Bluebeam Revu

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So many functions that are pertinent to the construction industry that I can use on a daily basis from viewing files to doing quick measurements to editing files to combining or converting to and from PDF files. One very big pro about Bluebeam is the customer service. I had a laptop die on me and it locked out my bluebeam account. I contacted customer support and within a few hours, they unlocked my account for me to register on my new laptop. I thought that was absolutely incredible with the quick turnaround on my Bluebeam license.

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Probably my biggest con for Bluebeam is the cost of the software. It is a little pricey, little higher than competitors. But well worth it if you use this program on a daily basis.

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Very versatile PDF editing software for people to use especially for engineers and architect like me. Love the cut and paste and measuring function of the software

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The shortcut commands of the software are too long and cumbersome to use because most of them require 3 key strokes like measuring requires ‘alt shift L’. Shortcuts should be maximum of 2 key strokes, not 3. Provide autosave function and more videos on how to be an expert user. Provide function to enable users to change small caps into all caps & vice versa without the need to rely on additional plugged in app of another add on software.

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Nothing!! Because it doesn't work consistently enough to monitor anything good.

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Poor system, POOR communication with other systems that your group guaranteed would work. We all know that you have tried to fix problems, but your group cannot seem to get it right.

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The fact that BlueBeam adds up all the values that have been measured/counted makes life so much easier. I was using PDF X-Change before which allowed me to measure all that I needed to but I was stuck with an excel spreadsheet, hovering over every single line to add everything up with formulas. This took literal hours. Now everything is added up along the way and there's no need to use additional programs to get my totals.

The fill feature was also a game changer for me. it lessened my time measuring area measurement significantly.

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When using the Fill feature, the lines do have to be solid and bold for it to work effectively. This took a little while for me to figure out and there are some plans that is won't work for at all, such as hand drawn plans. There are work arounds like using the border feature to try to contain it but any opening will ruin the progress so far.

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Very functional, everything you could need in the construction world for a PDF software.

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I'd like it to be able to read text better, my phone can decipher text from a photo better than Revu can decipher the same text from a pdf of the same photo.

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Lots of useful features. Easy to merge documents and edit files. Lots of editing tools, and once all that's done, you can also reduce file size to allow the file to compress and be small enough to attach to emails.

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Certain updates make it very glitchy and it will freeze frequently on me. Other updates are perfectly fine. Seems they issue a revised update fairly quickly when these issues occur.

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easy to use, i like to review options and doc compare functions

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it crash a lot on big files, and slow too

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Very handy and intuitive engineering tools, you can mark up drawings, get measurements and estimate quantities very easily. The drawings tools are also very useful, allowing for easy creation of clean diagrams. The PDF tools are powerful and I have completely phased out Adobe Acrobat in favour of using Bluebeam.

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The only downside I have come across is the inability to created lines of fixed length, you have to create a measurement and then create a line to match the measurement.

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Cost effectiveness and ease of use compared to other editors.

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Some tools are less sophisticated than other editors on the market but overall worth it in terms of cost.

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Ease of marking up a PDF document, functionality of searching documents, and comparing 2 documents.

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I wish you could separate the settings and tool chest to a separate window

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Bluebeam is simple to learn and use. There are so many handy tools, and I don't even use a lot of them in my line of work but I know others who do. I particularly like the cloud tool to bring attention to revisions, but also like the text editor and the ability to scale from a set of drawings by picking two points with a known dimension.

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I think most of the tools are really great, but I would like to see a few more options for shapes that can be drawn. I use some of them to create easy to read legends for a particular set of drawings.

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easy to use, inexpensive and has great features

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I sometimes struggle to find features, but that is because I don't use everything all the time, and it is a very feature rich product

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I believe it is one of the easiest Software’s to learn as well as it being widely used that creates lots of resources to collaborate with others

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There are some quirks about the customization of takeoff items. I would have liked to have seen more templates available for the construction industry particularly Commercial Roof.

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I love that it helps me complete takeoffs, and ease of marking up drawings and be able to send request for information quickly.

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Sometimes, it is hard to learn the software but when you know how to do it. Life becomes easy.

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Bluebeam Revu provides such a wide breadth of tools, users can create or edit a document in almost any way they see fit. The ability to format a document using page labels, bookmarks, and hyperlinks allows us to present information in a digestible way regardless the size of the document. The search function and markups list make looking for information a snap. When in doubt, use Bluebeam.

