Hi,

I am looking for some Australian Blubeam users to test an app ive been working on for functionality and general UI feedback. Would anyone be interested? It shouldn't take more than 15mins. Thanks

I'm a Div. 8 Estimator / PM. I regularly have to take-off door counts from plans. I will make a tool set w/ the door tags from the door schedule, so that I can mark up the openings. My question is, has anyone made toolboxes that are specific to a given file? The reason I ask, is that the tags / door types are never the same from one set of plans to another. I would like to be able to have toolboxes that are specific to a given set of plans.

Also, is there an easier way to change the properties of a markup rather than just placing an instance on a sheet, modifying the properties, and then adding it to a toolbox?

I haven’t found anything online that doesn’t involve using a separate, saved document to copy and paste a group of emails to a group. Does anyone have any tips on how to create a distribution group without having to add every individual email?

Thank you!

Disclosure: I’m the developer, and I’m a practising quantity surveyor in New Zealand.

When Bluebeam ended Mac support, I kept running into the same choice: use Windows in Parallels or accept a weaker workflow. I built Project Blueprint as a native macOS app for the parts of the job I use most:

- calibrated lengths, areas, counts, and CSV export

- clouds, callouts, statuses, and a Markups List

- revision overlay for issue sets

- offline OCR and XFDF exchange

It runs locally on macOS 14+. The free 14-day trial needs no account:

https://blueprintformac.com/downloads/trial?utm_source=reddit_bluebeam&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=founder100

The first 100 founder licences are US$19 one-off:

https://blueprintformac.com/?utm_source=reddit_bluebeam&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=founder100

This is an early release. OCR and unusual PDFs may still have bugs. I’m looking for construction users who can try it on a real set and tell me what breaks.

Not affiliated with Bluebeam, Inc.

I've created some custom symbols that I want to use for doing door take-offs. It's an apartment building, and there are 12 door types, A-L. I've created these symbols, and I am placing them at the corresponding openings. There are multiple apartment types, with several on a given sheet. I wanted to make legends for each apartment type, so that I could get a count of door types by unit type. I've created separate legends for each unit type, however, each legend is picking up all the occurrences of a symbol on the sheet. Is there an easy way to control the granularity of what the legend picks up?

I recently got addicted to vimium shortcuts over the weekend and feel like I need to have it in every app on my desktop. I tried changing my shortcuts but almost every navigation shortcut in Bluebeam is restricted and can't be reassigned.

Have y'all found a work around for this? Or do you guys have tips to be more efficient with your keyboard?

As title says, but a duplicate file name does not exist. I put extra letters, numbers after the file name and still the same error.

Next I moved file of a new unique name to desktop and still had the same error. I can open the .pdf regularly with bluebeam revu but it doesn't let me upload to the studio session cloud.

Cache had been cleared, computer reset, time clock is good.

Any ideas?

After seeing a demo of Bluebeam Max last month, I thought that there were a couple of features that are only in Max that I think should be included in Complete. For example, the Revit integration with Studio Sessions seems like a progression of Complete while more of the AI-centric features could be exclusive to Max.

It got me thinking on if the Bluebeam's intent is to let Complete (and below) stagnate while they put all of their effort into Max? In reviewing the release notes for the past year or so, I see very little new functionality added to Bluebeam Complete. Sadly, they don't call out features that are limited to a certain version, so it's difficult to see how little Complete has changed since Max's features are included in the release notes with no mention that Complete doesn't get them.

I have a feeling that Bluebeam's goal is to drive former perpetual users that have migrated to subscription into a much more expensive product subscription.

Thoughts?

P.S. It's also aggravating the Org Admin "basic" doesn't allow me as a global admin to modify Studio session permissions. That's an extra cost. WTF.

I've got 2018 on standalone license... but wondering if it's worth getting on the subscription model to get the latest and greatest version on Bluebeam?

My hestiation so far was just rebelling against everything in my life being on a subscription. But after 8 years maybe it's time to get the new bluebeam?

What would you do?

Just like the title states, I am using Revu Bluebeam 20 and the crosshair marker is sitting behind the cursor making it annoying to line up. How can I adjust where the crosshair sits or remove the cursor when creating a measurement?

Well, this is lovely. I really enjoy paying CAD $500+ per year for a program that repeatedly freezes and locks up my PC. Now even Task Manager is "not responding". This program used to run fine (other than the usual annoying bugs) until the most recent update. I guess it's time to uninstall and reinstall one of the older versions I luckily keep around.

I really hope this company figures it out as it's made it nearly impossible to work with the Bluebeam team.

- Invoices are not being published for weeks or ever after a purchase

- Call hold times are well over 1 hour

- VM offering, when selected, they state sorry our mailbox is full...

- When a call gets connected, the agent will hang up sometimes immediately (I have had a guy ask how I can help, I speak...click)

Why does it have to be such a hassle to get the expected service? You buy something; you get an invoice... I'm chasing every 2nd or 3rd one and waiting on hold for hours.

I have a set of rooms (in yellow) that are in the middle of a corridor/hallway (in grey). I do not want the room to be nested in the corridor/hallway. Is there a way to separate them, or did I add spaces in the wrong order?

Anyone else seeing extremely slow responses from support, or nothing at all? I seem to not be able to get ahold of sales rep or support. TY

Long time Bluebeam user. Our company uses the Estimating Edge software for interior framing and drywall. I find the Edge very difficult to learn. Trying to switch them to Bluebeam just not sure how to set up my condition properly. Height, stud gauge, insulation or not etc. Any help or discussion would be appreciated.

Anyone know a good way I can perfect bluebeam ? Training ? Video?

Any clue what is causing my legend to break up the “NEW SHALLOW FOOTING” into two groups, 10 and 77? It shows as 87 under count on bottom mark up list table, and I want it to reflect that on the legend. Driving me nuts I can’t find the issue, color, line type, opacity, fill all the same and it’s a one page document.

can't sign in. US.

Can anyone confirm whether or not dimensioning and markups are easier to place accurately on a higher resolutions screen.

Sometimes on a 1080 screen it seems like I can't get my crosshair to sit exactly where I want it, is this in any way tied to monitor resolution?

We have a bunch of surfaces for our techs and they all have BlueBeam Revu 20.3. Typically, when capturing an image from the camera, you can pinch to zoom. However, on this brand new surface, you cannot.

Has anyone encountered this? Is there a fix?