Introducing the Traces palette

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You can think of a trace as a digital overlay where you can add notes

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or objects that allow you to collaborate

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with others without actually changing the drawing.

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Traces are managed through the traces pallet.

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You can access it from the traces panel in the collaborate tab of the ribbon.

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I'll click on it to turn on the pallet.

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When traces are present in your drawing,

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you'll also see an icon for it in the status bar.

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You can click on this icon to turn the pallet on

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but it won't turn it off.

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In some cases, you may also get a balloon notification

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when you open a file that contains traces,

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the traces palette lists, the traces that are present in the drawing.

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Here. We see that my teammate Chris has added two

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something about a door edition and some mechanical room changes.

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You can hover over a listed trace to get more information about it

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such as when it was created, modified

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and who has contributed to it.