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Bluebeam is a green light in ease of use
August 25, 2017

Bluebeam is a green light in ease of use

Shawn Cormier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bluebeam Revu

Our entire organization now uses Bluebeam. The product does a lot more than Adobe and is much easier to use. It is used to update PDF documents for construction submittals, compare documents, drawing revisions, hyperlinking, and many other [things]. Some teams use the image recognition for estimating and drawing a comparison for takeoff a when changes are issued.
  • Drawing hyperliking to actual drawing callout areas.
  • Stamping for submittal review.
  • Marking up PDF documents and updating text.
  • Connecting to sharepoint sites.
  • Connecting with Procore for ease of opening PDF files.
  • Integration of photos on top of other documents.
  • I always have confusion how to get out of presentation mode back to normal mode.
  • Better JavaScript creation for stamping.
  • The online instructions are good but would like more advanced instructions.
  • Licensing is more cost effective than Adobe.
  • Training had been fairly easy due to the online manuals and videos. Fairly intuitive program for most.
  • I do not see any negative implications for using this software. It has become one of our standards.
Much easier to use hands down. Adobe is confusing and has provided minimal support for issues I needed. Bleabeam seems to offer all support required vs. adobe.
Bluebeam is well suited as a corporate platform. There are many advantages to dashboard creation, hyperlinking in PDF, and using the Studio environment for collaboration. I haven't used Studio myself but other members state that working with an architect or other team members provides a great platform for collaboration.

Bluebeam Feature Ratings

8.0
Plan distribution & viewing
8
Plan markups & sharing
8
Document sharing
8
Issue tracking & punchlists
Not Rated
Photo documentation
Not Rated
Jobsite reports
Not Rated
RFI tools
Not Rated
Collaboration & approvals
8
As-built drawings
8
Estimating ()
Not Rated
Human Resource Management ()
Not Rated
Payroll Management ()
Not Rated
Asset Management ()
Not Rated
Reporting & Analytics ()
Not Rated

Using Bluebeam Revu

The basic functions are easy to use. More advanced required obvious training (which is provided online). I would like to have an advanced course in the software to see its full potential.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
None
  • Viewing PDF documents
  • Combining or removing pages of documents, such as, putting a requisition together.
  • Adding hyperlinks on drawing sets.
  • Add My stamps with JavaScript. A change in the system update as altered the way this was done in the past.
Not Sure - It has one with the iPad but on with iPhone. The Revu app works fairly well but I still prefer the PC version of the software.