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CaptainReboot
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May 06, 2022

Bluebeam Revu Edits Getting Wiped Out

We have BlueBeam Revu version 20.2.70 in our AVD environment.  What is happening is that sometimes when a user tries to save a PDF that they are working on, all the edits and markups disappear and they lose all their work.  This is having in two of our AVD production pools.  

 

Does anybody use use BlueBeam in their AVD environment and seeing similar issues?

 

Thanks,

  • CaptainReboot 

     

    So, I think I have a work around now. I've rolled it out a week ago, but it's hard to test thoroughly since it's Holiday season, though it's been promising so far.

     

    FSLogix has a rules editor where you can create a redirection rule and apply it to the AVD machine. I just redirected where Bluebeam creates its working file from the folder "c:\users\*\appdata\local\Bluebeam\Revu\20\SaveTemp" to the "c:\temp" folder. I was able to toggle the issue based on whether I had the redirect rule enabled or not.

    • Canno1305's avatar
      Canno1305
      Copper Contributor

      I saw your update while on vacation.  Sounds promising and makes sense moving working dir off the profile mounted via .vhdx.  Any new updates with the return to normal production? Any issues with multiple users using the same working dir? LittleCoffeeMan725 

       

      Thank you.

    • CaptainReboot's avatar
      CaptainReboot
      Brass Contributor
      So the issue was reported again today, first time in a while. Has your workaround been stable?
      • LittleCoffeeMan725's avatar
        LittleCoffeeMan725
        Copper Contributor
        So far, it's been stable for me. Are you seeing the rules loading in the FSLogix logs?
    • Joost1325's avatar
      Joost1325
      Copper Contributor
      How you manage this for multiple users since you cannot use a variable like %localappdata%\Bluebeam\Revu\20\SaveTemp as a source?
      Make a rule for each user?
      • LittleCoffeeMan725's avatar
        LittleCoffeeMan725
        Copper Contributor
        No, I use a wildcard.
        C:\users\*\appdata\local\bluebeam\revu\20\savetemp
        Kind of like that.
  • Yes! and I'm about to tear my hair out because of it! I'm currently digging into the hardware acceleration side of things to see if that's doing anything.

    Did you make any progress on this?
    • CaptainReboot's avatar
      CaptainReboot
      Brass Contributor
      No, I think we reverted back to an older version and that appears to be stable, but it's been so long that I don't even know if anybody is complaining anymore or they're just working around it.
  • Canno1305's avatar
    Canno1305
    Copper Contributor

    I have been dealing with this (or not dealing) with this for at least a couple years.  Same story.  User's just cope with the issue and BB Support eventually tells me the environment is not supported.

     

    Win 10 AVD.  2 host pools each with separate templates updated monthly, 3 session hosts

     

    all hosts affected.

     

    CaptainReboot 

    • LittleCoffeeMan725's avatar
      LittleCoffeeMan725
      Copper Contributor
      I appreciate the feedback. Glad it's not just me, but frustrating that there isn't a resolution yet.

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