OT: Interesting Story about BlueBeam

Hey that was an interesting article.

Thanks Malcolm, Mike

I just did some tests. I created pdf's using both Acrobat and Bluebeam of assembly's and drawings. The Bluebeam files are 1/2 or less the size of the same files created using Acrobat.

Hmm... I think I'm have to start liking Bluebeam more, and eat my words in the other thread I started.

Jay

Excerpt... "This year, Bluebeam is expecting a 400-percent increase in revenues and a 50-percent increase in users. In November,

Hmmm, I wonder what's prompting those projections... :)

And is that article actually suggesting that "Bluebeam" invented PDF? Something tells me Adobe would disagree. Well, I'm off to compare file size performance of bluebeam vs. alternatives.

- Eddy

I think you misread, they don't say PDF was invented by BlueBeam

"Within a few months, they had created a variation of the printable document file platform - PDF"

JJ

You're right! I missed the variation text. I guess I was expecting to read Adobe in that same sentence. My bad.

- Eddy

Compare the quality for us, please. How does each look when you zoom way in on the graphics? With Distiller I have a choice about file size relative to quality.

'Sporky'

Sporky,

I might have to change my mind again and go back to my original thoughts regarding Bluebeam not being very good.

I didn't go into great depth, but Acrobat does have a lot of settings and control over quality levels and resolution. Bluebeam has none. All of which must play into a file size vs. quality issue.

The show stopper was in playing around and comparing the two, there doesn't appear to be a way to zoom into a specific area of a assembly and create a PDF using Bluebeam. Acrobat gives this control. This is a feature I HAVE to use on a regular basis when discussing design issues with clients.

So unless I'm in some way mistaken, Bluebeam is unusable for me and continues to give me the impression of being a bit on the crude side of things.

Jay

Really, I'm curious....

Why is file size THAT important, aside from a few seconds upload/download time? Me, I put clear communication as my highest priority. What's a few bytes compared to not needing to field extra phone calls or emails because of unclear communication?

De Nada,

MT

The file size would be more important to the site you are downloading