Bluebeam’s Revu is a popular Windows OS PDF markup and editing software amongst architecture, construction, and engineering firms. To have the full functionality of the software’s file-locking capability with LucidLink, the following 2 configuration changes must be made to the Windows mount point and file extensions. 

1. The mount point of the LucidLink filespace on each user’s Windows machine using Bluebeam Revu must be a UNC path. ( i.e. \\lucidlink\filespace). 
   • Failure to do so will not produce a pop-up window in Bluebeam Revu notifying a user that another user has that same file open. Only when the user tries to save changes to the file will they be notified that the file is read-only.
   • Note: One can mount the LucidLink filespace as a UNC path and a Windows drive letter simultaneously ( i.e. \\lucidlink\filespace;B: )
2. The file extension pdf must be entered into the File Locking Extensions list. 
   • Failure to make this change will result in no locking occurring amongst users opening the same pdf file, resulting in users potentially overwriting other users’ work on the same pdf file (the last write wins). 

Configure a global UNC path mount point

First, let’s set the LucidLink mount point as a UNC path and drive letter and make it the default for all users of the Filespace.

Configure via the LucidLink desktop application

1. Log in as the workspace owner, a workspace admin or a filespace admin. 
2. Open the LucidLink application and navigate to Filespace settings > Global defaults > Windows mount point > Enter a UNC path

• For example: \\lucidlink\filespace\;B:
• lucidlink can be any name.
• filespace can be any name. 
• B: can be any drive letter, and ;B: can be omitted if desired, mounting only as a UNC path. 

3. Click the Checkmark button to save the change.

After making the change, all user's will need to reconnect to the filespace to mount under the new default mount point. 

Configure via the command-line interface (CLI)

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. 
   Note: You must log in as the workspace owner, a workspace admin or a filespace admin to run global configuration commands. Type the following where: 

• --instance 2001 is the instance id of the filespace found by issuing lucid list at a command prompt.
• --global to set globally. --local would be used to set for this machine only.
• For example: \\lucidlink\filespace\;B:
• lucidlink can be any name.
• filespace can be any name. 
• B: can be any drive letter, and ;B: can be omitted if desired, mounting only as a UNC path. 

lucid --instance 2001 config --set --global --FileSystem.MountPointWindows \\lucidlink\filespace\;B:

2. Press the ENTER key. You will be prompted to enter the password of the LucidLink user you signed in as. 

After making the change, all users will need to reconnect to the filespace to mount under the new default mount point. 

Add the pdf extension to File locking extensions

Next, the file extension pdf must be entered into the File locking extensions list.

Configure via the LucidLink desktop application

1. Log in as the workspace owner, a workspace admin or a filespace admin. 
2. Open the LucidLink application and navigate to Filespace settings > Global defaults > File locking extensions

3. Add pdf
4. Click the Checkmark button to save the changes.

Configure via the command-line interface (CLI)

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. You must log in as the workspace owner, a workspace admin or a filespace admin to run global configuration commands.

2. You will need to capture the current list of locking extensions configured. Run the following command.

• --instance 2001 is the instance id of the filespace found by issuing lucid list at a command prompt.

lucid --instance 2001 config --no-trim

4. This will produce output listing the EFFECTIVE and CONFIGURED options for each configurable option. Copy the CONFIGURED list of file extensions for FileSystem.LockingExtensions. 
5. Run the following command, copy pasting the extensions list you just copied and adding pdf to the end of the list: 

lucid --instance 2001 config --set --global --FileSystem.LockingExtensions indd,idlk,dbl,dwl,dwl2,dwt,dwg,ppt,pptx,xls,xlsx,doc,docx,rvt,revit:dat,pdf

6. Press the ENTER key. You will be prompted to enter the password of the LucidLink user you signed in as. 

Changes will be effective immediately across all uses without a need to reconnect to the filespace.

When mounting via UNC path, it is important that the path does not conflict with the name of your Windows domain when bound to AD. For example, if your Windows domain is lucidlink.com and you set the UNC mount point to \\lucidlink\filespace then it will conflict, and the Quick Access shortcut to the filespace may not function correctly in Explorer.