From the course: Bluebeam Revu 21 Essential Training

The basics of Bluebeam - Bluebeam Tutorial

From the course: Bluebeam Revu 21 Essential Training

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The basics of Bluebeam

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- At its core, Bluebeam Review is PDF software, similar to other applications such as Adobe Acrobat or the free PDF readers incorporated into many web browsers. This means it can be used to open any document or drawing that's been saved in a PDF format. Since many applications from Microsoft Word to AutoCAD can save files in pdf, this has become a universal format for sharing documents that can be viewed by anyone without having to have the software program that was originally used to create the document. This becomes really useful for sharing things like construction drawings, which are typically created using CAD software like AutoCAD. CAD software's really specialized software. It costs money, and not everyone is going to have it, and it takes some training to be able to use it. So distributing construction drawings in their original CAD format can be difficult. Designers also don't really like sharing the drawings in their original format because that allows them to be edited. So they use PDF files to preserve the final content. So the question becomes what makes Bluebeam Review different? The quick answer is that this software has really been built around the AEC industries, that's architecture, engineering, and construction. It's been built with features that go way beyond just viewing PDF files. It has features that simplify handling large format documents like our blueprints and makes them much easier to navigate. It has features that enable comparing one revision to another and features that allow it to be used as a full featured takeoff and estimating program. And its ability to mark up drawings and documents and to assign and track those markups enables some real time-saving workflows. Okay, that's the short answer to why Bluebeam. Let's continue with the course and dive into all these features and functions that will answer your questions about using Bluebeam Review.

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