This can affect the performance of the file within Revu and they will definitely be in the way when creating normal markups. That adds up to a lot of markups if it’s a file with many text objects. There will be one markup for each text object in the file, indicated by the AutoCAD SHX Text author.

Lastly, using Bluebeam Revu (not the free viewer) to open a PDF created by AutoCAD using its DWG to PDF printer, you may see “markups” already contained in the PDF. It defaults to TrueType as graphics and your text will not be searchable if it’s not changed. A PC3 file must be created using the Bluebeam print driver and then this option set in the printer properties in AutoCAD. Better, do use a True Type font as mentioned above, but there is one more setting you must enable. If you’re a Bluebeam Revu user with the CAD version or better, and you prefer to use its PDF print driver instead of Autodesk’s, there is an option to enable SHX fonts as outlined in this article. More detail about this I the section below “Odd Markups”. With Bluebeam Revu, SHX text is in fact searchable, but you must enable “Search Markups”. Use a True Type font, such as Arial instead. If you want your recipient to be able to search text, and you very likely should, do not use SHX fonts in AutoCAD. There are several reasons to avoid using SHX fonts not the least of which is that when a PDF is created containing them, that text will not be searchable when opened in any PDF reader software. Many AutoCAD users still use Autodesk SHX fonts. Interestingly, it indicates that these viewports can cause an issue when measuring using Adobe Pro, but there appears not to be a solution there, where Revu does indeed catch the existence of them. Here is an Autodesk discussion group thread discussing these viewports. PDF’s created using Bluebeam’s PDF printer do not contain these anomalies.

Why do they exist in the first place? It seems to be an issue with Autodesk’s DWG to PDF.pc3 file. If you skip past this message without selecting Yes, the viewports can be removed from the PDF in Revu’s measurement panel. If you don’t, they will very likely affect the accuracy of any measurements you make in Revu.

ALWAYS say yes to removing these artifacts.

These “viewports” are artifacts contained within the PDF file to which Bluebeam Revu alerts you when you open a file containing them. There are three issues you may run into and some settings to consider if you use Bluebeam Revu as well as AutoCAD.įirst, you may see this message when opening PDF files using Bluebeam Revu (not the free viewer) which were created from AutoCAD using Autodesk’s DWG to PDF print driver. Many users create PDF files from AutoCAD products as PDF seems to be the standard digital format.

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