Bluebeam Tutorial Series

Topics include:
– Setting up a project
– Initiating a session
– Involving the project team in reviews and approvals
– Finalizing the PDF
– Sharing the electronic documents
– Closing the sessions

Bluebeam: Draw Layouts & Detail
In the AEC industry, there are many of us who do not have full-blown CAD skills. Superintendents, project managers, estimators, and sales staff may all need to create drawings, but rarely own a copy of a program like AutoCAD. More often than not, we are finally sketching proposed layouts and details by hand. Not only is this tedious work, but the end product is not easily edited, it’s hard to store and distribute, and it does not look quite as professional as a digital drawing. Using the features contained in Bluebeam Revu, including templates, Sketch Tools, scale calibration, and length and area measurements, we can generate more accurate and professional drawings. In this course, Jim Rogers shows how to generate electronic layouts that can be distributed as PDFs, printed, or sent to Bluebeam Studio Project folder. The techniques rely on the Sketch Tools markup feature, which allows us to “sketch to scale” and record the length and area values ​​as we draw. Jim also shows how to save and share our drawings with customers and colleagues, and extract quantities to generate cost estimates.

Topics include:
– Creating a template or importing an existing template
– Customizing the Bluebeam workspace
– Setting the scale
– Drawing with the Sketch Tools
– Adding dimensions
– Saving and exporting quantity data

Learning Bluebeam
Bluebeam Revu has changed the modern construction documentation. A revolutionary PDF program, Bluebeam can convert 2D and 3D drawings from almost any CAD or BIM software into PDFs that the entire project team can view. Bluebeam also offers markup, estimation, redlining, and project management tools for managing each step in a document’s lifecycle. Plus, you can search for more than just text; With Bluebeam you can find symbols, details, and callouts throughout a set of documents. This training course will teach you how to use all these tools and leverage the Bluebeam’s built-in cloud-based collaborative features to manage your construction projects in a paperless environment. Jim Rogers helps you choose the right version of Bluebeam for your company, customize the tools and views, convert files to PDFs and create PDFs from scratch.

Topics include:
– Choosing a version of Bluebeam: Vu to eXtreme
– Installing Bluebeam and Bluebeam plugins
– Customizing Bluebeam
– Creating PDFs with Bluebeam Revu
– Converting images
– Editing Bluebeam PDFs
– Searching Bluebeam documents
– Making
estimates and takingoffs – Redlining as-built drawings
– Creating an active punch list
– Setting up a Studio Project or Studio Session