[Vince]

I’ve just updated to 21.4 mainly because I wanted to try to use the new cycle through feature. I had to sign out and back into Revu a few times before it would work but now that it is, I’m already finding really useful as my drawings have so many markups on them.

I guess it would also be quite handy to know about the new features – and their pitfalls!!! – when teaching as those new to Revu seem to be the ones who instantly install the new updates. I’m assuming that is who you are mainly teaching?

I’m just wondering if it is possible to have a second ‘desktop’ on your computer for teaching with an older version on it????

[Vince]

How many drawings are you guys typically talking about sharing? Working on housing projects here in the UK, we are looking at several hundred drawings if not thousands on each site. My groundworkers have even been talking to someone like Viewpoint to have their own system made.

With regards progress though, a lot of the groundworkers machines are now set up with computers which mean they can drive out into the middle of a field and start excavating foundations, grading the ground to new levels, etc. – it is pretty amazing!

[Vince]

Happy New Year @DavidCutler and everyone else here in Bluebeam land!

[Vince]

As the end destination for my workflows is an Excel spreadsheet all I need to do is hit the refresh button before I make my final submission.

Maybe you could use the Date column in Revu and a date box in Excel as part of your final check?

[Vince]

Hi @DavidCutler !

I’ve has something similar to this when adding new columns in a profile, opening up the drawing in the wrong profile, etc..

Here’s a suggestion but I can’t guarantee it we will but it may be worth a try.

Export the columns from a new drawing where everything works and save these on your computer somewhere.

Then go to the drawing that you are having issues with and simply import the new custom column set.

Hopefully, this will correct everything………

[Vince]

I’m not sure that I want any particular ‘standard’ style included however, I do wish that the process of copying and updating styles that you’ve already created was easier!

[Vince]

I haven’t really come across anyone yet who uses Studio so have never really looked into it. I guess that it is something that I should learn about though.

[Vince]

Have a great time there @DavidCutler !

[Vince]

That is not looking good, and I expect the necessary fix won’t be ready very soon!

[Vince]

@DavidCutler I’m not sure which feature I find most helpful but one thing i’m certainly glad of is the removal of some of the glitches in Revu 20!

Having said that, there are still a few that need seeing to in Revu 21.

[Vince]

I don’t always want to update upon opening the spreadsheet hence choosing when to refresh. Sometimes I like to save a new copy so I have a version history or so I can play around with the info that has already been collected.

That’s not to say that I don’t have macros that run on opening or closing a spreadsheet. I have ones that close and hide all the worksheets when closing. Then on opening the sheets only unhide if the user has the correct credentials – machine name or something like that.

[Vince]

New or updated profiles do often cause me a few headaches but once they are finished, they are really worth that bit of extra effort required to get them to work!

[Vince]

I’ll be coming to you @Doug McLean if I ever need to do something with Sharepoint!!!

[Vince]

I have the same problem with images not showing on some drawings and that is on a windows laptop.

Sometimes nothing shows up. Other times only my markups are displayed.

I’ve been in contact with the Bluebeam technical team and they just think it may be a hardware problem and can’t offer any solutions.

I’ve sent of the specs for my computer and they’ve confirmed that it is more than capable of doing everything that it should.

[Vince]

If you want to send it to me so I can see what happens when I open it – I’d be happy to have a look.