Bluebeam Tip: Project-Specific Bluebeam Revu Profile Setup

November 07, 2025 2 min read

Bluebeam Tip: Project-Specific Bluebeam Revu Profile Setup

Create a project-specific Profile in Bluebeam Revu to align tools, views, and data with your project’s standards and save hours across the team. If you need help setting this up, connect with @NOVEDGE.

  1. Start from a baseline: Revu menu > Profiles > Manage Profiles > Select “Construction” or “Estimating” > Save As “PROJECTCODE_Profile”.
  2. Arrange the UI: Dock the Tool Chest, Markups List, and Measurements panel where your team works fastest. Hide panels you won’t use.
  3. Load project Tool Sets: Tool Chest > Manage Tool Sets > Add > Browse to your discipline-specific tools. Save default properties (right‑click a tool > Set as Default).
  4. Standardize data capture:
    • Markups List > Columns > Manage Columns: add Spec Section, WBS, Phase, Area, Responsible, Due Date, Cost Code (as needed).
    • Status: Markups List > Status > Manage: create project statuses (Open, In Review, Approved, Revise & Resubmit) with color cues.
  5. Measurement consistency: set precision/units, saved scales, and color-by-discipline. Build a Legend and save it to the Tool Chest.
  6. Finalize and share:
    • Profiles > Manage Profiles > Export. Distribute via a read-only network or cloud folder.
    • Separately export tool sets, custom statuses, and column presets so teammates can import with one click.

What to include in a project-specific Profile:

  • Curated toolbars and shortcuts for takeoff, review, and field checks.
  • Project color standards, line styles, hatch patterns, and stamps.
  • Custom Markups List columns, filters, and saved sorts.
  • Discipline-based Legends and Count symbols.
  • Optional: Quantity Link-ready templates (where available).

Pro tips:

  • Version your profile name (v1.1, v1.2) and log changes.
  • Pilot with a small group, then set it as Default for the team.
  • Lock critical tools and use read-only Tool Sets to preserve standards.
  • Store the profile and assets in a single “Project Standards” folder for easy onboarding.

For licenses, deployment planning, or training, partner with @NOVEDGE—they’ll help you roll this out smoothly.



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