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I’ve just combined the engineering layouts for my latest project so I can measures the drainage and external works – it’s made up of 21 A1 1:200 scale drawings!!!

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Hi @Doug McLean – I’m not sure I follow what you are trying to do?

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Hi @Roye

Have you tried going to Document then Page Set-Up?

From there it would appear that you can change the media size but I’m not sure if this will change your default properties for the future?

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Bedtime reading to send you to sleep Dave? My wife told me earlier that the short version was fine but she wasn’t sure if she could make it through this one!

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Maybe it’s something that can be solved with some JavaScript @David Cutler ??? That’s a long long way down the learning list though!

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Thanks @David Cutler . Unfortunately I am trying to work my way down through the mark-up list and add a few details. The problem is that doing this at speed means that sometime the double-click doesn’t register and I end up opening save screens, etc..

Using the properties window will involve an extra click as when I use the mark-up list I am just using the up & down arrows on my keyboard to change items.

Maybe a suggestion for a new feature then – edit mark-up list mode!!!

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Great stuff @Doug McLean !

My only problem with things like this is that I look back on something I did a year ago and think “How did I do that?!” – even when I am looking at the actually macros I can still get a bit confused! I guess that, once you’ve started, you need to do this sort of thing fairly regularly which unfortunately is not always possible due to time constraints.

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Great to hear that things are working @Doug McLean !

I also like the look of that Find / Replace as I ‘ve never used it before either – just working out what to try it on!

PQ is definitely the way to go with repetitive tasks. Although not related to Bluebeam, I’ve recently used it to reduce a weekly job that took >2 hours and now it can be done in about 30 seconds. Not only that but I get far more data out of it too!

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I was just about to suggest that if the main item has a reference then you can add a text box with all of the details in. That can then be merged in PQ.

But sounds like you are already there!

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I can see how this is going to get extremely complicated if you have a lot of options!

How do you identify the main item to which the option applies e.g. the door with an optional lock? Do you use a reference number for each door or is there just a total count for each type?

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Any chance of sharing a picture of your mark-up list to help give a bit better idea of what you are trying to achieve?

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Hi @David Cutler – I am trying to add some formulas with angles in them. The first one which is linked to the length works fine but as if I try to add another one then I get the above message.

However, I’ve now gone down the PQ route which is working rather well for my roofing (carpentry) take-off sheet.

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Hi @tshump67

Ctrl + N then choose your word file and press Save.

However, if you already have the word file open then it is probably quicker to just print it as a pdf.

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I have found my old book – it is called the Roofing Ready Reckoner and I probably haven’t looked at it for 25 years!

For every pitch it gives you all of the bevel cuts (seat, ridge, edge & side) for all of the roof members.

It then gives you the length of the rafters and hips based on the actual run of the rafter – that certainly brings back a few memories!!!

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Thanks @troy-degroot

I have the formulas somewhere for the hips, etc. so will dig those out.

As for manually adding to the labels – I don’t think I have the patience for that!