Hi, it's best to take a look at our Bluebeam for Beginner course. We offer it live and on-demand. You can visit zentekconsultants.net/bluebeam-revu-for-beginners/
Excellent! So how do you create the template ahead of time that points to the tools so you don't have to go to each cell? Do you point the excel cells individually or collectively to a Tool PDF template? I am not sure on this middle portion on how to set it up? ty
Generally speaking, you create a Master PDF with all your tools, and a Master Workbook that links to them. Then all you need to do is save the Master workbook to a job and point it to the PDFs for that project. Start dropping tools on it and they auto-populate in the spreadsheet.
Awesome video I’m still running the standard revu and I’m thinking on switching to the new version . I do have a quick question. I’m a concrete contractor and when it comes to defining my rebar in a footing . Is there a way to create a tool that defines my bar that has a 2’ over lap ? Or let’s say a bar around the whole building
You’d be drawing out individual bars to do it, but you can overlap or wrap as needed. You might want to look into our ZenTek Revu Tools - Concrete set for this type of work. zentekconsultants.net/zentek-revu-tools/
@@benl3rd There are custom columns, with basic calculation formulas in our ZenTek Revu Tools and extended formulas in our ZenEstimate tools but they function only within Revu and aren’t linked to Excel by default, though they can be.
Great video. Is it possible to use the Bluebeam to Excel link for other markups besides takeoffs? For example, if I have an excel spreadsheet of schedule dates, and I want those dates to automatically link and update as markups on the PDF, is this possible?
This can happen when someone password protects a file and/or makes it a PDF/A. Sometimes, you can get around it by doing a SAVEAS or printing the file as a new PDF.
