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What is Bluebeam Revu?

As an award winning leader in innovative, collaborative, Cloud-based software technologies that streamline construction planning and building projects, Bluebeam's set of solutions have set the standard for excellence since 2002. Architecture, engineering, and construction teams from over 130 countries with 2+ million users have relied on Bluebeam to deliver the technical tools they need to advance projects, fine-tune budgets, and collaborate in real-time on even the most intricate details of any build site. The company's flagship solutions, Bluebeam Revu® and Bluebeam Cloud®, help users get more done in less time with powerful PDF creation capabilities, multi-format uploads, quick-and-easy mark up solutions, real-time tracking of annotations, and on-the-go reporting for team members from the construction site to the C-suite. Bluebeam Cloud®, a new addition to the Bluebeam suite of Cloud-based solutions, seamlessly connects with documents and tool sets in Bluebeam Revu®. With Cloud®, you can work from anywhere via web or iOS device with no set-up or installation required. The platform's Markup Editor enables you to easily comment and collaborate on your project documents, and its Field Tools capabilities allow you to effectively manage and track your punch, RFI and submittal workflows on the go. With Bluebeam, you'll seamlessly take your projects from bidding and takeoff creation to the final stages of construction. If collaboration in real-time is a necessity for your construction team, Bluebeam delivers an instant connection for your global project partners. Isn't it time you experience the benefits of a go-to collaborative tool that keeps your construction and architecture projects moving in the right direction? Start your free 30-day trial by downloading Bluebeam Revu® or Bluebeam Cloud® at Bluebeam.com. From a single office in Pasadena, CA, Bluebeam has steadily increased our global footprint with office locations in California, Texas, Illinois, New Hampshire, Germany, England, Denmark and Sweden. Bluebeam is part of the Nemetschek Group.

Bluebeam Revu Details
Languages Supported
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
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Product Description

Bluebeam Revu is a PDF creation and markup tool.


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Year Founded
2002
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
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@Bluebeam
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www.linkedin.com
661 employees on LinkedIn®

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Troy M.
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Troy M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Bluebeam Revu is a excellent tool for handling construction documents."
Revu is realitively easy to use. It takesx some learning, but I have found I can teach a first time user to be effective in one day.
Shubham D.
SD
Shubham D.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best Software till date for Documentation and PDF Editing !"
For realtime i love each and every feature of Bluebeam Easiest software to use ! The most i use is the markup review tool in Bluebeam We can al...
Mike M.
MM
Mike M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Bluebeam is a lifesaver!"
Able to exit and alter files for others to see. The industy is going more towards Adobe Acrobat needs to do everything they can to keep up with Ado...
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Bluebeam Revu Media

Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu
Revu delivers award-winning PDF creation, editing, markup and collaboration technology for your design and construction workflows.
Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu - Tools and Markup List
Customizable, easy-to-use markup tools simplify communication across teams, and the powerful Markups List in Revu tracks annotations and generates reports.
Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu - Studio Session
Connect and collaborate with project partners worldwide in real time, or any time, with Studio Projects and Studio Sessions.
Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu - Punch
By sorting and summarizing punch items within drawings, Revu helps project teams achieve a 90% completion rate on first back check.
Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu - Quantity Takeoffs
Measurement tools and real-time Legends in Revu help you capture a project’s true scope and create a stronger bid—giving you the competitive edge.
Bluebeam Revu Demo - Bluebeam Revu - RFI Postings
Revu keeps RFIs clear and organized with smart markup, hyperlinking and visualization tools, helping your project stay on track.
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Shubham D.
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BIM Modeler
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

For realtime i love each and every feature of Bluebeam

Easiest software to use !

The most i use is the markup review tool in Bluebeam

We can also add comments to the markups which we have marked on the sheet.

Everything can be modified as per your choice no limitations in Bluebeam.

Can also merge multiple pages into one PDF and also Extract single pages from a PDF.

There are n number of features in Bluebeam to tell but few are enough for while.

I use Bluebeam daily for my project work but never felt any issue yet! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

Sometimes while printing PDF the Printer option from the Administrator in Revu the printer stops working and we have to restart the printer option in bluebeam settings . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bluebeam is the greates time saver for Documentations as a vast range of shortcuts available in Revu.

Most convinient software for PDF Review, Work of hours covered in Few minutes ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike M.
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Able to exit and alter files for others to see. The industy is going more towards Adobe Acrobat needs to do everything they can to keep up with Adobe Acobat. Bluebeam is better, need to keep making upgrades and being the default when opening pdf's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

It will crash and not work at times which is frustrating. Always getting Adobe Acobat pop ups to use that as a default. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps us in all aspects of construction, from drawings to submittals to financials and everything inbetween. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Troy M.
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Revu is realitively easy to use. It takesx some learning, but I have found I can teach a first time user to be effective in one day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

It is sometimes dificult to set special traits to actions, like the showing of the beginming or the end of a document title. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is easing the process for drawing markup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Revu as a stand out product that brought about a wealth of change to the abilities we could provide the project managers and estimators. I find all the positive feedback regarding the software's performance and features to be true. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

Their customer service is nonexistant. With the introduction of Revu 21, you now use an admin portal to assign licenses. If everything works, great. If everything doesn't work, support is via email only. After creating a ticket, you will be lucky to get a response from them once a day and the emails you get are questions that have already been aswered etc. There is no company structure or alternative contact information on their website. There is absolutely no phone communication. You cannot call anyone. There is no one at Bluebeam that is accountable. You can only submit a ticket and wait for someone to contact you and there is no sense of urgency from the person who emails you while you lose productivity and money. Our people have a history with Revu and like it, but we need to partner with someone who cares about our business. I have never experienced such poor customer service from a software company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Project managers and other staff use it for estimating and converting drawings to PDFs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RONDA R.
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

In Bluebeam Revu, I can view .pdf documents, but the best part is I can cover and change what I need to modify with ease.

