My experience working with contractors as well as reading forums leads me to believe people outside of the Engineering community with little experience in Autodesk products, tend to be more comfortable with blue beam.

I understand people mostly have preferences particularly based on familiarity with which software they are accustomed to, as well as noticing differences in behavior of the software regarding what they are trying to achieve with it. Personally I find Autodesk more comfortable because of engineering experience with it, but I am lacking extensive experience with both, And am very interested in hearing users opinions. I would love for people to share bits of information on software performance as well as personal preference.

Autodesk Design review, preference and practicality. Joe has an Associate Degree in CAD and Design from the Thompson Institute.I am a Graduate student trying to reaserch the differences in Bluebeam vs. With over 10 years of experience in the Manufacturing CAD world, Joe comes to us most recently from Phoenix Forge where he designed new parts and managed their document management needs. Joe joined the Synergis document management team early in 2015. This is a per user change so you do not have to worry about other users being affected by your changes. Refresh Vault, select your AutoCAD file, and your background will now have changed to the color you selected inside Design Review. Once you select your color of choice click OK, click OK again to close out of the options box and the background color will have changed in Design Review.Ĭlose Design Review, Vault has not changed yet. Select the Color Button and here is where you can change the color of the background for AutoCAD files. Once in the options window go to the Sheet Tab. Next click the Application Button on the top left of the screen, go to options

Right click in the preview area and select open in Autodesk Design Review Posted on Augby Joe Corson, Synergis Vault Applications Specialistĭo you have problems viewing light colored AutoCAD lines in the Vault preview? With just a few short steps I will show you how to change the background color for your AutoCAD files.

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