Bluebeam makes documents easy
February 22, 2019

Bluebeam makes documents easy

Jake Karl | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bluebeam Revu

Our company uses Bluebeam extensively. We use it to manage all of our PDF sets of construction documents, sketches, submittals, etc. We are able to link Bluebeam with the design programs we use to print all of our PDFs.

Bluebeam also has good markup tools allowing you to markup drawings or sketches to send back and forth with clients in order to easily convey what we're trying to depict, without having to print new documents.
  • Applying stamps or any other markup to multiple pages in a document set is very easy.
  • Having the ability to "flatten" all markups in a document so the user who you're sending the document to can't edit what you've added is very helpful.
  • Bluebeam does a good job of providing add-ins to the popular design tools.
  • Working with many pieces of small text can be tedious.
  • Creating and using spaces can be confusing at times.
  • There should be more generic markup options in the tool bin.
  • Bluebeam saves time by allowing quick PDF creation and editing.
  • Bluebeam creates smaller PDF documents than printing straight from the design program, therefore saving server space.
  • The Bluebeam mobile app allows us to access documents on a tablet so we can quickly reference items while on a job site.
I have never used any other PDF managing program. This is the only software my company has used since I was hired and we don't plan on changing. I've had a great experience with it and would absolutely recommend the program to any company that uses and interacts with PDF documents on a regular basis.
If you deal with any amount of PDFs on a daily basis, Bluebeam is the software you should use to manage them. It gives many options for viewing multiple pages at once (side-by-side, horizontal, vertical, etc.), marking up documents with quick text, and easy access to creating new PDFs when needed.

Bluebeam Feature Ratings

Plan distribution & viewing
9
Plan markups & sharing
9
Document sharing
8
Issue tracking & punchlists
5
Photo documentation
7
As-built drawings
8
Takeoff tools
9