Adding Hyperlinks

Adding Hyperlinks

An item can have multiple hyperlinks attached to it, although only the default hyperlink (the one at the top of the list) can be displayed in the navigation window at one time. The default is the link that will be followed when clicked.

    Adding hyperlinks to an item

  1. Either

    • Select a single item (see for more details on how to do this) on which you want to attach a hyperlink and go to Review, Hyperlinks, Add Hyperlink

    or

    • Right click on the item on which you want to attach a hyperlink and choose Hyperlinks, Add Hyperlink from the context menu.

    The Add Hyperlink resizeable dialog is displayed

  2. Type in the name of the hyperlink into the Name text box.

  3. Type in, or browse to, the actual hyperlink value in the Link to file or URL . This is what will be linked to when the hyperlink is clicked on.

  4. Choose the category that the hyperlink will belong to from the Category drop down. You can add more categories than the default Hyperlink and Tag categories by simply typing in the name of your category into this box. See for more information on categories.

  5. If you want the hyperlink to be attached to a specific point on the item, instead of the default center of the item's bouding box, then click on Add . A cross-hair cursor will appear in the main navigation window, allowing you to select a point on the item where the hyperlink will be attached to. See for more information on attachment points.

  6. Click on Clear if you want to delete all attachment points associated with this hyperlink and revert to the hyperlink being attached to the center of the item's bouding box.

  7. Click OK to add this hyperlink to the item or Cancel to return to JetStream without attaching anything.

Hyperlinks Categories

Hyperlinks can be categorized so that you can group them to distinctly display or not display in the main navigation window at one time. The seven default categories are:

  • Hyperlink

  • Tag

  • Viewpoints

  • Clash Detective

  • TimeLiner

  • Selection sets

  • Redline tags

    Note

    The Clash Detective and TimeLiner categories are only available if you have a valid license for these plugins.

Tags are just hyperlinks that are displayed by name rather than by icon in the navigation window. The last three of these categories are defined by JetStream and so you cannot assign a hyperlink to one of these categories, other than by setting up a viewpoint, a selection set, or a Clash Detective result.

Use the Hyperlinks Options to select which categories are displayed when hyperlinks are turned on.

To add a new category, simply type in the name of the category into the Category box on the Add Hyperlink dialog when you are adding or editing a hyperlink.