The "Flatten/Unflatten" function is most helpful when submitting documents for approval: unflattened to work on and modify, flatten to remove the changes history, unflatten again to modify after reviewer comments are made, etc.

In our office, Revu is used by both engineer designers and admins.

Engineers can use the many tools to create drawings, choose colors to differentiate their details from others, and share these easily with team members by simply creating a "Session" and inviting others to "Join."

Admins are able to manipulate the completed documents, add stamps like "Reviewed" or "Final Design, Not For Construction" or even "Released For Construction." EORs can even LOCK the documents after applying their seal and signature, a wonderful safety feature!

Session creators, "Host," can invite collaborators to the session and control what they are allowed to do: make comments, change document, add/save/print/remove documents from the session, full control to invite others, etc. This is very convenient when a multi-disciplinary review is required and authentic collaboration needed.

Review comments can be saved in multiple formats, for records and reference outside the Bluebeam Revu session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

When setting up a new session, I can choose an Expiration Date.

I like that this date can be a few years out, since our project is only half completed after 4 years.

What I don't like is that, 3-6 months after setting up a session, regardless of the expiration date, Bluebeam Revu sends me a notification that the session will become inactive if no one has used it after the initial period.

The notification is fine, even helpful.

What I don't appreciate is the inactive session is then closed--no matter what the expiration date was set for!

This is frustrating when the originator of the session has moved on to another project or left the company or no longer has the same responsibilities and Bluebeam Revu access and is, therefore, unable to "keep the session active" by responding to the notification. We have lost access to our project's earliest sessions this way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Bluebeam Revu allows our engineers access to material submittal and sub-contractor plans for review and comment/approval. It is easy to apply a review stamp to the document using the Stamp Tool, and simple to save the reviewed documents on our project database.

During creation of a plan sheet, multiple engineer/designers can access the sheets in the same session: roadway engineers can use the same sheet in the session which drainage designers have already created, then structural engineers can use the same session to add their details. This is convenient and helpful.

We use Bluebeam Revu as the main way we communicate throughout the design process. It is simple to load documents ready for peer review and invite applicable engineers to the session, even revoking their permission to leave comments after the "due date." This has facilitated our design approval process and allowed us to go from idea to design to review quickly. One of the best features is our ability to see who has entered the session, whether they've left comments or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ariadna B.
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Project Engineer
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Bluebeam has functionality to suit everyone's needs and is a great software for everyday use, you can edit and develop new documents, very easy to make markups on the documents, and can also apply signatures. The collaborative editing function (studio) is great for team document reviews and editing. Every user can customize the layout to suit their preferences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

I don't see any downsides, the software is easy to use, especially with all the available help resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can save plenty time by using Bluebeam when I need to complete a quick takeoff, the document edits look great and presentable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Hosting review sessions, unlike other platforms Bluebeam allows multi reviewers into a single session to mark-up & comment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

If there was a way better wat to link the session log to the reviewed item to ease who made which comment or mark-up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing multi reviewers in a single review session. This expedites the review time because reviewers do not have to wait on others to complete their review Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Great software for marking up the drawings. Very user friendly user interface. Like the option to add more tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

It would be very helpful to scroll the pages instead of picking it from the window. It is sometime annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

Modifying and creating construction drawings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joel P.
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Design Consultant
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

It's packed with features and easily customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

License Activation can be a pain sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was always frustrated with Adobe. Bluebeam is more user freindly and it just works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David E.
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Director Customer Solutions USA - Allied Digital
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What do you like best about Bluebeam Revu?

Excellent and easy to use. THE ONLINE WEB Training is also WELL Designed and excellent and fast / easy to learn and use Ease of Implementation Ease of Integration Number of features Customer Support Fequency of USe and FREE TRIAL for 30 days to get you going - excellent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Bluebeam Revu?

OFFER A 90 DAY Trial instead of 30 - FULL VERSION. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Bluebeam Revu solving and how is that benefiting you?

SPEED TO DELIVER ON TAKE OFFS, More Automation, FASTER, saves us TIME AND MONEY, Well Organized, Super easy to use once you take the time to do the online training and practice using it daily. Inter Operates and can be used across multiple disciplines. WE WORK EXCLUSIVELY on TECHNOLOGY Projects ONLY. CSI Division 27, 25, 28, and 23 - Tool is very good. I have introduced to my entire company globally and hope they will purchase. For now, we are looking at a few individuals using it to start in the PRESALES/PRECONSTRUCTION / MSI Business Unit ( Master Systems Integrator) / Smart Cities/ Smart Schools, etc. Want to learn more on how to use it for its full potential across DELIVERY ALSO and TO HELP US goto market faster with our offerings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.