Nachteile

Aside from being expensive, there is nothing to dislike about Bluebeam Revu. There are enough tutorials online to bring new staff up to speed. Tools can be accessed from customized toolbars or the menu header making it easy to catch on.

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I like how bluebeam make the takeoffs so much easier especially the count tool combined with the search tool that will make our estimate easier to price up.

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I think the length tool should be more subject to edit so i can personalized the feature or the looks

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This software is user friendly and can be custom to each individual person. Multiple functions also.

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Sometimes it freezes and I have to restart my entire computer.

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The ability to track changes to any document.

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That others do not know its full potential in design reviews and across the construction industry.

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Pros: I loved the digital estimating tools that fed back to the general, [sensitive content hidden], and architects. They were able to see any gaps in designs and see where projects might be easier to VE.

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CONS: 1) Too many tools at your fingertips makes for alot to learn, but not everything is needed. 2) If GC is using program, the document management on large projects can become very overwhelming if not organized extremely well.

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I really enjoy using Studio sessions to do quality control reviews, allows me to comment and have designers addressing comments as I go.

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Sometimes files look different in Revu than they do using other PDF viewing software, like Adobe Acrobat.

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Bluebeam Revu is full of engineering functions and features, best for reading PDF drawings.

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Bluebeam Revu is costly and complicated for basic users.

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Reviewing PDF documents and making adjustments is made easy.

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No negative things to say about it at this time.

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The program enabled us to give our foreman and project managers access to pdf drawings that they require to manage a job

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The program is not user friendly, difficult to work within, manage, save pdf's to, creating new folders is difficult

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It has a wide range of tools to help you mark your comments and leave text and shapes.

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It is relatively expensive compared to other PDF softwares

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This software handles any and all PDF tasks for us. It also can be used for photo/file manipulation. The collaboration feature allows for real time multi-user edits which has proven useful for remote workers

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I dislike the fact that the software is now only offered as a subscription purchase. We have historically bought standalone licenses. We would get 2-4 years out of the license before bluebeam quit supporting it or required us to upgrade. Now we spend even more money for each seat and we get to pay it every year. I guess they took a page out of the Autodesk playbook.

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Bluebeam has an amazing customizable tool box which I find the most helpful! There are certain tools I will use over and over again and having this quick popup with all my tools to grab and use saves me so much time. Also, adding pages into a current document is as easy as just dropping into the place where you want it. If you are using bluebeam more for just PDF purposes, this software will do so much more than adobe and give me cleaner documents. I use it alot to make submittals and I need to markup and add/ move pages alot and this makes it the easiest and fastest way for me to do so. I can remove items off the pages and add notes when needed. I can go on about the list of amazing features this offers, like counting how many outlets I need on the plan, or resizing and signing it. Your options here are endless.

Nachteile

The biggest downside to bluebeam is that it takes time to learn and isn't very user friendly for the average person. Figuring out what each tool does takes some time, and sometimes there are a few you can use for the same thing. Since bluebeam has so many features it can be hard to narrow down or even locate the one you are needing. This is why that custom tool box is so handy.

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Bluebeam Revu’s robust PDF editing tools, precise measurement capabilities, and customizable markup features make it excellent for detailed document review and collaboration.

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The software cannot handle large size PDFs and shutdowns for no good reason.

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It completely replaced printing documents for review in our office. I like all the editing capabilities and how well you can have your entire team edit a document live even if they're working remotely. The sessions feature is amazing.

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The worst feature about it is that it is cloud hosted so whenever you lose connection your dot turns red and it's not super noticeable. And if you happen to close the program while it's offline, you lose all your changes.

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document management features, easy to take takeoff quantities, pdf file reading

Nachteile

slow file loading performance issues (some time)

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I would like to pass my special gratitude to the customer support team for Bluebeam Revu. A collection of very resourceful team which understands the software so well. They really assisted me in launching and integration of this software. My emails were replied on time and in the most respectful manner. They made the app easy to use for me and that's why I have recommended it to several friends who appreciates it's work too. Keep up the good work.

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With such assistance from the customer support team, I find nothing hard. All the challenges are well addressed.

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I like the PDF editing feature and the way you can insert and extract pages.

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The search feature can be overwhelming. I think that can be made more simple.

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What I like most about Bluebeam Revu is its in depth capability for project review. Software complements well for horizontal construction plans with options for markups and collaboration. Also, allows for PDF conversion for drawings.

