The Studio API provides connections between third-party applications and Bluebeam Studio.”īluebeam Revu for Mac users have perpetual licenses and the software will continue to work beyond 2020 assuming users freeze their system updates to form a stable Bluebeam Mac machine.
“All of the API integrations that our Nemetschek Group partners have made have been through Bluebeam’s Studio API. MORE: Architosh Exclusive-Nemetschek Group Unveils Its CDE Strategy with Bluebeam Technology at its CoreĪdditionally, other Nemetschek companies, like GRAPHISOFT and Vectorworks that have API connections to Bluebeam today will not be affected by this decision. The new “cloud-based ecosystem” of solutions is not the future CDE solution for the Nemetschek Group. What we have learned from Bluebeam is that project is separate. This publication was chosen to provide an exclusive on why the Nemetschek Group selected Bluebeam to essentially be the central technology behind the Nemetschek Group’s future CDE solution. This may be the end of Bluebeam Revu for Mac but hopefully not the end of support for Apple’s Mac users. The company told Architosh that while this news may seem sudden, they are merely increasing their investments around decisions they have made quite a while ago. The company adds, “XCON attendees, however, know that we have been giving sneak peeks of Drawings and other innovative initiatives for the last few conferences.” adds Hopkins. The company told Architosh that they announced their intention to reposition investments in a data-driven, mobile, and collaborative ecosystem of solutions at XCON 2018, their annual user conference, in Austin in September of 2018. …we can tell you that the talent and expertise we are investing represents an incredible boost towards all our customers realizing a data-driven, mobile future. While the news, on the face of it, feels immediately disappointing, the silver lining in the news amounts to this: the company is focusing its resources on cloud-based solutions that touch far more users more evenly, across various platforms and devices-including Mac. We have heard directly from Bluebeam about this Revu for Mac announcement and have addressed questions to their VP of Product, Kristine Hopkins, about what this means in the larger sense.
This near future update includes improvements to the measurement tools and addresses critical issues.