Bluebeam Revu · Studio SessionA101 - First Floor Plan · 2D markup plane
ACC / Forma · coordination modelSnowdon Towers · 3D model plane
Bluebeam & Autodesk Construction Cloud (Forma) teams

Every markup tracked.
Every decision traced.

TRACE turns Bluebeam markups into ACC / Forma issues and writes the status back. Weave links each markup to the model fix it led to.

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Snowdon Towers · from the Revit modelDrag to orbit · scroll up for the sheet
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One markup, start to finish

Ninety seconds. One markup, start to finish.

The problem

Markups get re-typed into ACC by hand, and closed issues stay open in Bluebeam. Every review, every project. Built for the VDC and BIM managers, project engineers and coordinators who run those reviews on general-contractor teams.

Coordination reviews break at the handoff

TRACE Sync
Markups become ACC issues
Every markup becomes a tracked ACC / Forma issue. Status flows both ways.
Live today · the base engine
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TRACE Weave
Related issues become one item
Links each markup to the model fix it led to, and tells you when a problem comes back.
Stage one

Reviewers stay in Bluebeam. Modelers stay in Revit and ACC. Nothing is entered twice.

Sync - markups become ACC issues

  1. Step 01

    Markup in Bluebeam

    A reviewer draws a cloud in a Studio Session.

  2. Step 02

    Native ACC / Forma issue

    TRACE creates it on the right sheet, with the note, the position and a thumbnail.

  3. Step 03

    Status back

    Close it in ACC / Forma and the markup shows Completed in Bluebeam.

TRACE dashboard · live activity5 events
BB→ACCCreated ACC Issue #441 for markup 5078014496 on A101 - First Floor Plan3m ago
BB→ACCThumbnail attached to issue #4413m ago
ACC→BBBB Markup 5078014496 written back (ACC pending)1m ago
BB→ACCUpdated ACC Issue #441 -> Rejected1m ago
ACC→BBBB Markup 5078014496 written back (ACC closed)52s ago
Bluebeam Revu
Studio Session
Reviewer marks up the sheet
no workflow change
TRACE Engine
Sync & Coordination
Syncs both ways, every 15 seconds
polls every 15s
Autodesk ACC / Forma
The native issue
Native issue on the sheet; the modeler sets the status
native ACC / Forma issue
Stage two

One decision becomes several issues: the markup, the model change, the clashes. Weave links them into one item, and a person confirms each link.

Weave - related issues become one item

Two Planes
Linking
Many to Many
Capture Fix
Review planeBluebeam markups
Bluebeam Revu Studio Session, A101 First Floor Plan
Model planeACC / Forma model clashes
ACC clash viewer: Issue #15, 4 clashes across 3 clash groups
Review and model-clash coordination live · model-health coordination rolling out
The payoff

Did this problem come back?

The markup, the issue and the model element are one thing in three tools. TRACE keeps that thread, so a markup in the same spot next month is recognized as the same problem. Nobody re-types a markup into ACC, chases a modeler for status, or reconciles two lists on Friday — and when someone asks why a wall moved, the answer and the evidence behind it sit together.

markupUniqueId = externalIdmodel clash
Partners & Integrations

Built on the tools AEC teams already run

TRACE connects Bluebeam Revu and Autodesk Construction Cloud® - a live, bidirectional integration built on the Bluebeam API.

Autodesk AECO Technology Partner

TRACE works with Autodesk Construction Cloud®, creating native ACC / Forma Issues from Bluebeam markups, each on its sheet, at the markup's exact position, and writing resolution status back when work is completed in Revit® software.

Bluebeam
Bluebeam Revu

TRACE reads Studio Session markups through the Bluebeam API and writes their status back when the issue is closed.

Capabilities

Built for production GC workflows

  • Two-way sync

    Change the status on either side and the other follows. No duplicates.

  • Native ACC / Forma issues

    Standard issues, on the sheet and page, with the markup's position and thumbnail.

  • No workflow change

    A background service. Reviewers and modelers keep their tools.

  • Cloud or self-hosted

    Our cloud, or a Windows machine on your own network.

Private beta

Run your next coordination review with zero manual handoff.

TRACE is in private beta with a small number of teams. At launch it is priced per concurrent project — one Bluebeam Studio Session synced to one ACC / Forma project — billed annually, with founding rates for beta teams.

Tell me about your team and I will answer personally.

Request access or email amro@platform-aec.com
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Platform AEC
PLATFORM AEC
Design • Data • Intelligence

Platform AEC builds software that connects the tools AEC teams already run on. TRACE is the first product.

It comes out of founder Amro Sallam's 20+ years delivering large BIM projects as a licensed architect (AIA, NCARB).

TRACE Data Security. TRACE signs in through Bluebeam's and Autodesk's own OAuth, so it never sees or stores a password, and every call it makes runs over HTTPS/TLS. Run it self-hosted as a Windows service on your own machine and your project data never reaches us: the only thing we receive is a licence and usage heartbeat, which carries no sheet names, issue text or model content. Run it on a server we operate and your tokens and sync state live there instead. Access is yours to revoke from your Bluebeam and Autodesk accounts at any time. Full data handling detail is in the privacy notice, which your IT team can review.

Autodesk, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Revit are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Bluebeam and Revu are registered trademarks of Bluebeam, Inc. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. TRACE is an independent product of Platform AEC Inc. and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Autodesk, Inc. or Bluebeam, Inc.