Bluebeam
February 12, 2019
Bluebeam
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Bluebeam Revu
Bluebeam Revu is used throughout our entire organization. It was purchased to replace Adobe since the general consensus by employees was that Bluebeam Revu offered more. The problems that it addresses are being more reasonably priced than its competitors, offering more features related to construction and architecture, and being more user-friendly.
- Bluebeam Revu has the ability to read plans and help with my takeoffs. If you are looking for something specific, the search function can look for either words or symbols which is very helpful.
- There are several shortcuts using the keyboard that save time by not having to point and click.
- The ability to customize the toolboxes for easier access to features.
- It allows you to overlay drawings.
- The learning curve takes a little while as some of the icons and features are different than what you would see if you are switching over from Adobe.
- Sometimes the wheel on the mouse zooms in and out of the page and other times it scrolls up and down. I have not yet found a rhyme or reason as to why it does that.
- Sometimes when converting project schedules or Word docs to PDF it adds unwanted formatting changes.
- Combining PDF files through "stapling" could be easier and done in fewer steps.
- Speeds up productivity.
- Clients appreciate the data we can obtain through the different features.
Bluebeam Revu is a better product than Adobe because it focuses more on achieving construction related goals. We selected Bluebeam Revu because others in our office had used it and recommended that we integrate it throughout the company.