In Bluebeam Revu 2019, toolbars feature groups of related icons that give quick access to various tools and functions available within the program, including Markups, Measurements and Form Fields. Toolbars will display within every default profile in Revu, and can be customized in various ways to fit your needs. Several ways you can customize your toolbars is to rearrange them and show/hide them within the workspace, allowing you to choose which tools you want to display, and where you want those tools to be located. You can take this toolbar customization even further by creating your own custom toolbars and choosing the exact tools you want included within them.

This article will show you the steps for creating a custom toolbar, with examples using the 64x Bluebeam Revu 2019 eXtreme edition. This function can be performed within all versions of Revu.

To customize the tools within a toolbar or create a new toolbar, right click on an active toolbar. Depending on the profile you’re in, these toolbars will display on the left, right, and/or top of the workspace. Right clicking on a toolbar will activate a dropdown list that allows you to show/hide premade toolbars. To customize these further, select Customize from the dropdown menu.

From the Customize Toolbars dialogue box, you can edit the tools within toolbars or create a new toolbar altogether. On the left of the window is a Categories dropdown list and a Commands box that lists all the tools and icons available to you. Using the Categories dropdown, I can select any of the toolbar Categories, such as Document, Alignment or File, and the full list of tools associated with that toolbar will appear in the Commands list. To see all tools available within Revu, regardless of toolbar, select All from the Categories dropdown.

On the right of the window is a Toolbars list and an Items list. The Toolbars list shows all of the available toolbars that can be turned on or off using the check boxes. By selecting a toolbar from the list, such as Advanced, the Items box will display all the tools that are currently a part of that toolbar, which for the Advanced toolbar are Hyperlink, File Attachment, Flatten, and Erase Content.

To customize these premade toolbars further, such as removing tools from them, you can select a tool from the Items section and use the X button to remove the tool. You can also rearrange the tools in the list by using the up and down arrows.

To create a new toolbar, select the green Add button next to the Toolbar list. You’ll be prompted to give your toolbar a name so you can recognize it when showing/hiding toolbars.

Once your toolbar is created, you can add specific tools to it using the Commands section. You can search through the various tools available, and if you want to add one to your toolbar, select it and press the left facing arrow to move the tool into it.

Once you have your toolbar as you’d like it, press OK to close the dialogue box. You can now turn on your new, customized toolbar by right clicking on a toolbar and selecting your toolbar from the dropdown list.

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Lauren Hecker is a Bluebeam Certified Instructor and teaches Onsite Bluebeam Certified Courses, virtual Bluebeam Basics and Advanced courses, and custom onsite or virtual courses. To see her next open enrollment course, please visit our calendar. To schedule an onsite or custom course, please contact us!

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How to Customize Toolbars in Bluebeam Revu 2019

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