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Bluebeam: Tips and Tricks

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Overview

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Jim Rogers

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