Bluebeam Revu Tips: Estimating Wall Area

Carol Hagen — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:12:38 +0000

Painting and wall contractors find estimating take-offs easy when the wall area can be calculated quickly. Using a Perimeter measurement tool or an Area measurement tool , open the properties tab and enter the wall height into the Depth field to enable the measurement of the Wall Area column in the Markups list. You can of course create you own custom tools to expedite the process. I’d suggest if you are only interested in taking off wall area, make your own custom wall tools for your common wall heights (8, 10, 12 ft, etc) so you can reuse them and not have to enter the depth field each time.

This video shows a resilient flooring tool, an area measurement) that then has the depth entered. This method saves time in that you get multiple calculations in one measurement. I’d use this method if I were a general contractor or a wall and flooring contractor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgv-kbYJbGg&feature=youtu.be&t=6m30s

The feature for taking off wall area was introduced back in 2014 with the Bluebeam Revu 12 release. If you have an earlier version of Revu and would like to upgrade to the latest release, Click here and email me your contact info. I’ll help get you upgraded.

For more Bluebeam estimating tips you may want to read these previous posts:

Estimating and Layers

Manual Counting Ends with Visual Search

Multiple Monitors for Estimating Take-off Productivity

Show all Measurements in an Estimating Take-off

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