With the release of Revu 21, features and functionalities for PDF management and collaboration are now available upon purchasing one of our new subscription plans: Basics, Core, or Complete. However, there may be instances when you’ll access Revu without subscription access or collaborate with others who don’t have a subscription.
In this article, we’ll go over the available functionalities for working in Revu and Studio without a subscription. To see a comprehensive list of Revu 21 features available for each subscription plan, visit this article.
Revu 21 features available without a subscription
When accessing Revu 21 outside a Studio Session, markup tools are grayed out if you don’t have a Bluebeam Plan account.
However, you can still open, view, and print PDFs, as well as fill out forms, in Read-only mode. Please see the table below for additional Revu functionalities that are available outside a Session without a subscription:
| Feature Description | Feature Location |
|---|---|
| Access and view recent PDFs |  File Access > Recent Files |
| Open and view existing 3D PDFs | File >  Open (Ctrl+O) |
| Open existing files in a Studio Project or Session |  Studio |
| Check Out /Check In existing Project files |  Studio Projects |
| Download Project files | Studio Projects > Right-click file > Download Copy |
| Apply standard hatch patterns |
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| Change Subjects and Comments in the Tool Chest | Tool Chest >  >  Detail |
| Export tool sets from the Tool Chest | Tool Chest > >  Export |
| Track and manage markups via the Markups List |  Markups List |
| View, manage, and sort markups and comments | Markups List >  Filter List |
| Create and save custom Markups List filters | Markups List > Filter List > Select column header > Custom |
| Launch multiple instances of Revu |  Start or desktop >  Revu |
| Drag document tabs into new windows across multiple monitors | Document tab > Right-click > Detach |
Collaborate in Studio Sessions without a subscription
Even without a Revu 21 subscription, you can still participate in Studio Sessions. However, you’ll have limited access to classic markup tools and customizations.
Markups for non-subscribers
In Sessions, non-subscribers can copy other users’ markups and access the following tools:
| Feature Description | Feature Location |
|---|---|
| Typewriter | Tools > Markup >  Typewriter (W) |
| Note | Tools > Markup >  Note (N) |
| Highlight | Tools > Markup >  Highlight (H) |
| Pen | Tools > Markup >  Pen (P) |
| Arc | Tools > Markup >  Arc (Shift+C) |
| Polyline | Tools > Markup >  Polyline (Shift+N) |
| Rectangle | Tools > Markup >  Rectangle (R) |
| Ellipse | Tools > Markup >  Ellipse (E) |
| Polygon | Tools > Markup >  Polygon (Shift+P) |
| Cloud+ | Tools > Markup >  Cloud+ (K) |
| Image | Tools > Markup >  Image |
Markup appearance properties for non-subscribers
The image below summarizes the styles and customizations available via the 
Properties panel or Properties Toolbar for non-subscribers:
Do you have additional questions about accessing Revu without a subscription or general questions about our new subscription plans? Feel free to contact us.
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