Blue Beam User Guide

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Table of Contents

Section 1.0 Introduction............................................... +

Section 2.0 S$stem Re>uirements.............................. *Section (.0 Installation............................................... 10

Section +.0 Usin t!e Setu/ ?iard.......................... 1+Section .0 < /eration............................................ 2( Section &.0 4!e < @anaer A//lication.................... 2Section %.0 4!e < ?eb Re/ortin 4ool..................... +1Section *.0 Usin t!e ?indows Selector 4ool........... ++Section '.0 etwor8 #rinter....................................... +%Section 10.0 Under t!e 5ood < Arc!itecture............. 0Section 11.0 Scri/t :nine C on"ersion A#I............. 2Section 12.0 4roubles!ootin


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folders, w!ic! can be located on eit!er t!e < Ser"er com/uter or on anetwor8 s!ared files$stem, can be monitored b$ t!e < watc!ed folder/rocesses.

4!ere are two wa$s to confiure t!e watc!ed folder monitorin. Koucan /oint to an eistin, Ein/laceF folder, or $ou can define a newfolder for t!e /rocess to watc!. In eit!er case a con"ersion will trier

w!en users /lace a source file in t!e watc!ed folder.

nce a watc!ed folder is defined, users can co/$ t!eir nati"eAutoAH D.dw or Solid?or8s D.slddrw drawins or fficedocuments D.doc, .//t, .ls to an$ of t!e confiured directories.

A folder ma$ be confiured suc! t!at all files draed into t!e folderwill beASI H sie. Some eam/les of t$/ical watc!ed folderconfiuration o/tions include

S/ecification of out/ut file t$/es D#H7, 4I7, and so on.

#ae Sie definition.

A//lication of a stam/ to sinle or multi/le /aes. 7ilterin to /rint s/ecific la$outs wit!in AutoAH.

Addin a tet stam/ to all /aes.

Insertin a co"er /ae.

?!en < is confiured to monitor eistin folders, con"ersions aretriered at defined time inter"als. 7or eam/le, eistin folders canbe scanned e"er$ mornin at 200 a.m.) an$ new or modified filessince t!e /re"ious scan will be con"erted. 4!e timin can be freel$confiured. 4$/ical eam/les would be to con"ert e"er$ da$ at acertain time, once a wee8 at a certain time, or e"er$ L number of!ours.

4o learn more about usin t!e < @anaer A//lication for confiurinwatc!ed folders, seeSection '.0.

(. )et*or+ !rinter Inter"ace < includes t!e Bluebeam etwor8#rinter. A /rinter dri"er can be installed onto eac! client com/uterwit!in $our oraniation. Users can t!en select t!eBluebeam )et!,F/rinter w!en /rintin documents from t!eir a//lications and,after enterin t!e name for t!e con"erted out/ut file, < will create t!efile and store it in t!e desinated location.

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Figure ( )et*or+ !rinter

Additional details about confiurin and usin t!e networ8 /rinterfeature are /ro"ided in Section -.0.

. !I/ < su//orts a .:4 A#I w!ic! can be used to de"elo/ M orB.:4 Dor an$ ot!er .:4 su//orted /rorammin lanuaea//lications to control bot! t!e con"ersion-creation /rocess as wellas #H7 /rocessin. An etensi"e A#I !el/ document is included wit!t!e installation of


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A !el/ file describin t!e use of t!e Scri/t :ditor is located in {QInstall folder}\Bluebeam Software\Help\ScriptEditorHelp.chm.Section11.0describes t!e A#I in furt!er detail.

S2tem 3onitoring and 3anagement

4!ere are two interfaces for controllin and monitorin t!e/erformance of t!e < Ser"er Bluebeam Q 3anagerand t!eQ %ebeporting ool.

4!e Bluebeam < @anaer DSerer !ana"er.e#e is a /roramlocated on t!e < Ser"er in{Q Install folder}\Pro"ram $iles\BluebeamSoftware\%onersion Sererfolder. Hurin t!e install /rocess, ano/tion is a"ailable to create a s!ortcut to t!is /roram on t!e des8to/.

4!e Bluebeam < @anaer is used to confiure s$stemwide settins.4!e < @anaer is also used to define t!e watc!ed folder /arametersand to manuall$ control t!e startin and sto//in of t!e Ser"er#rocesses. Refer toSection '.0for furt!er details reardin t!e useof t!e < @anaer.

4!e < ?eb Re/ortin 4ool /ro"ides a web interface for monitorint!e status of con"ersions. Use t!e < ?eb Re/ortin tool to "iew t!estatus of an$ con"ersion /rocessed b$ /lacin a file in t!e watc!edfolders or sent t!rou! t!e /rint client. 7ailed Jobs can be resubmittedt!rou! t!is interface. Additionall$ re/orts can be run o"er userdefined time /eriods to determine usae. Refer to Section .0forfurt!er information reardin t!e < ?eb Re/ortin 4ool.

%indo*2 Selector ool

< includes a ?indows Selector 4ool, w!ic! automates userinteractions. A dialo window will often a//ear w!en an AutoAH or@icrosoft ffice file is o/ened, and will need some sort of userinter"ention suc! as clic8in an EPF or EancelF button. 4!e ?indow5andler /rocess monitors t!e /roress of t!e con"ersion Job andloo8s for dialo windows t!at are waitin for user in/ut in order to8ee/ t!e con"ersion /rocess runnin. 4!e ?indows Selector 4oolconfiures t!e dialos w!ic! t!e ?indow 5andler will /rocess. Hetailson addin !andled e"ents are described inSection 6.0, w!ic!/ro"ides additional information reardin t!e ?indow Selector 4oola//lication.

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Section (.0 S2tem e7uirement2

< interates wit! !ost a//lications on t!e Ser"er com/uter. 4ocon"ert AutoAH D.dw files to #H7 or ot!er su//orted out/utformats, AutoAH must be installed on t!e same com/uter t!at t!e

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