Bluebeam Enterprise Installation

Modified on Thu, 05 Aug 2021 at 12:17 PM

Bluebeam Enterprise Installation for idtPlans Review
This article provides resources for helping you to deploy Bluebeam Revu for large-scale use withing an organization. Enterprise installation is recommended for system administrators who would like to perform unattended installation of Bluebeam across their network. Single installations should refer to the Standard Installation Instructions.

Installation Requirements

Bluebeam Revu is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 and 8 operating systems. For the complete compatibility list, click here.

As part of the installation, the .NET Framework 4.5.2 will be installed if it does not already exist on the workstation. Further information about the .NET framework may be found here.

Minimum Requirements
Display
1024 x 768
RAM
2+ GB (recommended)
Hard Disk
Up to 1.2GB of available space may be required
Processor
1GHz Pentium processor or equivalent (recommended)

Downloads

Download the Bluebeam MSI deployment packages here:
32 bit English
64 bit English

Download the idtPlans Review preferences, profile, and toolbox:
RevuPreferences.xml
idtPlans.bpx
idtPlans.btx

Documentation

You can view the full bluebeam enterprise deployment documentation here:
Bluebeam Enterprise Installation documentation

License Info

Your license info will be sent to you via email. Please contact support if you need to purchase more licenses.

General Installation Concepts

This is a general installation guideline, you may feel free to modify it as you see fit, but the basic concepts are:
MSI Enterprise Deployment Installation
Configure via command line to import default Reviewer Preferences on install (default bluebeam browser to the plan review overview web page)
Configure via command line to prevent automatic installation of plugins for third party software.
Post Installation
Import user profile via command line (toolsets, views, toolbars, etc).

Example Command Line Installation

In the following examples, the Bluebeam MSI packages, review preferences, and user profiles have been copied to G:\bb. Replace anything in italics with your information; do not include the {} brackets.

Basic Silent install for idtPlans & Bluebeam Standard - Do not install plugins, specify revu standard, import preferences.
msiexec.exe /i "G:\bb\Bluebeam Revu x64 15.msi" BB_SERIALNUMBER={Your SN} BB_PRODUCTKEY={Your PK} BB_EDITION=0 BB_REVUPREFERENCES="{G:\bb\RevuPreferences.xml}" MBCODE=0 /qn
Post Install - Import user profile
"C:\Program Files\Bluebeam Software\Bluebeam Revu\Revu\Revu.exe" /s /bpximport:"G:\bb\idtPlans.bpx"
/bpxactive:idtPlans /btximport:"G:\bb\idtPlans.btx"

Enterprise Trial Deployment

You can do a net deployment of Bluebeam and run it as a trial. You just need to use TRIAL as the serial number and leave the PRODUCTKEY blank (just put an equal sign, but nothing after it).