bluebeam tutorial - power design inc
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Bluebeam Tutorial
Bluebeam is a PDF review tool used to generate, package, and review Drawings. PDFs are our primary
medium between departments and to the field and other disciplines
Printing
Shortcuts
Bluebeam is also used to Redline drawings. Below is a list of Shortcuts that help when using this tool.
Cloud C
Cloud+ K
Ellipse E
Eraser Shift+E
Highlight H
Line L
Arc Shift+C
Arrow A
Tool Chest
The Tool Chest contains a multitude of Symbols that will help when redlining a drawing
Select Print under the File Tab
Select the Printer you would like to use
Select the paper size or, if you are printing at
full scale, select the Auto select Paper size
option
Select the Page range you would like to print
use Commas in between sheets if you are
printing a range but not all sheets
Select Fit to paper. As the PDFs should already
be at the correct Size there is no need to adjust
the scale to print properly at full size
Select Apply and then Print
Dimension Shift+L
Polyline Shift+N
Pen Tool P
Polygon Shift+P
Callout Q
Rectangle R
Textbox T
Measure M
Length Shift+Alt+L
Perimeter Shift+Alt+P
Area Shift+AltC
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Paste in Place Ctrl+C
Cut Ctrl+C
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y
Group Markups Ctrl+A
Spell Check F7
Save Ctrl+S
Select Text Shift+T
Additional Shortcuts
Click the Tool Icon
located on the Left
Toolbar
The sub tabs contain annotations and details
Place these on the drawing by dragging and
dropping
Combining Sheets
Open Bluebeam and select Combine under the File Tab.
Navigate to the folder containing the PDFs requiring combination. Select all PDFs you want to combine
then Select Open
Extracting Sheets
Right Click on one of the Sheet thumbnails and selet extract Pages
Replacing Sheets
Repeat for any additional sheets you may wish to replace
Once you have selected your files and reviewed
the Settings press okay and the Process will begin.
Once it is complete, Review your combined
thumbnail list to make sure all sheets are present.
Save as this combined file following our standard
naming convention
YYYY.MM.DD – Submission Name – Combined
Right Click on one of the Sheet
thumbnails and selet Replace Pages
Navigate to the folder containing the
PDF you wish to use to replace this
sheet
Check Replace Page content only
Press OK
Select Which Pages you would like
extracted and press OK.
Navigate to the Folder you would
like these pages extracted to and
Select Folder for the process to
begin