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Revu eXtreme – Open Licence

Open Licensing

Open Licensing is an annual subscription that allows companies to authorise concurrent access to Revu eXtreme for any user in their company from a shared pool of seats. Open Licensing brings flexibility and the benefits of volume software licensing to organisations of all sizes, anytime, anywhere.

Seats may be added to an existing Open Licence at any time, and they will be prorated based on the renewal date. Active subscriptions are entitled to free upgrades and Maintenance, with access to our Technical Support team by phone and email as well as Bluebeam Drawings*.

*Drawings is optimised using the United States National CAD Standard® (NCS).

How does Open Licensing work?
  1. Simply launch Revu to request a seat from the Bluebeam Gateway, a web-accessible portal where licences and Bluebeam Drawings* usage are hosted and managed.
  2. If a seat is available, the Gateway automatically allocates it to the user and authorises Revu to run on that computer.
  3. Once all available seats are in use, the Gateway limits further requests for Revu to run.
  4. When an active user closes Revu, the Gateway automatically retrieves the seat and immediately makes it available for others to access.

*Drawings is optimised using the United States National CAD Standard® (NCS).

What are the Administrator capabilities for Open Licensing?
  • Access to the Bluebeam Gateway
  • Count active Revu users versus available seats
  • View usage trends over a selectable calendar period
  • Access historical data of overages
  • Export logs, registered computers and username data
  • Manage multiple seats through a single interface
  • Invite additional Administrators to assist in managing active users
Which versions and editions of Revu are supported by Open Licensing?
Open Licensing supports Revu eXtreme, version 2017 and above.
What happens if an Open Licence user loses internet access?
For situations when connectivity to the internet becomes temporarily unavailable, or if a computer is outside of the office and cannot connect, Open License seats will switch to offline mode. In offline mode, each device is granted three days to use the programme before it is required to connect back to the Bluebeam Gateway.
What happens if all the seats in my Open Licence pool are checked out but someone urgently needs to use Revu?
Administrators have the option to log in to the Gateway and manually release any user whose status is inactive. If the Administrator releases a seat while a user is working in the programme, we release the seat but also protect the active user by allowing them to continue working so that they will not lose their work. Only when they close and reopen Revu again will they need an available Open License seat to continue working with Revu.
How are upgrades within Open Licences managed?
We understand that fully upgrading software within an organisation takes time. If you own an Open License and an upgrade to the next version becomes available, both the current and new versions will continue sharing the same pool of seats. This allows for ultimate flexibility when your environment requires incremental upgrades.