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6 Click the mouse next to each smoke detector
until all smoke detectors are found.
7
Click the “Duct Detectors” category from the Category Panel.
8 Click the mouse next to each duct detector
until all duct detectors are found.
Notice the smoke detectors show as red checkmarks as
indicated by the category and the duct detectors in yellow.
For this exercise we will assume that the plan requires
additional smoke detectors to be compliant. In the next steps we
will add a Changemark and save the takeoffs to a markup layer.
9
Click Annotate Function to open the Markup Toolbar and
select the Changemark Note icon
.
10
Drag the Changmark Note onto the file next to
one of the check smoke detectors and release.
11 Enter a title and description similar to the
below for the Changemark Note dialog.
a
Title = Additional Smoke Detectors
b Body= Building code requires 5 additional
smoke detectors to be located on the plan.
c
Click OK
d Click the Markup Save Icon.
How to use Measure Takeoffs
周is exercise demonstrates how to use the takeoffs to accumulate
totals and create a markup layer with those totals. It will also
demonstrate the use of the “Show Leader” feature which
automatically places the measurement onto the file.
1 Open a drawing file for which you would
like to accumulate measurements.
2
From the
button, select Takeoff from the drop down
arrow. 周e ProjectDox Task
•
Pane displays the Measure Takeoff Panel and the measure
takeoff toolbar displays on the left side of the ProjectDox
window.
3
Create the Categories that you would
like to use for this drawing.
4 To place your measurements, select the category
from the list that you want to measure.
•
Depending on the measurement type, the appropriate
measurement tools become available in the measurement
takeoff toolbar allowing you to place one or multiple entities.
•
周e measurement information for each entity you create is
added to the currently selected category results.
•
周e accumulated results display at the top of the panel.
•
周e entities on the drawing will be color coded according to
which category they belong to.
5
Select the Show Leader checkbox to add a text box
(with category color border) to each individual
measurement result on the entities you place. You
can move the position of the textbox by:
•
Clicking the Select button
• Clicking on the entity, then pressing on the text box and
dragging it to a new location.
•
Release the mouse button to set the new text box location.
6 Once you have defined your categories and placed all your
measurements, you can Export the results to the Clipboard
(for cut and paste into other applications, such as Excel),
or export to a CSV file and save it on your computer.
7 As with any other markup layer, when you close the file you
will be asked if you want to save the current markup.
•
If you select Yes, the category list, along with all of the
current measurement entities, will be saved and can be
opened for edit or review.
Negative Area Check Box
When selected allows for a negative entity to be applied to a
category. As long as the check box is selected, any entity you place
on the drawing will subtract from the accumulated results. 周e
measurement entities text box displays a negative number if Show
Leader is selected. Negative areas are typically drawn inside of a
larger, positive area to exclude certain sections from the total.
No intelligence is applied to decide if a negative area is logical
(overlaps another ‘positive’ area takeoff).
If you choose to designate an area as negative, its value is subtracted
from the accumulation.
How to remove a Measurement
1
Click the measure Select button
2
Click on the entity you wish to delete, and
hit <Delete> on your keyboard.
3
周e measurement value for that entity is
subtracted from the accumulated results.
4 Several entities can be selected at once by holding
down the <Ctrl> key while clicking on the
individual entities you wish to delete.
How to resize a Measurement
1
Select the Edit Markup/Select Icon
2 Select the measurement on the file, resize handles appear on
the entity that can be grabbed and dragged to a new location.
3
You cannot move the entity, but you can reshape if needed.
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How to use the Strikeout Feature
1
Select Plan Review Tenant Build Out.doc from the folder view.
2
Select the Annotate Function from the Main Toolbar.
3 Select the Strikeout Icon
from the Markup Tool Properties
Toolbar.
4
Find an area of the document. Hold the left mouse button
down and highlight the desired area to strikeout as seen below.
5
Release the left mouse button and the highlight
area will show the strikeout over the text.
6 Save the Markup as “your department name” (BLD).
7
Close the file using the red x.
How to compare File Versions
ProjectDox allows you to perform a graphical comparison of two file
versions or two files in the same folder using the Compare Tool. 周e
Comparison Toolbar appears at bottom of viewing window.
周e toolbar contains several commands including a drop down
menu for different viewing options. Depending on the viewing
option chosen, two buttons (align and clear align), and a slider may
be present. In this exercise we will upload another version of the
planlayout1.dwg file and perform a compare of the two versions.
1
Navigate to the instructors folder/project and download the
latest version of the planlayout1.dwg saving it to your desktop
2 Navigate to your project/folder where the
current planlayout1.dwg v1 resides
3
Click the Upload button
4 Browse out and find the playlayout1.dwg file
saved to the desktop and click Open
5
Click the Upload Now button
6 Notice that the file is selected as a candidate for versioning
(project must have versioning enabled) indicated by the
blue highlight. Once published the file will show as v2.
