 am in reply to: Remove all Hyperlinks within a Set
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    Welcome to the community @corbin

    If you run the Batch Hyperlink it should replace the old ones when it creates all the new links. That’s one thing to try. I would leave all the pages in a single PDF, update all the page labels, and then run the Batch Hyperlink. Be sure to update the appearance of the hyperlinks in the Options before you place them. Once you have it all set up correctly you can extract pages to individual PDFs. I would always keep the original combined file with all the links to fall back on if needed.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    September 9, 2024 at 9:18 am in reply to: I’m not a Coder
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    I’m not sure I have the expertise, but I love it when Bluebeam is used for fun stuff like this. I think it sharpens our skills and allows the software to flex once in a while. Once you get it to work, we’ll have to work together on a blog post. If you’d like, you can share the PDF here and give more details about the issue.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 27, 2024 at 1:52 pm in reply to: Using Snapshots for Overlays
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    Great wisdom here @Doug McLean

    Thank you!

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 26, 2024 at 1:39 pm in reply to: New at Blue Beam
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    All great resources mentioned here @brent

    I’m glad you found this group and website, there are tons of written blogs, video tetorials, free downloads, free and paid digital courses, and access to over 3,000 users in this forum to brainstorm solutions with. You pretty much don’t need to go anywhere else. 🤣

    I’m a little bias, but the courses you find here are the best you will find. I have almost 30 years in the industry and it shows in all aspects of my training.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 20, 2024 at 1:10 pm in reply to: Workflow “Quality Control” – what’s your process?
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    I always have checklists. They get so long, that I have categories and sub-categories🤣.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 1, 2024 at 5:12 pm in reply to: New Topics in Civil Design?
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    I would imagine this could be done with a custom line style, I would have to play with it.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    July 29, 2024 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Personal Post
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    Such great news! thanks for the update!

  • Troy DeGroot

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    September 9, 2024 at 9:47 am in reply to: RFI Tool – Use Cloud & Callouts with Sequence
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    I agree the sequence tool is not as powerful as most people would like because of its limitations. I think @DavidCutler is on the right track with custom tools. I like to build a delta symbol (triangle) and overlay a text markup RFI#. Then group them and add it to your toolset. Your user should know what the next RFI number is in the sequence, once they place it, they can double-click and update the #. This way you only need one tool and they should all be organized properly in the markup list. I also like to hyperlink the actual RFI document to the markup for quick access when navigating the plans.

    I’ve also built a delta with ANS# or something like that so when an an answer comes back I can place the symbol, match the RFI # and hyperlink to the response document. This way the question and answer are all stored where they need to be, directly on the plan. You could even go as far as custom statuses for answered/unanaswered.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 26, 2024 at 1:42 pm in reply to: New at Blue Beam
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    At least he’s plugging the resources on this website @Doug McLean 🤣

    You guys are awesome. And @mechave and @Jason are awesome on the MCR also.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 22, 2024 at 5:13 pm in reply to: Workflow “Quality Control” – what’s your process?
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    A team review is a great training opportunity as well. new people, new tools, new workflows. You make the most progress with an implementation when you show what’s possible beyond the current.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 9, 2024 at 1:40 pm in reply to: What was your Dumb Question as a Bluebeam beginner?
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    I admit, I don’t use the Lasso tool, but maybe I should. For anyone interested, it’s under the Edit menu or Shift+O

    For the sake of learning, I select markups by holding down my right mouse button and drawing a selection window.

    Left to Right will select everything inside the window.

    Right to Left will select everything the window touches.

    Lasso allows you to freehand draw a selection shape which can be a lot more flexible with what you’re selecting as you weave around objects.

    Good one @DavidCutler

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 6, 2024 at 2:11 pm in reply to: What was your Dumb Question as a Bluebeam beginner?
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    It took me a while before I realized I could create a default Legend. I don’t know how many times I went through adjusting what it looked like and what columns were visible.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 3, 2024 at 1:14 pm in reply to: What was your Dumb Question as a Bluebeam beginner?
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    I remember what an eye-opener that was for you in class! 🤣

    For those who don’t know. Disable Line Weights is on the right side of the Navigation bar across the bottom of your interface. The Dimmer button beside it also helps make your markups stand out by dimming the PDF content.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 2, 2024 at 12:56 pm in reply to: New Topics in Civil Design?
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    The corner tool is smart, maybe a line tool connecting them would tell you how many 10′ pieces.

  • Troy DeGroot

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    July 29, 2024 at 5:46 pm in reply to: Maintaining markup line thicknesses when flattening markups
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    I never have my line weights turned on, so I learned that from experience!

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