Bluebeam Tip: Standardize Bluebeam Markups with Tool Chest Favorites

Today’s tip: streamline your day by setting up Tool Chest Favorites in Bluebeam Revu for fast, consistent markups across every project.

• Start clean: create a sample markup, set its color, line weight, opacity, font, and Subject/Label in the Properties panel before saving it as a Favorite.
• Add to Favorites: right‑click any markup on the page > Add to Tool Chest > Favorites. Open the Tool Chest panel (Panels > Tool Chest or Alt+X) to confirm.
• Use the right mode: in Tool Chest, right‑click a tool and choose Change to Properties Mode when you want a style you’ll draw fresh each time (e.g., callouts). Use Drawing Mode for fixed, reusable symbols (e.g., standard notes, detail markers).
• Organize for speed: drag to reorder tools in Favorites. Group related items together and use clear Subjects/Labels (e.g., “RFI – Cloud,” “RevCloud – Red”) so they’re easy to scan.
• Make a portable set: Tool Chest gear icon > Manage Tool Sets > Add > New to create “Favorites – Team.” Drag tools from Favorites into this set so you can export and share it.
• Share and lock: in Manage Tool Sets, select your set > Export to a shared drive or cloud. Enable Restrict Changes to Tool Set to keep standards intact for the whole team.
• Scale‑smart measurements: for measurement tools, verify the page calibration first. Save measurement tools to Favorites only after you’ve set desired units, precision, and appearance. Prefer Properties Mode so they respect each sheet’s page scale.
• Reduce clicks: enable Reuse on the Properties Toolbar when placing frequently repeated favorites, and press Esc when you’re done to exit reuse.
• Back it up: periodically Export your “Favorites – Team” tool set as a versioned file so you can roll back if standards change.

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