View and annotate files - SmartPlant Foundation - IM Update 48 - Help - Hexagon

When you select a drawing or document revision and display a file attached to it using the View and Markup command, a window appears within the Desktop Client and shows the content of the selected file.

To get more information about an object in a drawing, you can click the object in the drawing to display properties for the object in the Properties window. The Properties window must be displayed to view the properties of the object.

To see additional information and actions pertaining to the selected object, right-click the object in the View and Markup window and use the shortcut menu. The available menu commands for each object contain most of the same commands that you can see when you right-click the object in a tree or list view.

For more information about using the Markup commands, refer to the SmartPlant Markup Plus Help.

If you are viewing a Smart P&ID typical plant item, the following layers display by default.

• Typicals

• TypicalsNotes

• TypicalsLabels

• TypicalsHT

• TypicalsHeatTrace

• TypicalsConsistencyChecks

By default, the following layers do not display when viewing a Smart P&ID typical plant item.

• Default

• Labels

• HeatTrace

If SmartPlant Markup Plus is installed on your client computer, the file displays in SmartPlant Markup Plus within the View and Markup window.

You cannot navigate drawings or models until they have been published and loaded.

When you select a model drawing from PDS or Intergraph Smart 3D and select the View and Markup command, the View and Markup window displays, as illustrated by the following example. The View and Markup window for models has slightly different commands than the window for 2D drawings.

Select - Locates one or more objects to apply a specific command.

Locate Filter - Choose the type of items you want to select in the view. The option you choose from this drop-down list box determines what items in the view can be selected with the Select Tool. The Features option allows you to select features in the model. The Runs options allow you to select pipe runs in the model. The All option allows you to select any item in the model except for runs and features.

Set Colors - Sets the background, selected item, and highlight colors on a drawing. The background color selection is valid for only the active drawing. The selected item and highlight colors are saved on a per session basis. That is, each drawing you view until you log off uses the selected item and highlight color you select.

Outline/Smooth Shaded - Switches the view of the items in the model between an outline and smooth shaded rendering. In outline mode, objects appear with edges as a single line and the surfaces solid; edge lines and faces not within the normal view are hidden. In the smooth shaded mode, objects appear solid with smooth shaded surfaces.

Common Views - Displays a two-dimensional or isometric orientation of objects in the active view. This command opens the Common Views dialog box, which displays a three-dimensional wireframe box. This box consists of white circles on each corner and three white arrows that point to the faces. Each corner circle, arrow, or face of the box highlights in yellow as you pause the pointer over it. You can select one of the six faces of the 3D box to change your view to a 2D view, or you can select one of the eight corner circles to change your view to an isometric view. A message at the bottom of the dialog box indicates the direction or type of your selection, such as Plan, Isometric, and so forth.

Move Forward/Back, Left/Right - Moves the depth of the view point forward or back in reference to the object you are looking at in the model when you move the cursor up or down. Moving the mouse left or right causes the view to rotate left or right.

Pan Up/Down, Left/Right - Increase or decreases the elevation of the view origin when you move the mouse up or down. Moving the mouse left or right moves the view in a line parallel to the far clipping plane.

Rotate Vertical/Horizontal - Tilts the view up or down when you move the mouse up or down. Moving the mouse left or right rotates the view left and right.

Measure - Allows you to measure points, distances, and minimum distances. Click a point to display its coordinates in the model. Click a second point to display the distance (both the total distance and distances along each axis) between the points. If the first click selects an object, double-click a second object to display the minimum distance (both the total distance and the distances along each axis) between the objects.

• At any point, you can reset the command by right-clicking to return to a previous step. By resetting, the last selected point or object becomes the starting point.

• The current measurement is displayed until you press the ESC key or select a different toolbar command.

Rotate View - Rotates or turns a view freely about the view center or about a principal vector originating from the view center.

Fit View to Object - Fits a selected object in the model in the active view. Click this command and then choose an object to set the focus on that specific object.

Zoom Tool - Increases or decreases the display size of objects in the model. You can zoom in to get a closer view of an object or zoom out to see more of the model at a reduced size. Click the left mouse button and drag the pointer upward in the window to increase the view of an object as though you were moving closer to it. Drag the pointer downward in the window to reduce the view as though you were moving farther away from the object.

Zoom Area - Magnifies an area of the model. Drag or click two points to create a fence around an object or area of the model that you want to enlarge.

Zoom In - Increases the drawing view magnification so you can better see details in the drawing.

Zoom Out - Decreases the drawing view magnification so you can better see the overall drawing.

Fit - Fits all visible objects in the active view.

Pan - Moves the view up, down, left, or right to let you see other areas of the model. The pointer appears as a hand when this command is active.

SmartPlant Markup Plus - Opens the model for review in the SmartPlant Markup Plus application. This command opens the view in a new window, outside SmartPlant Foundation.

SmartPlant Review - Opens the model in the Smart Review application. This command opens the view in a new window, outside SmartPlant Foundation. This functionality is available only when Smart Review is installed on the local computer. For more information about the commands available in this view, refer to the Smart Review Help.

Provides a graphical display used to select the angle from which you view the 3D file. Select a face of the displayed box to view the area two-dimensionally from the specified side, or select a corner of the box to open an isometric view of the area.

The text at the bottom of the Common Views dialog box provides a description of the view that you select.

Allows you to lock or unlock a group of markup files. This dialog box appears when you select a revision or a file and use the Lock or Unlock Markup command. If you use that command after selecting an individual Markup file, use the Lock Layers dialog box.

Current Status - Indicates whether the selected markup file is currently locked or not. To change the status, click either the Lock or Unlock button.

Lock - Clicking this button locks a markup file. This button is active only if the markup file is not yet locked, and the status in the Current Status option is Unlocked.

Unlock - Clicking this button unlocks a markup file. This button is active only if the markup file was previously locked, and the status in the Current Status option is Locked.

Allows you to lock saved markup layers to prevent further changes. This dialog box appears when you select an individual markup file and use the Lock or Unlock Markup command.

Color - Displays the name and a sample of the color used for the elements in each markup layer.

Description - Provides the brief description entered for each layer when it was first saved.

User - Displays the user name of the person who created each layer.

Date - Indicates the date on which each layer was created.

Lock - Indicates whether each layer has already been locked to prevent changes. Layers with a Yes value in this column cannot be modified or deleted.

Select All - Quickly selects all the markup layers available for the file and included in the list. Selected layers are locked when you click the OK button.

Clear All - Removes highlighting from any items in the list of available layers. Selected layers are locked when you click the OK button.