Bluebeam: Tips and Tricks

Learn tips and tricks to help you do more with Bluebeam, the document management program for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).

Introduction

• Becoming a Bluebeam pro

Being Productive in Bluebeam 2018

• What's new in Bluebeam Revu 2018
• Navigate the new interface in Revu 2018
• The new markup properties bar
• Keyboard shortcuts and customizations
• What happened to Bluebeam Vu?
• The new Bluebeam Studio interface
• Setting global preferences
• Bluebeam on multiple computers
• Find the toolbars you need
• Customize those toolbars
• Set up panel access
• Why don't all my keyboard shortcuts work?
• Get the right mouse, be more productive
• All PDFs are not created equal
• Fix problems with Text Search
• Open a website in Bluebeam Revu
• Make sure Bluebeam Revu is up-to-date
• Use the Visual Search tool
• Missing Microsoft Office plugins
• Be more productive with right-clicks
• Turn on the Navigation Bar
• Leverage split-screen functionality
• Using the Hyperlink tool
• Convert text URLs to hyperlinks
• Automatic hyperlinks within a document
• Use the Snapshot tool
• Quickly make a markup permanent
• Quickly apply a stamp to every page
• Attachment tool
• Work faster with the File Access panel
• Be more efficient with drag and drop
• Translate markups into any language
• Translate the PDF into any language
• Add more leader lines to callouts
• Get organized with layers
• Organize your tools into sets
• Drawing mode vs. Properties mode
• Find more tool sets
• Assign your tools to layers
• Make stamps with dynamic content
• Secure your markups
• Using the Flatten and Unflatten tools
• Finding the Back button in Bluebeam
• Overlay new versions of plan sheets
• Compare Documents
• Reduce your file size for faster sharing
• Email with one click
• Manage Spell Check and Auto-Complete
• Add headers and footers to your docs
• Give a presentation In Revu
• Export to PowerPoint
• Create a spreadsheet from a schedule
• Be more efficient with the status bar
• Add web content to your PDF
• Scheduling Placeholder Movie
• Create your own digital signature
• Export your digital ID's public key
• Get an ID from a certificate authority
• Digitally sign a document
• Validate a digital signature
• Certify a document
• Modify a certified document
• Adding a seal to a digital signature
• Use DocuSign with Bluebeam
• Create a fillable form with Revu eXtreme
• Turn a digital file into a fillable form
• Create a fillable form from a template
• Installing major release updates
• The new Revu rendering engine
• Set a PDF to open on start
• Navigate quickly with thumbnails
• Three ways to stamp to multiple pages
• Add sheet labels to each page
• Find a sample blueprint
• Bluebeam as an estimating tool
• Set the scale for the measuring tools
• Improve accuracy
• Simultaneous length, area, and volume
• Use Dynamic Fill for irregular shapes
• Create a formula column
• Set multiple scales on a page
• Use sublayers for different trades
• Create custom area tools
• Create custom count tools
• Create custom counting shapes
• Use a custom tool with Dynamic Fill
• Use VisualSearch for quantity takeoffs
• Show quantity labels in your markups
• Add line segment lengths to markups
• Export the Markups list to Excel