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Tech Tip Tuesday - Bluebeam - Be Iconic: Markup with Icons

12/26/2017

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If you are like me, after you are finished marking up a set of drawings, it's difficult to tell which side is up because page is just covered. What I have found though is using the Note (N) markup tool with its collapsible comments really helps. And so that every single markup doesn't look the same, I recommend changing the icon and color. I encourage you to come up with a standard legend for what each icon means  for your team. This standard icon list can then be saved as tool set to be shared with other team members. Find out more details on the Note (N) markup tool below.
 
Be Iconic,
Ralph

Create a Note:

  • Select the "Markup" tab -> "Text" -> "Note" (N)
    • The note tool is also likely in a toolbar or can be easily accessed by pressing "N" on your keyboard.
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Customize your icon and color:

  • Place a note markup on a document and open the "properties" tab
    • Click the right drawer handle and the gear at the top.​
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  • Select the appropriate color and icon for that markup under appearance
    • For icons, choose from: checkmark, circle, comment, cross, help, insert, key, new paragraph, note, paragraph, right arrow, right pointer, star, up arrow, or up-left arrow. (Try them all out)
    • As for color, any color in the rainbow could work
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Save for later:

  • Once you have selected a color and icon to save to the tool to use again, at the bottom of the markup properties, select "Add to My tools" or select the down arrow and a tool set.
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Create a new tool set:

  • If you would like to create a tool set specifically for icons, click on "settings" under your tool chest.
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  • Select "Add" at the bottom of "Manage Tool Sets"
  • Enter a tool set name under "Title" such as "Icons"
  • Select "OK"
  • Select "Save" (Note after the icon list is populated this file can be shared with others to share the some icons. So take note of the save location.)
  • Select "OK" (A new tool set will now exist, under which new icons can now be save using the step method above.)
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