Bluebeam Revu is (in my slightly biased opinion) the best PDF mark-up, creation, collaboration, and editing tool there is. There are so many functions within Revu which make it invaluable people working with PDF’s who need to not only measure & mark up but extract useful data too. Although Revu is now only available for…
Autodesk Revit 2019.2 Update
New features connecting data, cloud, and customer. Since the release of Revit 2019, Autodesk developers have put a lot of focus on suggestions from the Revit Ideas page. This is a platform where users can post ideas and features that they wish to see in Revit. Subsequently, with enough votes, it might be added to the…
AutoCAD Specialised Toolsets are timesavers
AutoCAD Specialised Toolsets are timesavers Autodesk recently commissioned a study comparing basic AutoCAD to the AutoCAD specialised toolsets. Therefore you can find out how they compared for performing common design tasks. You’ll be amazed at what timesavers you can achieve with AutoCAD Toolsets. When you subscribe to AutoCAD 2019, you can get access to all AutoCAD “specialised…
Cloud Collaboration – Autodesk BIM 360 Platform
Cloud Collaboration: Out with the old in with the new If you currently work in the Building industry, you are bound to have heard the term BIM (Building Information Modelling) used often. Yet it seems that after more than 10 years since the term was first uttered, people are still confused as to the exact meaning…
Own that Markup in Bluebeam Revu
Own that markup Following our recent Bluebeam 2018 webinar, we received some questions regarding “owning markups” in Revu. With tools as powerful as those found in Revu, there’s always a chance that someone could accidentally (or intentionally) edit your markups. Are you interested to learn a workflow where markups are only editable by the author? …
The secret life of a Bluebeam Revu markup
The humble Bluebeam Revu markups have a secret life that only a few users ever discover. In this short post on “the secret life of a Bluebeam Revu markup”, we’ll highlight a few of the most useful ones. Text markups Add a Text Callout (a leader line with text). Shift+left-click over the knee of the…
Bluebeam Revu 2018.1 update
Bluebeam Revu 2018.1 It’s a point-release, so there are the necessary fixes which help with the performance and stability of Bluebeam Revu, but there’s also some new features. So what have they added in Bluebeam Revu 2018.1? The good news: Customers who are using 2018 can update to 2018.1 at NO charge by following the “Check for…
Meltdown and Spectre – Processor Security Flaws
The flaws – Meltdown and Spectre Meltdown and Spectre are the names of two serious security flaws that have been found within computer processors. They could allow hackers to steal sensitive data without users knowing, one of them affecting chips made by Intel, AMD and ARM Holdings. That means if you use a desktop, laptop, smartphone or cloud service…
Dropbox and AutoCAD
As of November 2017, Dropbox and AutoCAD became best buddies. By connecting your Dropbox account to AutoCAD, Dropbox users can now open and save DWG files directly to Dropbox without leaving the AutoCAD desktop application. This is particularly useful for a number of reasons; Short on disk space, Contractor access to your files, Not using selective…
Windows 10 Update Potential Issue
The Microsoft Windows 10 Fall Creators Update may cause issues with some Autodesk software – particularly Autodesk Vault. The suspicion is that a .net update is the cause of the problems. More details to come. The default Windows Update settings should be changed to ‘Current Branch for Business’ to avoid this issue. Each company will…