Redlining

Redlining

Redlining allows you to add annotation directly over a viewpoint. It is mutually exclusive to the navigation modes so that when you are redlining, you cannot navigate and vice versa.

The redline tools, which can all be accessed from the Redline Tools control bar or from the Review, Redline menu, are:

>Text

>Tag

>Freehand

>Line

>Line String

>Ellipse

>Cloud

>Erase

Adding Redline Tags

Adding Redline Tags

Redline Tags combine the features of redlining, viewpoints and comments into a single, easy to use review tool. This allows you to tag anything you want to identify in the model scene. A viewpoint will be created and you can add a comment and status to the tag. For example, during a review session, you may observe an item in the scene that is incorrectly sized or positioned. You can then tag this item, identifying the problem. This tag information can be saved into a JetStream review file (*.nwf) and distibuted to the design team. The design team may then search the file, say for any tags of status 'new'. Once any necessary modifications are made to the drawing files, these can be reloaded into the *.nwf file and the tag status changed accordingly. You can review this latest version of the review file, ensure all tags have been resolved and finally 'approve' them.

    Adding a redline tag to the current viewpoint

  1. Ensure the Redline Tools control bar is displayed as outlined in the previous section.

  2. Choose the Tag redline tool.

  3. Click in the navigation window where you wish the tag to be attached to.

  4. Click again in the navigation window where you wish the tag ID to be positioned. Both points will be joined by a leader line.

    If the current viewpoint is not already saved, then it will be saved automatically and named 'Tag View X', where X is the tag ID.

    The Add Comment dialog will be displayed.

  5. Enter the text to be associated with the tag and set the tag status from the drop-down list.

  6. Click OK to save the tag, or Cancel to return to JetStream without saving it.

Adding Redlines

Adding Redlines

The Redline Tools control bar is a dockable bar like all others in JetStream. It can be accessed by clicking on the Workspace control bar or by going to Tools, Redline

Note

Redlines can only be added to a saved viewpoint or to a clash result which has a saved viewpoint. If a viewpoint is not selected, a warning is given if a redline tool is selected.

Redline Tags are the exception to this rule. If a viewpoint is not already saved, then adding a tag will automatically save a viewpoint. See for more information.

    Adding a redline to a saved viewpoint

  1. Go to a saved viewpoint, or a Clash Detective result with the Save Viewpoint check box checked.

  2. Ensure the Redline Tools control bar is displayed as outlined above.

  3. Type the thickness of the redlines into the Thickness edit box. The thickness applies to the redlines you are about to draw and will not change any existing redline thicknesses.

    Note

    Thickness does not effect redline text. This is a default size and weight.

  4. To change the color of the redline (they don't have to be red!), click on the Color button to open the standard Windows color chooser. This color applies to the redlines you are about to draw and will not change any existing redline colors.

  5. Choose the Text redline tool to add text over the viewpoint. Click in the main navigation window where you wish to start entering text.

    The redline text dialog will be displayed.

    Enter the text you wish to add, then click OK to add the text, or Cancel to return to JetStream without adding it.

    Note

    Text can only be added in a single line with this redline tool. To display text on multiple lines, you will need to write each line individually.

  6. Choose the Tag redline tool to add a tag on the current view. See for more information.

  7. Choose the Freehand redline tool to sketch over the viewpoint. Simply click and drag the left mouse button in the main navigation window to interactively sketch a redline.

  8. Choose the Line redline tool to draw single lines over the viewpoint. Alternately click the start and end points of lines with the left mouse button in the main navigation window.

  9. Choose the Line String redline tool to draw a string of lines over the viewpoint. Clicking the left mouse button in the main navigation window to add a new point in the line string. When the string is complete, click the right mouse button to end the line and you can then start a new line string.

  10. Choose the Ellipse redline tool to draw ellipses over the viewpoint. Click and drag a box in the main navigation window with the left mouse button to outline the ellipse.

  11. Choose the Cloud redline tool to draw clouds over the viewpoint. With the left mouse button, click points in the main navigation window in a clockwise direction to draw the arcs of the cloud (if you go counter-clockwise, the arcs will be inverted!). Right click with the mouse button to automatically close the cloud.

  12. Choose the Erase redline tool to erase all redlines from the viewpoint.

Note

You can also access all the redline tools from the Review, Redline menu.

Editing Redline Tags

Editing Redline Tags

The comments and status assigned to a tag can be edited. As redline tags utilize the Comments dialog, editing tags is the same as editing a comment. See >Editing a Comment for more information.

If different users have been reviewing and redline tagging the same model file, each saving their own .nwf, it is likely that some of their tag ID's will be the same. Using the Merge command to merge the different .nwf files together, only one copy of the geometry would be loaded and any tag viewpoints of the same name would be suffixed with the .nwf filename in brackets. All tag ID's however would be retained. In this situation, it is possible to renumber all of the ID's to make them unique. Again, as redline tags utilize the Comments dialog, renumbering tag ID's is the same as renumbering comment ID's. See >Renumbering Tag and Comment IDs for more information.

Finding Redline Tags

Finding Redline Tags

During a review session you may create tens, or hundreds of tags which are communicated and referred to amongst the review team. It may therefore be necessary to locate tags by ID, status or author.

As redline tags utilize the Comments dialog, this allows you to use the Find Comments dialog to search for tags with specific text or ID, of a particular status, or by author or date created. See for more information on this search method.

JetStream also has additional review features specifically for finding tags.

    Quick finding of redline tags

  1. Go to Review, Tags, Find Tag By ID if you know the ID of the tag you wish to find.

    The Find Tag dialog will be displayed.

    Enter the tag ID, then click OK to find the tag, or Cancel to return to JetStream.

  2. Go to Review, Tags, Current Tag to select the current tag.

  3. Go to Review, Tags, First Tag to find the first tag.

  4. Go to Review, Tags, Last Tag to find the last tag.

  5. Go to Review, Tags, Previous Tag to find the tag preceding the current tag.

  6. Go to Review, Tags, Next Tag to find the tag following the current tag.