Project Markup Interface

To add and manage Markup Entries, use the Markup Tools Palette.

To open it, do one of the following:

•Document > Markup Tools

•Shortcut from the Standard Toolbar

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Topics on this page:

Add New Markup Entry

Add Correction Elements

Convert Element to Correction

Highlight Element

Add Text Tag

Attach View to Markup Entry

Add Comment

Display of Markup Items

Manage Markup Entries

Add New Markup Entry

1.In the Markup Tools Palette, click the Add Entry icon in the Markup Entries Panel.

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2.In the appearing New Markup Entry dialog box, enter a Name for this entry.

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3.Choose a Markup Style (e.g. Revision.)

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Note: A Markup Style consists of two colors: for Corrections and for Highlights. It is an attribute defined in the Markup Styles dialog box. See Mark-Up Styles Dialog Box.

4.Choose an option for how the Markup Entry should be listed in the Markup Tools palette:

•Start New Markup Thread: The new Markup Entry will be a standalone thread. (Make sure you sort entries by Thread in the Markup Entries panel).

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New Markup Entry (Shown as New Thread)

Create Response to: Available if a markup entry is currently selected in the Markup Tools palette. The new markup entry will be listed as a hierarchical child of the currently selected entry. (Make sure you sort entries by Thread in the Markup Entries panel).

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New Markup Entry (Response to Existing Thread)

The items of the new Markup entry can include

•a logically related set of Corrections, Highlights and Tags placed in the model

•an Attached View (screenshot with a real camera position)

•a discussion consisting of comments made by one or several users.

Add Correction Elements

A Correction is an element added to the view as a markup item.

1.On the Markup Tools Palette, click the Start Corrections button.

2.Use any tool to add elements to the current view. Here, we have added a new wall. It is shown in the current green correction color.

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New Walls Added as Markup Correction

Convert Element to Correction

1.Select an element

2.On the Markup Tools Palette, click the Turn into Corrections button.

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To remove the Correction color from any selected element, click Remove Corrections.

Corrections and Highlights use the colors defined in the Markup Style attribute.

Highlight Element

Existing model elements can be highlighted, as part of the Markup.

•Select one or more elements, then click Highlight Elements on the Markup Tools Palette.

•Remove a highlight from a selected element by clicking the Remove Highlight button.

Corrections and Highlights use the colors defined in the Markup Style attribute.

Add Text Tag

On the Tag and Discussion panel of the Markup Tools Palette:

1.Type in your text, and click Place on Plan.

2.Click in the model window to place the Tag (one tag per Markup entry).

•The style of the Tag Text is defined in the current settings Text tool settings.

•Its color is defined by the current Markup Style (Correction color).

•The tag text can be edited as a Text block.

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Once a tag is placed, use the Show on Plan button to switch its visibility on and off.

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Attach View to Markup Entry

In the Attached View panel of the Markup Tools Palette, click the Capture button to add a snapshot of the current view to the Markup entry (one attached view per Entry).

Attach any of the following view types: Floor Plan; Section/Elevation; 3D view; 3D Document; Worksheet/Detail; Layout; Publisher Set item.

 The attached view is not merely a screenshot: it includes camera position and 3D cutting planes.

•Click Apply View to navigate to the corresponding model view, using the same camera position. (The same thing happens if you double-click the name of the Markup entry.)

•Click Restore View to return to the previous, provided that you have not navigated away from it in the window (via Pan, Zoom, or element editing)

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•Double-click on the Attached View preview to open it in a Picture window

•Click Remove to delete the view and remove its snapshot from the Markup Entry

Note: Attached views are included when importing or exporting a Markup Entry in BCF format. (See Export/Import Mark-Up Using BIM Collaboration Format (BCF).)

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Add Comment

Click Add Comment to open a text window, then type your comment. The Comment style corresponds to the current Markup Style. Comments are read-only.

Colleagues who open your marked-up view can view your comment and add their own: for each Markup Entry, you will see all related comments, by author.

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For information on using Markup in Teamwork, see Teamwork and Project Mark-Up.

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Display of Markup Items

Markup entries are not part of the model view and are not listed in Element Schedules. You can show and hide them on screen individually from the Markup Tools palette, or by Model View.

Navigate to Markup Entry

In the Markup Tools palette, double-click on a Markup Entry to open it the appropriate ARCHICAD window. If a view has been attached, the corresponding model view will open, using the same camera position.

See also Redefine Story Level of Markup Entry.

Show/Hide Markup Entry

Use the eye icon on the Markup Entries panel to show or hide the current markup on the plan.

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Hide Markup Entry

Only the Entries created in the currently active window are available in the Markup Tools palette. The rest of the Entries are grey. Double-click an entry to open it in the corresponding window.

Show/Hide Markup Entries by Model View

A project’s Markup Entries are displayed by default. To hide them, uncheck the corresponding control in the Document > Model View > Model View Options dialog box.

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Zoom to Elements of Current Markup Entry

On the Markup Tools Palette, click the Focus on Elements button.

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Select Elements of Current Markup Entry

On the Markup Tools Palette, click Select Elements.

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Manage Markup Entries

Delete Markup Entry

1.Select the Entry in the Markup Tools palette.

2.Click the Delete icon.

A warning allows you to either keep or delete the elements that are part of the Markup Entry.

Highlighted elements will revert to their original settings.

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Sort Markup Entries

Choose a criterion for sorting your Markup entries: by Name, Date, Style, Thread, Last Comment by, and View (Story).

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Change Markup Style

When creating a new Markup, you defined its Markup Style. In the Markup Tools palette, use the pop-up to choose a different Markup Style as needed.

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Note: A Markup Style consists of two colors: for Corrections and for Highlights. It is an attribute defined in the Markup Styles dialog box. See Mark-Up Styles Dialog Box.

Redefine Story Level of Markup Entry

Use the Where pop-up to redefine the story level of the Markup entry (Floor Plan or 3D views only). If, for example, you created it in the 3D window, you can specify its story here.

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Show Report of All Markup Entries

Generates a report listing all the Markup entries for the currently opened Project.

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