Comments on: Exclusive: Bluebeam Dropping Mac Platform—Pushing Cloud Ecosystem Instead https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/ architosh™ — a global-leading CAD / 3D / AEC industry technology publication and #1 source for Mac and iOS users in these segments. Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-55740 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:26:56 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-55740 There honestly isn’t a replacement for Bluebeam Revu for Mac. Revu is purpose built for the AEC industry and features many items that just don’t exist in any other PDF markup tool. There are many excellent markup tools for PDF but generalist tools aren’t ever going to fit the bill. The best hope is that Bluebeam gets to the big replacement solution as quickly as possible.

]]> By: Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-61215 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:26:56 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-61215 There honestly isn’t a replacement for Bluebeam Revu for Mac. Revu is purpose built for the AEC industry and features many items that just don’t exist in any other PDF markup tool. There are many excellent markup tools for PDF but generalist tools aren’t ever going to fit the bill. The best hope is that Bluebeam gets to the big replacement solution as quickly as possible.

]]> By: derek banocy https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-55739 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:27:49 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-55739 Let me know if you figure this out, we are in the same boat…looking into PDF Expert which I already don’t like, PDF Pen and PDF Elements.

]]> By: derek banocy https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-58156 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:27:49 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-58156 Let me know if you figure this out, we are in the same boat…looking into PDF Expert which I already don’t like, PDF Pen and PDF Elements.

]]> By: Chuck Kottka https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-55736 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:36:05 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-55736 So, our firm was one of the unfortunate souls to invest in the beta testing and purchase of Revu Mac. We still like the program, even though it falls far behind the Windows version, and we’re furious that not only did they stop development, they stopped sales. We’re trying to work out an arrangement so we can provide for new employees, but it just seems like bad business.

My question to Architosh would be, what PDF management tool do you recommend for Architects? We need to combine/delete/insert/replace pages, add bookmarks, adjust print and orientation settings, and mark up plans and submittals in a universally sharable format. We spent years using Acrobat Pro, and hated it. It’s expensive, and the markup annotation tools are hideous. Preview is underpowered. PlanGrid is proprietary and not really a PDF tool at all.

Weren’t PDFs invented on the Mac? Why is there such a gaping hole in something that Macs should excel in?!

]]> By: Chuck Kottka https://architosh.com/2019/03/exclusive-bluebeam-dropping-mac-platform-pushing-saas-model-instead/#comment-61217 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:36:05 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=27405#comment-61217 So, our firm was one of the unfortunate souls to invest in the beta testing and purchase of Revu Mac. We still like the program, even though it falls far behind the Windows version, and we’re furious that not only did they stop development, they stopped sales. We’re trying to work out an arrangement so we can provide for new employees, but it just seems like bad business.

My question to Architosh would be, what PDF management tool do you recommend for Architects? We need to combine/delete/insert/replace pages, add bookmarks, adjust print and orientation settings, and mark up plans and submittals in a universally sharable format. We spent years using Acrobat Pro, and hated it. It’s expensive, and the markup annotation tools are hideous. Preview is underpowered. PlanGrid is proprietary and not really a PDF tool at all.

Weren’t PDFs invented on the Mac? Why is there such a gaping hole in something that Macs should excel in?!

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