Bluebeam, Inc. is an American software company founded in 2002 and headquartered in
Pasadena, California
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, United States, with additional offices in
Chicago, Illinois
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;
San Diego, California
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; and
Manchester, New Hampshire
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.
The company specializes in designing tools for creating, editing, marking up, collaborating and sharing
PDF
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documents. Their main product is Bluebeam Revu.
In October 2014, Bluebeam was acquired by
Nemetschek
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for $100 million and the company's software has more than 1.6 million users.
Products
Bluebeam Software's products include:
* Bluebeam Revu for
PDF
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creation, markup and editing.
* Bluebeam Vu for PDF viewing on
Windows
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and the
iPad
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. Vu for the
Windows
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platform includes Bluebeam Studio for online collaboration.
* Bluebeam Vu
iPad
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, a complimentary iPad app for PDF viewing.
* Studio Server is a server-based program for firms that want to use Bluebeam Studio to collaborate and share information in a locally hosted
environment.
Previous Products
* Pushbutton PDF
References
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Software companies established in 2002
Software companies based in California
2002 establishments in California
Defunct software companies of the United States