Nachteile

Least likeable feature is the limited technical support and customer support if there is a software issue. It may take some time to resolve the issue before it is up and running again. Also, opening / printing files may take some time.

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Super easy to download a pdf for markup , reading , scrolling or even zoom. This program is very helpful for construction plans.

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It was pretty complicated to learn all of the tools and commands. I feel I only use a portion of this and a missing out on some cool features.

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The take off function and ability to add comments was extremely useful

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The licensing expired on Mac, so new employees are unable to use the software which is a huge issue as we had three members of the commercial department using Bluebeam and we had to change when another three employees joined the team as we can't collaborate unless all on same software.

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Additional functionality beyond your normal PDF document viewing.

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The software could be more user-friendly.

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It makes marking up, commenting, and editing drawings extremely easy and quick

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Price, I feel it could be a little cheaper but it's not terrible

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Able to manage and manipulate multiple pieces of construction information. Useful to quickly design markups in a more time efficient manner than autocad

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Runs into software limitations when advanced use occurs

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Bluebeam is super easy, user friendly. As our part designs change, therefore requiring print changes, we have the capability to use the tools offered in Bluebeam to markup changes, highlight, and add text explaining revisions so everyone is on the same page as to what/why a change occurred and if it effects fit, form or function.

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No dislikes, really. We recently upgraded our SolidWorks® and am finding that Bluebeam will not be connecting/compatible with SolidWorks® any longer. That is not horrible as we can save prints other ways and still read them in Bluebeam Revu.

Vorteile

It's easy to mark up PDF files. In the construction industry, we make markups on blueprints and submittals. It's also easy for material take-offs with the measuring tools.

Nachteile

I still haven't been satisfied with all the toolbars and their locations. I have a tool bar on the top, side and bottom and I haven't figured out how to make it so I can just show the tools that I use the most.

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Quick measurements on PDF drawings, available tools are robust and haven't been missing anything I need. The prebuilt scales are ample. Drawing overlay feature is very helpful in comparing revision drawings.

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Steep learning curve to get started, fortunately there are some BB University courses to get the ball rolling.

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Bluebeam Revu is one of the best software currently in the market, i found it very helpful to manage many kind of documents. i personally use it mostly for managing PDF files. its a great toll to merge many files in a single click. with its great tools of editing we prepare many kinds of presentation for our client and consultant meeting that bear fruitful results most of the time. for any documents to change any kind of text and pictures it is very handy, managing large files and to find every single topic in a simple search is the key to this software, in short i would recommend this software for all users refer to the other same kind of software in the current market.

Nachteile

i like all the features of this software that why we are using this software in our organization. what i like the most in it is that its very easy to edit any kind of page with the desired results. with all its text styles its more fun to use, managing huge files in a single click make it more efficient. any word or topic to find is very easy

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Vorteile

Once I learned how to use it there was no going back to Adobe. Blue Beam has management tools that improve review speed and accuracy.

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Thelearning curve if you really want to use the product the correct way.

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I like that you can complete take-offs and mark-ups in real time.

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The ease of sending invitations to new users and being able to easily switch users Bluebeam Revu to a new computer.

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Incredibly simple markup tool. Variety of easy to use built in tools.

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Occasionally suffers from strange bugs that seem to propagate throughout multiple updates and versions.

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take off made easy and not having to print anything off

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the task bars seem very confusing and time-consuming to setup

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Vorteile

it was easy to use, all information could be saved on to desktop. Amazing features to make take off process much smoother

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it is not compatible with Mac. we were old it was going to be cloud based 2 years ago so that Mac users can use the software but never happened

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You will be notified via emails when you have access to project and the file.

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When the system fails ,I was not able to figure out , and had to reach out to the Bluebeam team for clarity.

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It’s an excellent software for so many varying uses! I mainly use it to edit documents.

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It needs a large monitor as the tools take up a lot of room on the screen ideally.

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Bluebeam Revu est le meilleur logiciel et adéquat que j'ai utilisé. Cet outil me permet de convertir les fichiers PDF en version DWG.

Nachteile

Comme au niveau de tout autre logiciel, Bluebeam Revu n'est pas sans inconvénients. Bluebeam Revu bloquait je suis obligé de redémarrer l'ordinateur.

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Marking up drawings and also being able to create a shared document for multiple users to mark up make this a strong tool that allows AEC professionals to go digital and avoid printing.

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Tools that allow me to draw straight lines on documents would help.