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Transcript
00:02
Commenting and Reviewing Comments in Shared Views.
00:05
In this video, we'll open a shared view in the Autodesk Viewer.
00:09
We will then navigate to a specific part of the building and add a comment about that view.
00:15
And Revit will review and reply to the comment.
00:19
We will then return to the viewer and reply as well.
00:22
Finally, we will resolve the comment list.
00:26
In the Autodesk Viewer, you can see that I don't have any access to the markup tools.
00:32
What I need to do is sign in. So I'm signing in to my Autodesk account.
00:39
And once there and it's loaded, you can see I have access to the markup tools.
00:45
Now, before I mark up things, I want to, first of all, add comments.
00:50
So I come up to the top of the view. And I'm going to click on the comments list.
00:57
When I click on that, the comments pane displays and you can see that there is an existing comment that has already been mentioned.
01:05
And I could go ahead and comment on that if I needed to.
01:08
But I want to get to a specific part of the building and then add some comments.
01:15
So I'm gonna switch to first person. And then I'm gonna double click on the part of the building where I want to go.
01:22
This is called teleporting. And it's a quick way to get into the building.
01:27
Now, once there, I switch back to orbit and then I can orbit around and see the part that I want to see.
01:35
Now when I click "Comment", it's going to take a picture of what you see.
01:40
So I'm coming over here into my comments pane and I'm gonna add a comment.
01:46
So we're going to add a Plexiglas shield to the reception desk.
01:51
You have up to 400 characters for each comment.
01:55
When I click post, it then sends that comment to the architect.
02:01
Before we leave the Autodesk Viewer, let's take a look at a couple of other options.
02:05
The first is that we can print the view and you can choose high resolution if you want,
02:11
you can also export the view and it's basically a picture of your design and then you download that view.
02:19
Finally, you can share the whole model.
02:22
So it's still that entire view, not just this one picture, and it shares it for an additional number of days.
02:30
You just click copy, you've got the link.
02:32
Now, this isn't the same thing as extending it that needs to be done within Revit.
02:40
So let's go back into Revit, and when we're in Revit, you can see I have my shared views open, but I don't see, I only see one comment.
02:49
So I'm gonna come back up here and select refresh.
02:52
When I click refresh, you can now see I have two comments.
02:56
I click on that and there is the comment add Plexiglas shield at the reception desk.
03:03
So I want to reply to this because I'm not sure you know, how thick do they feel like it needs to be?
03:08
So I'm gonna add a comment, and reply. So how thick should the Plexiglas be.
03:17
Now in Revit, it actually picks up that I misspelled plexiglass.
03:20
So let's get that spelled correctly. And now I can post it.
03:27
I switch back to my Autodesk Viewer, and click comments, but it doesn't come up right away.
03:34
And the issue here is I'm just leaving both of these open at the same time, and you basically need to refresh the viewer as well.
03:42
The way I'm doing that is I'm actually gonna click up into the URL up at the very top and then click enter and it just reopens that URL.
03:51
So it reloads it. Now, you can see I have a reply from Revit here.
03:57
So once again, let's go ahead and reply to that.
04:00
So I click the reply button, and I'm just gonna type in 5/8, and post. So here's my list of comments.
04:10
And once again I switch back to Revit, I click my refresh button, and there you go, the information.
04:20
You will notice that I am not in the actual project.
04:23
So the shared views don't have to be open in the project.
04:28
Let's say we're finished with this particular set of comments.
04:32
I click the resolved button, once there, I still can get back to it.
04:38
So I click my ellipses and then click show result.
04:43
Let's go back to our Autodesk Viewer. Just click in the URL and enter to reload it.
04:50
And you can see now that I don't have the comments available anymore about that.
04:55
But if I click show resolved, then I can see that that particular list.
05:01
So now we're ready to try out some more markup tools.
Video transcript
00:02
Commenting and Reviewing Comments in Shared Views.
00:05
In this video, we'll open a shared view in the Autodesk Viewer.
00:09
We will then navigate to a specific part of the building and add a comment about that view.
00:15
And Revit will review and reply to the comment.