7
Select the History
icon for the planlayout1.dwg v2 file.
8
Select Compare Mode
9
Select Version 1 and Version 2 checkboxes
and click the Compare button.
10 周e selected files will display in Side-by-Side view.
11
Use the Compare Toolbar to view the
file in the following modes:
a Overlay
b
Overlay Compare and use of Transparency Slider
c
Side by Side
d Additions – indicated in green
e
Deletions – indicated in red
f
Unchanged – indicated by grey
How to compare Markup File Versions
周e compare file version opens overlaid on the open file. 周e
open file displays in red (deleted geometry), and the compare file
displays in green (added geometry). Geometry that has not changed
(common between both revisions) is grey. Use the slider to change
transparency for clearer visibility of the file differences - right to dim
red (deleted) and left to dim (added) green areas.
1
Using the same files as above select Open File
(only) from the Comparison Tool Bar
2 周is will open the earlier version of the
two selected files or Version 1.
•
In Side-by-Side mode the file to the left is always the earlier
of the two versions being compared.
3
Click
and select a markup layer from the Markup Open
for Review dialog.
4 周e ChangeMark Review Window will appear to the right
if not already present. Click “Wheel Chair Access Issue”.
•
If the Changemark was created while zoomed in on the area
of the file the magnification will remain intact while being
reviewed.
5
Select to view the file in Side-by-Side mode
.
• Any area of the files can be compared using this feature.
6
Select from the Comparison Toolbar to Overlay Differences
using the Transparency Slider to see the original markup and
issue that was deleted verses the new additions to the file.
Notice that requested changes have been made along with another
change not requested by the reviewers where the Wall was relocated
on the far right of the planlayout1.dwg v2.
How to compare Text Files
1
Select the History
icon for the Plan Review Tenant Build
Out.v2 file.
2
Select Compare Mode
3
Select Version 1 and Version 2 checkboxes
and click the Compare button.
4
Select the Text Mode Icon
Differences will be displayed as:
Yellow = change between the two documents
Red = deletion made from the open document
Green = addition made to the compare document
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No changes between the documents will display a message
•
Clicking in the open or compare mode windows changes the
view of the file displayed to that selection.
•
Blank lines may be inserted to keep the lines in the same
relative vicinity if they become out of sync. 周is could be due
to how the document wrapped text from line to line etc.
How to compare Two File Versions
ProjectDox allows for the selection of two file versions contained in
the thumbnails list to be opened and compared. 周is can be done
with single or multi-page files but requires the files to be separate
meaning the viewer does not allow two pages of the same multi-page
file to be compared against each other. To compare pages of a multi-
page file would require another set of drawing files to be uploaded
under a different name. Below we will compare two PDF files and
use the various tools available in Compare Mode.
1
Select the 0406 A-2.1.4a.pdf and 0406 A-2.1.4.pdf from the
thumbnail view and select the Compare
icon.
2
ProjectDox launches in Compare mode,
with Side by Side as the default view.
3 Experiment now with the other features in the Comparison
Tool Bar including Overlay, Overlay Compare, Additions,
Deletions and Unchanged to see their effect on the files.
How to compare File Versions & Set Alignment Points
Used with file version comparisons, the Set Alignment Point tool
allows you to compare two versions of a file that are of different
scales, or world page sizes. 周is tool is especially convenient when
a major version of a file has multiple sections saved as separate files.
周e alignment tool allows you to define a single identical location on
each file that is used as a common alignment section when the two
files are overlaid.
1
Select the A-11.01 1-15-07.tif and A-11.02 1-15-07.tif and click
the Compare
button.
周ese are examples of the above files in overlay.
Notice that the edges of the two building don’t lay atop
one another perfectly. 周is difference is:due to differences
in the scales used to create these two drawing but
could also be the difference in comparing two different
file types such as, TIFF and PDF etc.
2 Select Open File (Only) from the Comparison Tool drop
down list to view the first document you opened. By default
the Open File (Only) feature opens the earlier version.
3 Use the Zoom Window icon to zoom into the
area indicated in Figure 5 following.
Figure 5
While using a straight line to connect two points is acceptable when
using the alignment feature it is recommended to use diagonal
points rather than straight points for alignment because if the file
has been shifted it will self repair.
4 Click on the Set Alignment Points
button.
•
周e cursor changes to a measurement selection tool and will
allow you to precisely select two picking points on the image.
• Left click on the start point holding the left mouse button
down to magnify the point of contact for the image. 周is
assists with placement of the alignment point as seen above.
5 Release the left mouse button to set the first point.
•
Drag the mouse across the top of the document (a blue line
will display) and select the end point holding the left mouse
button to magnify the point of contact for the image. 周is
assists with placement of the alignment point as seen below.
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You have now set the alignment point on the first file
6
Select Compare File (Only) from the Comparison
Tool drop down list to view the second
document you opened for comparison.
