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@david-cutler I haven’t seen any differences between the two of them but that makes me wonder why would they then bother have the two separate tools?
With regards changing your existing tools, can you use a custom column for the rise / drop?
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Hi @troydegroot – is there content to go with this one as nothing appears to be loading here? 🧐
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And here is a extract that shows how this process helps when you have done other markups….
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It certainly simplifies and speeds up the valuation process when I’m out on site @david-cutler
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One of the things I use the pasting of numbers from Excel for is progress for valuations as I already have a spreadsheet with all of the stages on it.
I start by taking a site layout and removing many of the layers so I have something that is uncluttered as possible.
I then add the stages as close to the plots as I can get them. This is then printed on A3 so I can use my weatherproof clipboard as I walk around site.
This way I don’t have to refer to a ticksheet and then a layout as I walk around site. On one site I have four phases and two trades on each phase so things can get a bit complicated!
When I get back to the office completing the valuation on Excel takes just a few minutes.
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I think Troy has said that this is something to do with the actual text – possibly two layers overlapping or something like that?
I have actually given up using Sets as this happens far too often with the drawings I use. I haven’t got the time to manually adjust so many when there are hundreds involved.
As a shortcut I’ve got a spreadsheet which goes through my folders and collates all the drawings & rebsions based on their file names.
However I would much prefer it if Sets could be made to work a bit better in this regard.
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Thanks Michael.
Unfortunately I know very little (well actually nothing) about this sort of thing so I guess it is going to be something I need to read up on! 😀
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I reset mine from Adobe quite a while ago but virtually everyone else that I know still has Adobe as their default viewer even if they have Bluebeam installed.
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@David Cutler I totally agree about the civil construction aspect however, I can also confirm that when it comes to structural works (building footprints, etc.) then the perimeter tool can definitely be used to speed things up.
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Same here which makes me wonder how most of my tools have been set using “perimeter” instead of “polyline”?
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@david-cutler that’s unfortunately what I thought.
The grid display seems to vary as you zoom in & out which is of no use unfortunately.
I did start drawing up a template but thought that I must have been missing something and that a scaled grid is one of those things that Bluebeam would include.
I guess this is another one to add to the requested new features list!
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Thanks @troydegroot !
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Thanks @David! I was only getting that to work on the areas for some reason??? I don’t suppose you know how you update the tools that you already have saved?
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Thanks @David that worked for me. As you say – another great post!
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Thanks David – I definitely have a look at that next time!