My firm is thinking about making the switch from adobe to bluebeam and I am curious if anybody uses bluebeam for their PDF creation. I could use some feedback about how it compares with adobe as well as if there are any issues with printing.
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Bluebeam
My firm is thinking about making the switch from adobe to bluebeam and I am curious if anybody uses bluebeam for their PDF creation. I could use some feedback about how it compares with adobe as well as if there are any issues with printing.
Re: Bluebeam
We use Bluebeam and I really like it. It's more integrated with AutoCAD, whereas the Adobe PDF driver behaves more like any other Windows printer, meaning you get all the gotchas available when plotting to a Windows printer from AutoCAD. Bluebeam makes intelligent guesses about paper size, etc., so that, once you point it to the folder where you want to store your PDFs, printing is as fast as hitting the Bluebeam button and "OK" on the filename dialog. In fact, its behavior is really the kind of no-fuss printing that AutoCAD - after I don't know how many revisions of its plotting dialog - should have had years ago.
Re: Bluebeam
Michael, don't you just hate it when Adobe rotates your plot? Add to the fact that printing is easier and you really get wysywg printing, it is also cheaper, creates smaller file sizes and has good tech support. Employees of your firm can also get discounts for personal use. I have no thoughts of going back to Adobe.
Re: Bluebeam
We've started switching to Blubeam.
I've been using it for over a year now and I highly recommend it. I don't even send dwgs straight to the plotter anymore, I use bluebeam to create batch pdfs and plot those.
I have never run into any problems with it, and would never go back to Acrobat.
I think you can download a free trial and test it out, gl
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