BluePrints

In this episode, Carol lets Bill & Carl know what’s new with Bluebeam Revu 20, and she teases us about something big coming with BOTs. You also must stick around to the end for Bill’s epic Pumpkin pie story!

Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #BOTsAll you need to know about Bluebeam Revu 20What’s New in Revu 20 YouTube PlaylistLink to Carol’s BOTs webinar on Sept. 23rd, 2020Official Launch of BOTs for Bluebeam Revu and PlanGrid

We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests.Share your ideas via the #BluePrintsPodcast hashtag on twitter.Help Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Read The Factory Manual get 1,000 subscribers!Read the Factory Manual is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present.

In this episode, Carol lets Bill & Carl know what’s new with Bluebeam Revu 2019

Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #SnappierDon’t pdf your drawings at ½ size scaleYou can just print your full-size drawings (pdfs) ½ sizeTop new features#3 – Drop Down Menus#2 – Easier to Standardize#1 – SpeedIt is now all one download for different versions of Revu.Wishlist itemsBill – larger pop-up dialog boxesAbility to resize those dialog boxesBill – A color picker option would be goodCarol – The ability to spellcheck the document and the mark-ups at the same timeBluebeam DrawingsIt is a view-only feature to publish your drawingsAvailable as an iOS or Android app “Bluebeam Drawings” to view on your mobile deviceRevu 2018 or 2019 with Maintenance is required

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In this episode Carol & Bill talk about how to automate

tasks using Bluebeam Revu Extreme…Carl missed this episode, but he was Happy to

edit it.

Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #ExtremeForms

Find Greg Satell on

Twitter @DigitaltontoWhy aren’t forms smarter, like Google autofillUse templates as a

workaround for that common used infoFDF files – Frank David Frank or Form, Data, FormSignature Videos from Carol’s BlogBluebeam Signatures:

Getting Started #1Bluebeam

Digital Signatures Creation (Part 2)Verifying

Digital Signatures in Bluebeam Revu (Part 3)Digital Signatures in Bluebeam Revu 2018

(Part 4)

It has been a while, but Bill, Carol and Carl are back for a new episode of BluePrints. We talk about Carol’s trip to XCON 2018, BIM 360 and Studio Prime integration, Bluebeam 2018 adoption and more…

Update: Studio Prime does not have active directory only Studio Enterprise does.

Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #CSnakeBluebeam 2019 may be coming early second quarterLearn about all the fun Carol had at XCON 2018DeWalt Jobsite WifiWhen should you be able to download Conference handouts?BIM 360

and Bluebeam Studio Prime integrationPlanGrid, Building Connect and Assemble acquisitionsAlcatrazBluebeam 2018 adoption

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In this episode, Carol talks about getting ready for Bluebeam Extreme 2018, which is now called Bluebeam XCON 2018. This topic leads the BluePrints crew to talk about tips & tricks for getting ready to attend a conference, and what to do when you return from a conference.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #FindCarol

Use the App!

More people in the AEC industry need to be aware of what the Construction Progression Coalition (CPC) is doing. And those that do know, need to share with those that don’t!

Not sure what that font is, try WhatTheFont

Want to find out what Bill have been up to with his rover? Then check out his site:

Mojave Rover Project

Make sure you make at least one new “Conference Friend”

In this episode, the BluePrints crew learns about high-end residential scanning workflows using the Leica BLK 360, Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Teams from Brian Nickel of Harvey’s Engineering in Bozeman Montana. We also all take a looking into the future of AR for an AEC workflow, and what we can learn from current Oil & Gas workflows and technologies.

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Show Notes

Episode Hashtag: #GreenPrints

Quote of the Episode:

“All eyes in the field”

Bozeman, Montana

“No Contest” Slide

Check out the BILT events Brian talked about here

Find Brian:

Harvey’s Engineering

LinkedIn: Brian Nickel

Twitter: @therevitsaver

Blog: The Revit Saver

Picture from Harvey’s Open House

Tech from the episode:

Microsoft Teams

Matterport

Leica BLK360

Daqri Smart Glasses

Realwear hmt-1 & hmt-1Z1

DeepFrame – AR/MR with a movable screen

Autodesk ReCap

Leica TruView

Leica Cyclone Register 360

In this episode, Carol tells Bill and Carl about the new Bluebeam Revu 2018 & 2018.1.0

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Show Notes

Check out Carol’s website to learn more about what’s new in Revu 2018.

Hagen Business Systems

Hagen Business Systems – YouTube Channel

You can also learn about creating signatures in this blog post from Carol.

Bluebeam Signatures: Getting Started #1

Carol got a BIM BOX!

Checkout Bills Mojave Rover Project

In this episode, Carl learns the value of using sketch to scale and making tool sets with a set scale, from Carol and Bill.

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Show Notes

If you want to play along Download Bills PDF from the episode HERE.

Remember the episode hashtag #BluePrintsRIP

Carol shares stories of her time at World of Concrete 2018.

Holobuilder

Hagen Business YouTube Channel

Pix4D Interview at World of Concrete January 24, 2018

Metric vs. Imperial

Donuts in Canada are Metric

In this episode Bill, Carol and Carl get an education in computers when special guest Buck Davis of Balfour Beatty Construction and BIM BOX stops by the Podcast to talk about his passion…building kick-ass computers for AEC professionals.

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Show Notes

Quote of the episode:

“If you had a more productive computer maybe you wouldn’t have to take it home”

– Buck Davis

You can find Buck Davis on LinkedIn

You can find Balfour Beatty Construction their website and on Twitter @BalfourBeattyUS

You can find BIM BOX on their website and on Twitter @BIMBoxUSA

Do you really need a high-end graphics card or will a gaming card due?

Find out Bucks answer in the podcast.

BIM BOX has not yet published their glossary of computer terms, so until then you can head over to Intel to use their glossary.

Glossary of Terms

In this episode, Bill and Carol interview David de Yarza the CEO of Builderbox about how this platform can help you become a construction productivity hero

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Show Notes

Where to find out more about Builderbox

https://builderbox.io/

Builderbox pricing

An introduction to what Builderbox can do

Buildebox Intro

The video that got Carol interested in Builderbox with its Bluebeam integration.

Builderbox & Bluebeam Integratio

Model integration with A360 viewer and Builderbox.

Builderbox.io BIM Model Viewer Integration

How meeting minutes work inside Builderbox.

Builderbox Meeting Minutes