How to work in Revu 21 without a subscription
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 access Revu without a subscription or work with others who don’t have a subscription.
In this article, we’ll go over the features available in Revu and Studio to those 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 of a Studio Session, markup tools are grayed out if you don’t have a Bluebeam Plan.
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 features that are available outside of 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Text Box | Tools > Markup > Text Box |
| Callout | Tools > Markup > Callout |
| Pen | Tools > Markup >  Pen |
| Highlight | Tools > Markup >  Highlight |
| Line | Tools > Markup > Line |
| Arrow | Tools > Markup > Arrow |
| Dimension | Tools > Markup > Dimension |
| Cloud | Tools > Markup > Cloud |
| Cloud+ | Tools > Markup >  Cloud+ |
| Stamp | Tools >  Stamp |
Markup appearance properties for non-subscribers
Non-subscribers can use all colors for their markups. Appearance properties that are available only with a subscription, such as fonts, line styles, opacity, and shape modification, will be disabled and appear grayed out.
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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