BLUEBEAM BASICS
This program is a PDF-based tool used for markups, QTOs, and document management in construction.
What is Bluebeam?
This type of scale is typically used for architectural drawings and smaller areas.
What is an Architectural Scale?
This is defined as this type of prediction about project costs.
What is an estimate?
This is the main purpose of PowerPoint.
What is to create visual aids for presentations?
This rule emphasizes tailoring your presentation to who you are speaking to.
What is knowing your audience?
This mode allows you to edit and mark up PDFs in Bluebeam.
What is Markup Mode?
This type of scale is commonly used for civil drawings and large areas.
What is an Engineering Scale?
This is the primary goal of an estimate.
What is accurately calculating the final cost of a project?
This is the strip of tabs across the top of PowerPoint.
What is the Ribbon?
This should be limited to 3–5 key points in a presentation.
What are take-home messages?
This feature tracks all markups and measurements made in a document.
What is the Markups List?
If a drawing says “NTS,” you should do this instead of scaling.
What is use only shown dimensions?
OH&P Stands for?
What is Overhead and Profit
This feature allows consistent formatting across all slides.
What is the Slide Master?
This rule encourages movement instead of standing still while presenting.
What is treating the floor as a stage?
Before taking measurements, you must do this to ensure accuracy.
What is calibrate/set the scale?
This process involves measuring quantities from plans for estimating.
What is Quantity Take-Off (QTO)?
ROM stands for?
Rough order of magnitude.
This rule suggests limiting text to 5 words per line, 5 lines per slide.
What is the 5/5/5 rule?
This is the most important way to reduce nerves before presenting.
What is practice?
This tool allows you to search for symbols in a drawing to count quantities.
What is Symbol Search?
Name two tools used in Bluebeam for QTO.
What are length, area, count, or volume (any two)?
These are the four main cost categories in a detailed estimate.
What are Material, Labor, Equipment, and Subcontractor?
This is a predefined set of colors, fonts, and effects for slides.
What is a Theme
This should NOT be done during a presentation using slides.
What is reading directly from slides?