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I believe the import just adds them to the existing ToolSet, even if it’s a duplicate. so you would have to clean out the unwanted ones or delete them from the CSV before importing…

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I’m not sure how to do that the best way, if at all. You could try to draw a line to all the current endpoints. then draw a different line to scale, 5′-0″ off. Then maybe as you nudge the line over the connected lines will follow….. Or just create a custom column for the setback, give a value of 5′-0″ and have it automatically subtract 5′ from every length..

[Troy DeGroot]

Interesting, I haven’t seen it, but I think others have.

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I wanted to test a few options before I responded. I was hoping you could add them as a hyperlink before you uploaded them, but it doesn’t work. It makes sense I guess because Sessions can only have pdf files, so the path to the Profile or ToolSets doesn’t come through. If you can provide the files in a Studio Project first, I think that would be the say to go. Maybe others in the group have found a workaround…

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If you select all the markups and go to the Measurement Panel, toward the bottom you can change the units setting. You might have to select your tools in the toolsets and make this change for each one before placing any more. or just switch it when you’re done.

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Nice, I was so many years in before I found the mirror tool! Grouping just makes it even more powerful

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I don’t think I’ve ever used that feature. In the past, I have created a new shortcut on my computer and pasted the path to my dashboard on a Studio Project. This way it opens Bluebeam, the Project, and the dashboard all in one double-click.

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2I always have to refer back to the blog post I wrote with the steps.

https://www.bluebeamandburgers.com/bluebeam-blog/best-practices-for-sharing-bluebeam-revu-tools-profiles/

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Because a Session only allows PDF files we are unable to save the .bex set file. What I typically do is save the Set and all the supporting documents and folders in a Studio Project. Because they are individual pages, it’s easier for multiple users to work on drawings without getting a “Read Only” warning. When that happens, I just right-click the document and add it to a Session, collaborate, and return it to the Project copy. This will check it out of the Project, but allow many users to mark up at the same time. Then Check-In to the Project again. Hope this helps.

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Hyperlinks, bookmarks, and things are great as well, but at a minimum update the page labels.

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I believe the “My Tools” toolset stays with the individual user, therefore doesn’t transfer when distributed because it already exists on that new machine. I try to keep everything in one Profile as much as possible and break down different workflows, departments, or maybe submittal types into individual “ToolSet” rather than Profiles. This way you only have to manage one profile when updating and deploying. Different teams can turn off the ToolSets they don’t use which is essentially providing Profile with several different appearances. I really hope that makes sense. whew!

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Good find David, I only use the My Tools for things I use all the time and could memorize the number (which when tied to memory, isn’t very many😂) If I remember right, I tested this several years ago to find out you could have more than 100.

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Those who have templates or dashboards open for everyday tasks. Dashboards link to folders of many drawings so it can be a great shortcut to have it open automatically with Bluebeam. It could also be used if someone is working on the same drawings for several days. If you are doing estimates on the same set of drawings every day for a week, you could just have it open… Although it’s also at the top of your Recent Files list too.

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This is a great list, Andrew! I often forget OCR

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@Roro A lot of horizontal construction projects like utilities and roads have a drastically different scale in each direction. Calibrating allows Bluebeam to do the formulas for distance and area based on the two different scales. We used to have to create formulas in custom columns.