Setting up Bluebeam Integration

  1. Log into the Bluebeam Studio Prime portal from your browser.

  2. Click Integrations in the upper right corner.

  3. Click the Add New button.

  4. Enter your Integration ID in the appropriate field and click Lookup. Please reach out to your Project Delivery Consultant to obtain the Product ID.

  5. Verify that the correct Integration is displayed and click Save.

  6. Your organization’s Studio Prime has now been set-up to use the Integration.

Activating Bluebeam Studio Session in InEight Document 

  1. After your project delivery consultant has enabled the Bluebeam setting in the back end, the option Integration with other systems shows in the Project SettingsMiscellaneous section.

  2. Click Activate Bluebeam Studio Session Link.

  1. You will be prompted to log-in to Bluebeam Gateway. Use the service account to log-in. 

  2. A message will be displayed requesting to grant integration the access to your Studio data. Click Allow. 

  1. A successful message will be prompted. Your project has now been successfully linked to Bluebeam Studio Session.

You can change the service account email address by clicking ‘Remove link’, however, ensure that there are NO active Bluebeam sessions.

Linking Bluebeam with InEight Document

Bluebeam connects with InEight Document using Bluebeam’s SharePoint integration capabilities. To set up this integration capability, follow the steps below.

  1. From the Bluebeam menu, click RevU and then select Preferences.

  2. Under Interface section, click File Access tab then click Add.

  1. Enter the InEight Document Project address into the Site field. The address format will be https://www.au1.doc.ineight.com/TeamBinderADFS/PROJNO/VPDEMO/ where the text marked in bold italic will be the variables from project to project:

    1. www.au1.doc.ineight.com identifies the server that the project is located on. If you are unsure, this will be displayed in the URL when you log into your project (e.g., in this case, it’s au1.doc.ineight.com).

    2. VPDEMO identifies your project number on the server.

 

  1. If you are using version 20 or later of Bluebeam Revu, ensure that the option “Use Legacy Authentication” is checked. 

  1. Select the Checkout on Open checkbox (as shown above), to enter editing mode automatically once the document is opened in Bluebeam. Note that documents must be checked out before new versions can be created within Bluebeam.

  2. Select OK.

  3. This provides users with a list of all PDF file formats against each document to select from.

Installing Google Chrome – ClickOnce extension

When using Google Chrome browser to log-in to your InEight Document project, you can open the document with Bluebeam RevU if you have installed the ClickOnce extension. ClickOnce is required for the following Bluebeam options: 

  • Documents Register → Actions → Open latest version with Bluebeam

  • Release Register → Bluebeam column → Open link To install ClickOnce:

  1. Within Chrome browser, click at the top right → More tools  → Extensions.

  2. Remove any existing ClickOnce plug-ins. 

  3. Open the Chrome Web Store.

  4. Find and select ‘Windows Remix ClickOnce Helper’. You may also click this link to download the extension. 

  5. Click Add to Chrome.

  1. Some extensions will let you know if they need certain permissions or data. To approve, click Add extension.

  1. The download will appear in the lower-left corner of your browser window along with a walkthrough of how to complete the installation. 

  1. The extension has now been successfully installed. You can now go to your project and try accessing the options (listed above) to open your document with Bluebeam.