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Bluebeam Revu 21 vs Revu 20

Revu 21 subscriptions come in three guises, each plan is tailored for a variety of project needs in the office and the field.
All Revu 21 plans include a combination of Revu and Bluebeam Cloud (web and iOS only) solutions,
plus services to boost your productivity.

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Product Comparison Guide

Bluebeam Revu 21 vs. Bluebeam Revu 20

Here’s a detailed overview of all versions of Bluebeam Revu:

Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Bluebeam Revu 21 or Bluebeam Revu 20
Bluebeam Studio® ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bluebeam Cloud - Markup Editor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Bluebeam Cloud - Field Tools ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Bluebeam University ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Unlimited centralized cloud storage ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Integrations - Bluebeam and partner-built ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Tech support - email, phone, self-serve ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Geolocation Insights ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✖
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Document Markup & Tracking
Annotate PDFs with markups such as customized text, shapes, and stamps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Track and manage annotations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View, filter and sort markups and comments in the Markups List ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Save and reuse tools from the Tool Chest ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Change the tool subject and add a comment in the Tool Chest ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Set and remove scale from tool sets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Assign markups to layers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Flatten PDF markups ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Import PDF markups ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Redact PDF content permanently ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Translate markups to different languages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create and add dynamic stamps to PDFs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2D photo markups ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Insert hyperlinks into documents and assign a hyperlink to a specific area ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create custom Markup List filters and save them for reuse ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Embed 2D photos in markups with Capture ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Embed 360° photos and videos in markups with Capture ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Calibrate tool sets to dynamically resize on PDFs with different scales/viewports ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create and save markup legends to the Tool Chest ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create, view and apply custom hatch patterns ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create calibrated polygons, polylines, rectangles, and ellipses using Sketch to Scale tools ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create custom statuses ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Content Creation, Access & Management
Add or edit headers and footers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Combine separate documents to create a single PDF ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Customize the size of new pages and resize existing pages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Embed file attachments ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Erase and cut PDF content ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Extract, delete, rotate and insert blank pages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Insert existing PDF pages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Preserve hyperlinks when combining and separating linked PDFs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View 3D PDFs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create a table of contents from bookmark ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reduce file size using preset and customizable fidelity options ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Split documents without altering the source file ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Manually create bookmarks and page labels ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically create bookmarks and page labels ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mark up 3D views ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Overlay pages to compare two or more PDF revisions ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Process colors ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create, mark up and manipulate 3D PDFs from any IFC or U3D file ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Open, create and modify Sets, and tag files to sort and navigate Sets documents ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Navigation & Personalization
Launch multiple instances of Revu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Access and view recent PDFs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Drag document tabs out of interface and into their own windows across multiple monitors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Change markup properties and save for reuse ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create customizable keyboard shortcuts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Customize toolbars ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Search local drives and pin files in categories ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Transform scanned images into text-searchable PDFs using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Search for symbols with VisualSearch ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Measurement Tools
Apply measurements of different scales in one PDF using viewports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Measure PDFs with basic measurement tools for length and area ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Measure PDFs with advanced measurement tools such as perimeter, volume, angle and count ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Add formulas to custom columns for calculations ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Link real-time data from measurement markups to Excel worksheets with Quantity Link ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Section off and fill drawing regions to generate markups, measurements and spaces with Dynamic Fill ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Studio in Revu
Collaborate in real time with markup tools in existing Studio Sessions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
View and upload files to existing Studio Projects and Studio Sessions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Sync Studio Project files locally for offline editing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Create new Studio Projects and Studio Sessions ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Plug-Ins & Integrations
One-click PDF creation and batch directly from Microsoft® Office and Outlook® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integrate with SharePoint® and ProjectWise® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Convert any Windows file to PDF or TIF, JPG, BMP, PSD, PNG, PCL, GIF, EMF and WMF files using the Bluebeam PDF printer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export scanned PDFs as editable Word, Excel®and PowerPoint® documents ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
One-click 2D PDF creation and batch directly from AutoCAD®, Revit® and SolidWorks® ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
One-click 3D PDF creation directly from AutoCAD, Revit and Navisworks® ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Convert Revit Rooms to Revu Spaces ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Batch convert files from AutoCAD, Revit and SolidWorks to PDF, TIF, JPG, BMP, PSD, PNG, PCL, GIF, EMF and WMF files ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Transfer hyperlinks from an AutoCAD file ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Import files with SHX fonts from AutoCAD ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Import sheet sets from AutoCAD ✖ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Security & Digital Signatures
Add digital signature fields that require certified digital IDs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Track all digital signatures and certificates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Apply password protection and set permissions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Automation
Use Automatic Form Creation to convert PDFs into forms ✔ ✔ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Merge form data ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Apply scale to multiple sheets simultaneously ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Batch compare multiple drawing revisions ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically create navigational hyperlinks across a specific group of documents using Batch Link® ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Batch process hyperlinks for large document sets ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Automatically insert new page revisions or replace current pages with new revisions across multiple documents using Batch Slip Sheet ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Apply a digital signature and professional seal across a batch of multiple files ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Implement scripting commands ✖ ✖ ✔ ✖ ✖ ✔
Features Bluebeam Revu 21 Bluebeam Revu 20
  Basics Core Complete Standard CAD Extreme
Data Export
Generate and export a PDF summary of all markups in a file or across multiple files ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Generate and export a CSV or XML summary of all markups in a file ✖ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Track and generate reports on markups located in pre-defined customized regions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
 

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