My first YouTube video! Holy crap, the day has come. It might be a very niche topic, but regular expressions with JavaScript for Bluebeam are a powerful tool. If you’re not already using them, you should be.<\/p>\n
I was inspired to make this video because of a discussion I was having over on the UChapter2 forums<\/a>. Firstly, I was super impressed with the creativity of how Isaac was using JavaScript within Bluebeam to manipulate layers. However, I noticed his code was very repetitive and any modification of the layers names in the future would result in updating the code manually.<\/p>\n Because he was very organized in setting up his layer names, I was able to help him implement something called “regular expressions”, or regex, to fix both of those issues. I’m really excited that he immediately jumped into action and was able to update his code within a couple of days. I’m looking forward to seeing the final product because I’m confident it will run faster and be more flexible with any future updates. As of today, the discussion is still ongoing. Please head over to the post<\/a> and check it out!<\/p>\n