Bluebeam Revu Basics 2021

Essential tools for marking up and managing your AECO office and project documents

Bluebeam® Revu® is a PDF solution that allows you to create, edit, markup and collaborate with other stakeholders. It is specifically designed for the AEC industry to streamline the process of markups and increase productivity.

Bluebeam Revu Basics has the essential tools for marking up and managing an AECO office and project documents. Note that users cannot create new Studio Sessions or Projects in Bluebeam Revu. Alternatively, you can use Bluebeam Cloud on the web and on mobile for collaboration.

Basic includes the new Markup Editor, a lightweight solution for markup on the go and collaboration with project partners. For the service, the markup editor includes unlimited secure centralized cloud storage.

You also get Simple tools for creating, marking up and organising AECO office and project documents., no additional charge access to Bluebeam University, and self-service, email, and phone technical support.

Bluebeam Revu®

Revu offers powerful, highly customisable document management, markup and automation tools with a built-in collaboration space, Studio.

Bluebeam Cloud (Web & Mobile)

Connect office and field and complete workflows on the go with Bluebeam Cloud, a new suite of web and mobile solutions that seamlessly connects with your documents and toolsets in Revu.

Markup Editor

The cloud-based Markup Editor equips your company, clients, and project partners with a PDF-markup tool that enables easier everyday productivity and collaboration on essential ongoing project tasks and day-to-day back office needs. It’s compatible with Bluebeam Revu and custom-built for AECO.

Key Features in Revu 2021 Basics Overview

aContent management and creation, including PDF editing, manipulating, hyperlinking, resizing and organising

aCreate PDFs from any Windows files and import and export to/from Microsoft Office

aPDF markup annotation, tracking and manipulation, including dynamic stamps and hyperlinks

aApplication, toolbar and markup personalisation

aA digital signature, OCR

aSharePoint and ProjectWise integrations

aIncludes basic measurement - length & area only

Intuitive User interface - Bluebeam Revu has been designed to be aware of what you are doing, it will present tools your most likely need based on your inputs. A new dynamic properties toolbar will keep your most commonly used features and commands right at your fingertips.

Simple Navigation - We have shortened command paths from points A, B, C, D and beyond, we have also improved panel views to stay out of your workspace and leave more room for documents and drawings. Revu Studio® projects now let you access files across multiple projects at once with a new dashboard-style interface. We have also added custom keyboard shortcuts that can be imported or exported to your whole project team.

Help for new Users! - We have added new video tutorials, pre-loaded tool sets, and sample files to jump-start new Revu users. This will reduce the time for training and more time on the job at hand. Please speak with the sales team to help direct you with the most suitable training for Bluebeam software!

What is included?

Bluebeam Revu (no Studio Sessions or Projects)
Bluebeam Cloud Markup Editor
Unlimited secure centralised cloud storage (as part of Markup Editor only)
Simple tools for creating, marking up and organising AECO office and project documents.
Access to Bluebeam University
Self-service technical support
Email and phone technical support

Please see our comparison matrix on different versions of Revu: click here

System Requirements

Processor	Desktops: 1GHz processor or equivalent, Tablets: Intel i3 processor or equivalent
Operating System	Windows 11 (64-Bit) Windows 10 (64-Bit
RAM	8GB (64-bit OS)
Hard Drive	Up to 5GB of available space may be required.
Display	1024 x 768 Minimum - A display drive supporting Open GL 3.2 or above
Use Types	Revu for typical office documents: Please see the above requirements Revu for large sets of engineering documents: 64-bit Windows, i5 minimum processor with 8GB RAM Revu for OCR: 64-bit Windows is highly recommended