7
Select the exact same points of the section that you chose to use
in the first document. After setting the second point the Clear
Alignment Points icon
will display.
8
Select the Overlay option
• Now, if you select any of the compare features from the drop
down list (Overlay, for example), the points placed in the
first file are pinned to the points placed in the second file.
When alignment is active, both documents display at exactly
the same scale.
Set alignment points of TIFF files example
9
Use the Clear Alignment Points
to restore the original view
at any time by clicking this button to remove your set
alignment points. 周e Clear Alignment Points is only available
once the Set Alignment Points has been configured.
It is important to always align points on both files consistently left
to right or right to left otherwise the file will not align properly and
may result in the file being flipped upside down.
How to use the Nudge Feature
You can use the hot keys below to nudge or click the Nudge
Alignment button and select a direction to nudge the compare file
by one increment to re-scale a compare image or drawing to an open
drawing, allowing you to interactively make small adjustments to
align the files more precisely. 周is feature is especially useful for
comparing two TIFF images that contain the same text but have
different line spacing.
1
Select to Overlay the files from the Comparison Tool Bar.
2 Select the Nudge Alignment icon
to nudge the file by a
single increment or use the HOT KEYS to move several
increments at a time.
• CTRL + Left arrow = nudge position left
•
CTRL + Right arrow = nudge position right
•
CTRL + Up arrow = nudge position up
• CTRL + Down arrow = nudge position down
How to extract Changemarks
From the Changemarks Panel, you can access the Copy
Changemarks dialog to copy the selected Changemark, or
all Changemark information contained in a document to the
Clipboard. 周is function captures the Changemark title, comment
(text description), attached hyperlink (as text), and image (WMF
bits) to the Clipboard. 周e resulting RTF stream can be pasted into
Microsoft Word. 周e content can have both a textual and visual
summary of the Changemarks as a backdrop to a report document.
1 Select the file planlayout1.dwg v1
2
Click the History Icon
3 Select version 1 from the dropdown
4
Click the Markups Icon
select to View all Markups and
Click the View/Edit button.
5 From the Changemarks Panel, click the Copy Changemarks
icon
.
6
In the Copy Changemarks dialog, select:
• All Changemarks
•
Changemark Images
•
Hyperlinks
• Font: Medium 4x4
7
Click Ok
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8 周e captured information is now ready to be pasted
into Microsoft Word. Open a blank document
and select Paste from the right mouse button
menu. Below is an example of the end result.
How to add a Image Stamp
Use this markup tool to insert external raster images (JPG or PNG)
into your current markup layer. Once selected, images can be resized
and positioned where you want them. 周e feature will retain a
default location of your image stamp and retain the last 10 images
used.
1 Download from the main training folder the
file final.jpg and save to your desktop.
2
Navigate to your folder/project and select the
planlayout1.dwg v2 from the folder view.
3
Select
4
Select the Image icon
Upon selection one of two actions may take place:
i
If you have configured your profile with an image file (.png,
.jpg) located on your PC ProjectDox will show this image
file as a default in the grey bar (final.png) in Figure 4.3.
ii
If the profile has not been configured a browser
window will display that will allow the end-
user to navigate their PC or a shared drive on the
network to select an image file to be used.
Figure 4.3
5
Browse to the desktop and select the final.png file and
Click Open from the Select Raster file dialog.
6 Place the raster image on the bottom left of the
drawing as seen in Figure 4.4. You can set the
raster image by one of the following methods:
• Left-click and hold in the ProjectDox Viewer window to set
the first corner point of the image, drag the mouse to where
you want to set the second point, and release.
• Left-click on a point in the document where you want
to center the raster image. 周e image is inserted into the
document matching your orientation and is calculated to its
natural size, relative to the document or drawing size.
Figure 4.4
7 Save the markup by selecting Markup Save icon
and adding
“your department name” and APP (BLD APP).
We have done an exercise publishing to PDF now let’s
publish this current file with its new “Approval” markup
using CSF. CSF stands for Content Sealed Format and
allows the publisher to control attributes of the file/
document to whom the file/document will be sent.
8
Select Publish from the Main Menu Toolbar
and choose to Publish to CSF.
9 In the dialog choose Never under the Expire section
10
Click the Publish button.
11
Select to Save to File to a desired location.
To review this .csf file (content sealed format) will require the
installation of the free ProjectDox Reader software found at
slcprojectdox.com/ProjectDox/Resources/ClientComponents/en/
ProjectDoxComponents.msi or it can be uploaded into ProjectDox
and viewed.
How to create a Stamp Template
A Stamp Template can be a single or group of markup entities
created as a Stamp that can be applied to plans or documents by
users if granted permission by the System Administrator. 周e Stamp
Template can include image files, signature files, and dynamic
tokens to achieve the desired result. In this exercise we will create a
Stamp Template to be used in the final approval of a set of plans.
See the Administrator Manuals for more information on
recommendations for creating stamps and Stamp Templates.
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