Conversations within Collaboration
Use
The comment and redline tools are used to create different types of comments. Comments group together into a conversation, enabling you to easily follow a particular collaboration thread.
If you create a comment using the redline tools, you also have the option of being able to project that comment directly onto the model. The comment then follows the contours of the model when it is rotated.
When you select one of these tools, you can begin creating a conversation by clicking the model surface to place the start point. At this point the cursor changes to a small cross. Certain actions are then required to finish creating the comment, and these differ depending on the tool selected.
Saving Collaboration Information
When working with collaboration conversations and comments in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer, you can save them when the file is saved. The way in which this is done, depends on whether you are saving an RH file, or a VDS file.
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File Type |
Functional Description |
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VDS |
Collaboration conversations and comments are saved in a separate .xml file. This .xml file has the same prefix and is saved alongside the .vds scene file.
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RH |
Collaboration conversations and coments are saved within the file |
Activities
The existing conversations are presented in the Collaboration window:
Creating a Comment
In the Collaboration window, you can select the required comment tool. To create a comment, perform one of the following:
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Comment Type |
Action |
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Text, point, arrow, or a line comment |
Click where you want to place the start point and drag to the leader length. |
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Circle note comment |
Click where you want to place the start point, and drag outwards and inwards to set the circle radius. Click once more to set the leader length. |
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Arc comment |
Click where you want to place the start point, click again to place the center of the arc circumference. Click once more to place the end point. |
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Circle comment or a rectangular comment. |
Click where you want to place the start point and drag outwards and inwards to set the circle radius or size. |
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Polyline comment |
Click where you want to place the start point, click to place the second point, and so on, then right-click to place the end point. |
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Freehand comment |
Hold down the left mouse button and drag to set the shape. |
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Cloud comment |
Click where you want to place the start point and drag outwards to set the size. |
If you are creating a comment containing text, enter the required text information in the window, and set a link, if required. Once you have finished creating your comment, the conversation is added to the Collaboration window, and displays the user name, creation date, and creation time information. The collaboration layer object and the newly created thread display in the 3D objects list in the scene tree.
Adding a Comment to an Existing Conversation
To add a comment to an existing conversation, highlight the required conversation in the Collaboration window, and select the required comment tool. Create a comment. The comment is added to the selected conversation.
Projecting a Redline Comment onto the Surface of the Model
To project redline comments onto the model, choose 
and choose one of the redline comment tools in the Collaboration window. Drag the comment to the required size in the viewport. If you are creating a conversation, make the selections you require and choose OK.
The new redline comment displays in the collaboration window, and projects onto the model in the viewport.
Showing and Hiding Comments
To display or hide comments, deselect the conversation in the Collaboration window.
Deleting a Conversation
To delete a conversation, select the conversation that you wish to delete in the Collaboration window, and choose Delete Selected Conversation.
Deleting a Specific Comment
To delete a specific comment from a conversation, select the comment that you wish to delete, right-click the comment, and select Delete from the context menu.