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Markups that move, resize and round-trip like Bluebeam0.20.0

Grabbing, dragging, resizing and rotating a markup now follow one set of rules, with cursors that say what a press will do. Sketch tools take typed lengths beside the cursor. Bluebeam markups survive PDF import and export on rotated sheets, with their fills, areas and counts intact.

2026-09-29Minor15 changesNo migrations

Highlights

One press to select and move

Press and drag a markup that isn't selected, in Pan or Select, and it moves. It used to take a click and then a drag, and in Pan the press grabbed the page. As in Bluebeam, a markup with no fill is grabbed by its outline, not its empty middle. Areas and volumes have a light fill by default, so they still grab from inside.

Cursors that tell you what a press does

Over a markup you can move, the cursor shows Move. Over a box handle it shows a resize arrow turned with the markup. Vertex and line-end handles show Point, and the rotation handle shows Rotate. The same rules hold in Pan, Select and while a draw tool is armed.

Type sketch dimensions at the cursor

Sketch Rectangle shows Width, Height and Rotation in a small box beside the cursor, on every placement. Sketch Polygon and Sketch Polyline show Length and Rotation there too. Type a length, press Enter, and that side is placed; the next side starts from its end. Enter on an empty length closes a polygon or finishes a polyline. Tab moves between fields.

Bluebeam markups survive the round trip

Markups on rotated sheets import onto the drawing, not beside it. Fill opacity comes through instead of going solid, and highlights keep their painted width. Areas and volumes export as real Bluebeam measurements labelled with net area, holes drawn. A count exports every node, a snapshot exports its image, and callout text wraps inside its box. The export dialog counts every sheet in the collection and says what will change.

Text boxes behave while you edit them

Double-click selects the word you clicked. A text box resizes from the edge you drag, and the opposite edge stays put. Its handles work anywhere on the handle while you type. A rotated text box edits level, without a second turned box beside it.

Processing problems stay out of the way

A project that failed or stalled no longer floats a red panel over the sheet or pins a red box to the Outline. One warning icon sits in the top bar, left of Addenda: red for a failure, amber for a stall. Click it for the same panel and its Retry button.

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