[Vince]

Hi David,

Yes, it does appear to be rather good.

I’m using it to offset oversite areas for pile mats – mark up the oversites but if they are closer than say 3m use a ‘thin’ area to join them together. Then simple ask Bluebeam to offset by whatever distance you want and create a new markup. The can then be changed to the piling mat tool with the magic wand.

Very quick and also very accurate!

[Vince]

I’ve heard early June but that may just be here in the UK.

I know that the integration with Claude has been talked about a lot and appears to be very useful – I’ve tested it on creating things like manhole schedules, etc., I think some of the other tools are going to be the most important for anyone doing take-offs.

Offset, duplicate, etc. all saved me so much time when I was using the Beta version.

[Vince]

I’ve had that here in the UK too Doug – quite funny when the salesman really doesn’t know anything more than the basics.

[Vince]

Maybe something to with the line weights being disabled?

[Vince]

Hi @DavidCutler – yes – at the 2:00 mark I’m using the magic wand to change the new perimeter markup into the kerbs from my Tool Chest.

[Vince]

It will change all of the information to that of the new tool @DavidCutler .

Therefore, you have to be careful of one thing – if you have already entered any information into custom columns then this will be lost.

This is a small price to pay for everything else being changed in one go though.

I’ll try to do some demos of how I’m using this feature soon.

[Vince]

@DavidCutler I have tried out a couple of other things as well using Claude – some work but some don’t.

One interesting one, I asked Claude to look at a set of duplicated markets in a 60 page (well that is what I think it was) document. Then, after pointing to the open file, I used a line of code as follows: –

“With the “Area Measurement” markups, any that are within a Space ending with ” – PILED” need to be changed to “Ground Beams – Type 1” markup and the remainder want to be changed to the “Foundation Footprint” markup.”

It worked!

[Vince]

I’m on 21.9 but haven’t had an issues like this so far.

[Vince]

I’ve not come across any issues with 21.9 @DavidCutler but, as Doug has also said, I’m using the Max beta.

[Vince]

I think that the move away from ‘standard’ types to virtually everything being bespoke is a universal thing now.

Here in the UK we have housing developers building large schemes – 100 to 1,000 or more homes on a scheme. 20 years ago, each developer would have a set of standard housetypes (less than 10 I would say) with maybe the odd change to elevation treatments but nothing major.

Today, if I get a package for the brickwork on 100 houses, I could well have to measure them as 70+ different housetypes due to changes like windows in different positions, bays being added to the sides of houses, feature courses being added to the brickwork, etc..

It really is becoming a bit of a pain and to make matters worse, no one really acknowledges that this adds so much time to the tendering process.

[Vince]

I do get a lot of people contacting me and asking if they can have my tools, profiles and spreadsheets – and I mean a lot!

[Vince]

I wouldn’t hold you breath on this one @DavidCutler !

[Vince]

I quite often swap between the two @DavidCutler when I look at room sizes in houses. I use feet and inches when I look at the actual size of the room, the door sizes, etc. but when it comes to measuring things like skirting boards (base boards?), architraves, etc. then I do that in metres.
I guess that’s what comes from doing a Carpentry & Joinery apprenticeship in the late 80’s!

[Vince]

I’m guessing it is to do with changing between the Select and Pan tools as you are moving around a drawing.

[Vince]

Interesting idea @DavidCutler and one I will try to have a look at.
At present, as windows and doors are usually openings which are ‘square’ on the page, most of the time it is quicker to drag the polygon cut-out than it is to copy a cut out and then try to get it in the correct position.
However, that is not to say that if I can get the template idea to work then this might speed things up.