takeoff – Hagen Business Systems https://www.hagenbusiness.com Construction Productivity Specialist Mon, 26 Oct 2015 02:16:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 Bluebeam Gets New Measurement Options with Revu 12.1 https://www.hagenbusiness.com/bluebeam-gets-new-measurement-options-with-revu-12-1/ https://www.hagenbusiness.com/bluebeam-gets-new-measurement-options-with-revu-12-1/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 12:05:16 +0000 http://carolhagen.wordpress.com/?p=2974 The Bluebeam Revu 12.1 update adds some handy measurement options so estimators can save some time. Simply calibrate as usual and check the new independent units […]

The post Bluebeam Gets New Measurement Options with Revu 12.1 appeared first on Hagen Business Systems.

]]> The Bluebeam Revu 12.1 update adds some handy measurement options so estimators can save some time. Simply calibrate as usual and check the new independent units checkbox. This offers the choice of units you want to use for length, area and volume measurements.

In the sample below I’ve opted to measure square yards for area as I am taking off the flooring and cubic yards for the stairwell concrete slab while leaving the length a foot and inches measurement as usual (double click for a larger image). You can change between metric measurements and English in the same takeoff with ease should you need to. Let Bluebeam Revu do the conversion for you!

Bluebeam Measurements add independent units function

If you have a previous version of Revu (11 or earlier) you may need to renew your annual maintenance to upgrade to Revu 12. Please check with your systems administrator or email me your Revu Serial number and I’ll check it for you.

If your annual maintenance is up to date, please refer to our previous blog post, How to upgrade Bluebeam Revu 11 to Revu 12 which includes hardware/software considerations before upgrading to Revu 12.

The post Bluebeam Gets New Measurement Options with Revu 12.1 appeared first on Hagen Business Systems.

]]> https://www.hagenbusiness.com/bluebeam-gets-new-measurement-options-with-revu-12-1/feed/ 0 Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff https://www.hagenbusiness.com/construction-collaboration-pdf-secrets-part-1-estimating-takeoff/ https://www.hagenbusiness.com/construction-collaboration-pdf-secrets-part-1-estimating-takeoff/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:23:54 +0000 http://carolhagen.wordpress.com/?p=1594 Construction collaboration with PDFs has been utilized poorly. Even with the Microsoft Office 2010 release that gives you the ability to convert documents to PDF built-in, […]

The post Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff appeared first on Hagen Business Systems.

]]> Estimating Takeoff with BlueBeam PDF Area VolumeConstruction collaboration with PDFs has been utilized poorly. Even with the Microsoft Office 2010 release that gives you the ability to convert documents to PDF built-in, it’s lacking when it comes to collaboration for the AEC Industry. To help change that I’ll share some best practices and features that contractors, architects and estimators perhaps weren’t aware of. What PDFs do best is share documents in a format that everyone can access. Print to PDF gets the document out of that technical construction software package (AutoCAD, Revit, etc) and serves it up for every construction team member, without needing the same software. This will be a series of posts that will discuss construction collaboration using PDFs for Estimating Takeoffs, Converting Large Format and 3D Drawings, AutoCAD and Revit Integration, Drawing comparisons, Hyperlink referencing, Tablet PCs, and Sharepoint.

To be clear, not all these secrets are available in Standard PDF programs but are specifically designed for the AEC industry by Bluebeam, a PDF software firm which impressed me so much that I recently became an authorized reseller.

I understand that each person learns differently so you may want to download this tutorial Bluebeam Revu measurements takeoff or Watch this video (13 minutes) to see how the measurement tool in Bluebeam will give contractors the ability to perform takeoffs from PDF. This includes: Calibrate the drawing or set the scale, use measurement annotations for area, length, volume and counts, and perform further calculation with your takeoff data. The video shows the takeoff details and how to group items into sections (this could be CSI codes, tasks or areas). There’s also the ability to price and export the details to a spreadsheet. Realize this is just one secret to Bluebeam Revu and is built-in to every version Standard, CAD and eXtreme. You may also want to view a few more sample takeoffs like the one at the top.

If you can’t wait to see all the “Secrets” for the AEC Industry, you may want to watch this overview video “Which Revu is Right for You?” to to see how Bluebeam can make your team collaboration and productivity improve with large format drawings, Revit, AutoCAD, Bentley Systems BIM and more.  Download a 30 day free Revu Trial here.

The post Construction Collaboration: PDF Secrets Part 1 – Estimating Takeoff appeared first on Hagen Business Systems.

]]> https://www.hagenbusiness.com/construction-collaboration-pdf-secrets-part-1-estimating-takeoff/feed/ 2