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.

Grayed Out Markups

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 File Access > Recent Files
Open and view existing 3D PDFs File > open 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
  • properties Properties panel
  • Tools > Toolbars > Properties Toolbar
  • Tools > Toolbars > Appearance > hatch
Change Subjects and Comments in the Tool Chest Tool Chest > properties > tool_chest_detail Detail
Export tool sets from the Tool Chest Tool Chest > properties > export Export
Track and manage markups via the Markups List markups_list_summary Markups List
View, manage, and sort markups and comments markups_list_summary Markups List > filter Filter List
Create and save custom Markups List filters markups_list_summary Markups List > filter Filter List > Select column header > Custom
Launch multiple instances of Revu Start or desktop > revu Revu
Drag document tabs into new windows across multiple monitors Document tab > Right-click > Detach Tabs can't be moved to another instance of Revu.

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 Text Box
Callout Tools > Markup > callout Callout
Pen Tools > Markup > Pen
Highlight Tools > Markup > Highlight
Line Tools > Markup > line Line
Arrow Tools > Markup > arrow Arrow
Dimension Tools > Markup > dimension Dimension
Cloud Tools > Markup > cloud 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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This article covers the available functionalities for working in Revu and Studio without a subscription.