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 |
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Access and view recent PDFs | |
Open and view existing 3D PDFs | File > |
Open existing files in a Studio Project or Session | ![]() |
Check Out /Check In existing Project files | ![]() |
Download Project files | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Apply standard hatch patterns |
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Change Subjects and Comments in the Tool Chest | Tool Chest > |
Export tool sets from the Tool Chest | Tool Chest > |
Track and manage markups via the Markups List | |
View, manage, and sort markups and comments | |
Create and save custom Markups List filters | |
Launch multiple instances of 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 |
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Text Box | Tools > Markup > |
Callout | Tools > Markup > |
Line | Tools > Markup > |
Arrow | Tools > Markup > |
Dimension | Tools > Markup > |
Cloud | Tools > Markup > |
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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