A dotted grid backdrop displays on the page when the Grid is enabled. This grid is purely for reference and will not be printed. To enable Grid, click Grid on the Status bar or press SHIFT+G on your keyboard.
Show Grid in the Grid & Snap Preferences can also be used to switch the grid on and off.
In Bluebeam, how can I disable snapping?
- When writing a markup, hold down the Ctrl key to temporarily deactivate snap capabilities.
- When establishing a Line or Length measurement, hold down the Shift key to snap the line to 0, 45, or 90 degrees.
- In the Measurementtools, Snap to Content is activated by default. To temporarily disable the snap, hold down the Ctrl key, or uncheck the Snap to Content check box at the bottom of the Measurement page to permanently disable it.
- You can change the size of the grid and the types of points your markups snap to. Press Ctrl+K and then click Grid & Snap or go to Revu > Preferences > Grid & Snap.
- Split See divides the Revu display into numerous panes, allowing you to view multiple PDFs at the same time.
In Bluebeam, how do you enable Snap to Grid?
On the status bar, there are numerous toggles that turn features on and off:
- When you enable Show Grid (SHIFT+G), a visible grid is overlayed on PDFs in the main workspace. The Grid & Snap Preferences are where you set the grid spacing.
- When you enable Snap to Grid (CTRL+SHIFT+F9), all points that are used to define a markup line are forced to align with the grid (even if the grid is not currently visible). Grid & Snap Preferences is where you set the grid spacing.
- When you enable Snap to Material (CTRL+SHIFT+F10), markups snap to the underlying PDF vector content.
- Snap to Content only snaps to vector images like lines and forms, not to text or photos in the PDF. The Grid & Snap Preferences determine which items are snapped to.
- When you enable Snap to Markup (CTRL+SHIFT+F11), markups in the PDF will automatically snap to other markups.
- There will be two related behaviors: the cursor will snap to points on other markups, and the cursor will snap to points on other markups (similar to how Snap to Content snaps to points in the PDF content) and
In Bluebeam, how can I turn off the ruler?
The Rulers menu turns on and off the rulers. The rulers appear along the workspace’s top and left boundaries. To measure in Inches, Centimeters, Millimeters, Points, or Picas, right-click on any ruler.
The rulers have a number of qualities that are useful:
- The active page’s limits are displayed.
- The space occupied by a particular element of the page is highlighted.
- Annotations that are grouped together appear as a single highlight.
- Callouts’ textbox areas are only highlighted.
- Flattened items, as well as Notes and Attachments, are not emphasized.
- The current position of the mouse cursor is displayed.
- Zoom scales the image.
- When snapping is enabled, this shows the position that will be snapped to.
In Bluebeam, how do you maintain your lines straight?
The Alt, Shift, and Ctrl keys can be used for more than just keyboard shortcuts. They can also be used to change how your mouse interacts with Revu, resulting in faster and more efficient workflows. Depending on the circumstances, each key will activate a distinct function.
- While creating or editing a markup, you can use Ctrl to override the Snap To settings, allowing you to place the point wherever you choose.
- To move a markup in a straight line, hold Shift while clicking and dragging it up, down, left, or right.
- The mouse wheel is also toggled between zoom and pan when Ctrl is pressed. Read Configuring the Mouse Wheel for additional details.
- Holding Spacebar while placing a markup, dragging a markup, or holding a control point allows you to pause these actions and pan around the document. Release Spacebar to return to editing your markup.
- Create new control points to add new line segments to a polygon or polyline markup (such as the Cloud, Polygon, Polyline, Perimeter, or Areatools). To add a control point, hold Shift and click on a line segment.
- By holding Shift and clicking on a yellow control point in a polygon or polyline markup, you can delete a control point.
- To change a polyline’s control point from straight to curved, hold down Ctrl while clicking on it (or vice versa). Convert Control Point to Curve (right-click > Control Point > Convert Control Point to Curve) is a shortcut.
- The handlebars for a curved point should normally move together. Ctrl+click on a control point on a handlebar to move it separately.
- While constructing an Arc, hold down the Shift key to make a circular arc.
- Select the Arctool, hold down Alt, and select the required points to build an arc from three points.
- When you move the corner control point with Shift, it will disrupt the aspect ratio of polyline and polygon-based markups. When creating or updating Image markups, this modifier also violates the aspect ratio.
When you rotate the top control point, the markups will snap to 15 increments. While rotating a markup, hold Shift to release the snap and allow for 1 increment rotations.
- To copy a markup, press Ctrl+click and drag it.
- Copy a markup by pressing Ctrl+Shift+clicking on it, then dragging it in a straight line.
- After copying a markup with Ctrl+C, press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste it in the same location as the original. If you need to cloud a room that appears on numerous pages, for example, you can make a cloud and then use this modifier to rapidly construct the same markup in the same spot on each subsequent page.
- To create a straight horizontal, vertical, or 45 line, hold Shift when using Line, Arrow, Polyline, Polygon, or other Measurement markup.
- To snap to 45-degree increments, hold Shift when using Polyline Sketch to Scaleor Polygon Sketch to Scale.
- While using the Penor Highlighttools to draw horizontal or vertical straight lines, hold Shift.
When the Enable Text Highlighting setting is enabled (Revu > Preferences (Ctrl+K) > Window > Tablet), the Highlighttool transforms into an I-beam cursor. Hold Ctrl while using the tool to override this option and draw freely.
How can I disable Bluebeam’s grid lock?
To enable Grid, click Grid on the Status bar or press SHIFT+G on your keyboard. Show Grid in the Grid & Snap Preferences can also be used to switch the grid on and off.
In Bluebeam, how do you take a picture?
Select Edit > Snapshot from the menu bar. To define a polygonal form around the desired area, click and drag a rectangle or click the desired points. A Snapshot has been taken when the defined region glows blue. To exit Snapshot mode, use ESC.
In Bluebeam, how can I display the Status bar?
The Revu desktop’s Status bar is positioned at the bottom. Prompts on the left side will assist you in using the current command or tool. The size of the current PDF page and the current cursor location are displayed on the right side. Go to View > Interface > Status Bar or press F8 to bring up the Status bar.
In Bluebeam, how can I adjust the cursor?
To change the mouse wheel’s behavior, do the following:
- Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K or go to Revu > Preferences.
- Select General > Navigation from the drop-down menu.
- To set the desired behavior for each mode, click Zoom or Scroll in the Single Page Mode and Continuous Mode drop-down lists.
To change the default page layout, go to:
- Navigate to the Documents tab.
- Select the desired page layout from the Page Layout drop-down menu. This determines which layout is used when a new document is opened for the first time.
- Based on Documents
- Continuously opens multi-page PDF files. PDFs with only one page are opened in single page mode.
- Auto-detect based on the size of the page
- The Continuous setting is used for pages under 14 inches in length, while the Single Page setting is used for pages 14 inches and longer.
In Bluebeam, how can I make the menu bar visible?
Solution. Press the F9 key while the Revu window is open. This is how you hide and expose the Menu bar with a keyboard shortcut. If you’re using a laptop or a keyboard that doesn’t have a number pad, hold down Fn and then press F9.