00:19
We will then return to the viewer and reply as well.
00:22
Finally, we will resolve the comment list.
00:26
In the Autodesk Viewer, you can see that I don't have any access to the markup tools.
00:32
What I need to do is sign in. So I'm signing in to my Autodesk account.
00:39
And once there and it's loaded, you can see I have access to the markup tools.
00:45
Now, before I mark up things, I want to, first of all, add comments.
00:50
So I come up to the top of the view. And I'm going to click on the comments list.
00:57
When I click on that, the comments pane displays and you can see that there is an existing comment that has already been mentioned.
01:05
And I could go ahead and comment on that if I needed to.
01:08
But I want to get to a specific part of the building and then add some comments.
01:15
So I'm gonna switch to first person. And then I'm gonna double click on the part of the building where I want to go.
01:22
This is called teleporting. And it's a quick way to get into the building.
01:27
Now, once there, I switch back to orbit and then I can orbit around and see the part that I want to see.
01:35
Now when I click "Comment", it's going to take a picture of what you see.
01:40
So I'm coming over here into my comments pane and I'm gonna add a comment.
01:46
So we're going to add a Plexiglas shield to the reception desk.
01:51
You have up to 400 characters for each comment.
01:55
When I click post, it then sends that comment to the architect.
02:01
Before we leave the Autodesk Viewer, let's take a look at a couple of other options.
02:05
The first is that we can print the view and you can choose high resolution if you want,
02:11
you can also export the view and it's basically a picture of your design and then you download that view.
02:19
Finally, you can share the whole model.
02:22
So it's still that entire view, not just this one picture, and it shares it for an additional number of days.
02:30
You just click copy, you've got the link.
02:32
Now, this isn't the same thing as extending it that needs to be done within Revit.
02:40
So let's go back into Revit, and when we're in Revit, you can see I have my shared views open, but I don't see, I only see one comment.
02:49
So I'm gonna come back up here and select refresh.
02:52
When I click refresh, you can now see I have two comments.
02:56
I click on that and there is the comment add Plexiglas shield at the reception desk.
03:03
So I want to reply to this because I'm not sure you know, how thick do they feel like it needs to be?
03:08
So I'm gonna add a comment, and reply. So how thick should the Plexiglas be.
03:17
Now in Revit, it actually picks up that I misspelled plexiglass.
03:20
So let's get that spelled correctly. And now I can post it.
03:27
I switch back to my Autodesk Viewer, and click comments, but it doesn't come up right away.
03:34
And the issue here is I'm just leaving both of these open at the same time, and you basically need to refresh the viewer as well.
03:42
The way I'm doing that is I'm actually gonna click up into the URL up at the very top and then click enter and it just reopens that URL.
03:51
So it reloads it. Now, you can see I have a reply from Revit here.
03:57
So once again, let's go ahead and reply to that.
04:00
So I click the reply button, and I'm just gonna type in 5/8, and post. So here's my list of comments.
04:10
And once again I switch back to Revit, I click my refresh button, and there you go, the information.
04:20
You will notice that I am not in the actual project.
04:23
So the shared views don't have to be open in the project.
04:28
Let's say we're finished with this particular set of comments.
04:32
I click the resolved button, once there, I still can get back to it.
04:38
So I click my ellipses and then click show result.
04:43
Let's go back to our Autodesk Viewer. Just click in the URL and enter to reload it.
04:50
And you can see now that I don't have the comments available anymore about that.
04:55
But if I click show resolved, then I can see that that particular list.
05:01
So now we're ready to try out some more markup tools.
In this exercise, you will open a shared view in the Autodesk Viewer. You will then navigate to a specific part of the building and add a comment about the view. In Revit, you will review and reply to the comment. You will then return to the viewer and reply. Finally, you will resolve the comment list.
You need to have access to a Revit and a shared view to work through these steps. If you have not created a shared view in an earlier practice, do that now. If you do not have access to Revit, ask someone who does to create a shared view and you can work through the Autodesk Viewer portion of the practice. You will also need a free Autodesk Account to access the Markup tools, but the rest of the Autodesk Viewer tools are available without signing in.
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