User related changes

Batch print using print template and scale value based on document's metadata

It is possible now to print multiply documents using Batch Print that will use different print template and Scale value per each document based on object's metadata.

If you have proper configuration done by you Administrator, specific fields in object's metadata will decide on printout template and scale.
In situation from below screen, each of the printed drawings will use field Print Format to set specific print template (based on assigned template to chosen format).
Based on Print Scale field, printout will set Scale from the field to Main Viewport of the printout drawing (Viewport1).

Batch Print Settings menu is not needed at all unless you want to force printouts to ignore metadata settings - in that case use Force given setting checkbox - then all printouts will use chosen template.
When PrintFormat metadata is not given but Scale value is correctly set in proper field then it will be still used for template set in Bach Print Settings.

Configuration

New System Dictionary PrintFormats (ID-1) was added and will be visible on dictionaries list - it will consist of all print formats in database.
Create new Configuration draft and in Configuration/Object Classes add new field or edit existing field to use Dictionary: PrintFormats.
Choose in same manner field for setting scale of printouts - dictionary with scales should be used.
Each class will now have Print tab, open it to choose Scale field and Format field. From those fields, values will be taken and used to set print template and scale.
Activate new configuration.
Go to Printing/Formats and assign for each needed print format, desired print template (click on cell under Print Template column to open menu list).
Note: available list of templates is taken from print template set list - if desired template is not on a dropdown list, please add it to template set that your are assign to.

Batch print option to print only background drawing

Issue [HDC-4098]

Additional option "Print only background" was added to batch print settings. When checked, only background drawings of selected documents will be printed. Vector elements will not be included in printout.

User selected vector elements can be printed

Issue [HDC-4017]

A function to control ad-hoc elements highlight on printout is available in all print modes.

To highlight selected elements, select some spots on the drawing (Use Ctrl + click to select multiple spots):

On the Print menu, there is a Spot highlight button. When enabled, all print and copy view functions will highlight the selection. This function has no effect on spot highlight in standard view mode.

Open a Print Preview mode and observe the Spots button. You can toggle the highlight while in preview mode and observe the effect on the drawing, in all Viewports.

Note: the style used for highlighting spots in this mode can be set in system settings. Go to Administration - System Settings - HOPA and select proper Tool for spot highlight.

Color formatting for lookup values

Issue [HDC-4242]

To use this functionality, system administrator can enable it via system settings.

In System Settings → General Settings → User Interface please set "Use lookup value color"

Colors are based on Dictionary mapping found in Presentations - Tools Mapping:

Same values are used for presentation filters on drawings.

Expanded Path info column in search results

Issue [HDC-4279]

Advanced search view includes option to display full object location (path) directly in the grid.

Use Display full path toggle button to enable path view. Button has an expandable menu where number of shown segments can be configured to limit the least meaningful segments and save display space.

Object having multiple links have a red "star" at the end of the path. In such case full list of paths can be viewed using Location column.

Spot and Object Area Report

Issue [HDC-4031]

This function allows user to compare area stored as object metadata with a spot (vector element) linked to given object.

A user can select an object class, like Room, metadata field - like Area NTA and a layer that will be used to select spots, like global NTA layer or local drawing layer.

Area value found in metadata field will be compared automatically with calculated spot area.

A result is presented in form of a report that can be exported as Excel file or converted into a graphical presentation showing correct and wrong area directly on the drawing.

Run report for specific document and Layer

In the first step, please navigate to the desired document view. Select Document - Manage from the menu:

Next, please select a specific Layer for which you would like to run the report. Spots (vector elements) form this layer will be used in the report.

This report is "document oriented" - it will include all objects linked to spots on this specific drawing and layer.

Go to Manage Vector Entities tab and select Check Entity Area function.

A report window is opened and is preset for this document and layer. Now please select object class and metadata field that you would like to use:

Spot area will be compared against that field with a Comparison precision. Please note that area will be compared after it is rounded to given number of decimal places.

Example: if calculated spot area is 15.7999 and a metadata field value is 15.80, data used for comparison with 1 decimal place will be: spot: 15.8 and metadata - 15.8.

When all options are set, please use "run Report" function to create the report. Observe the status column to see if there are any differences or errors.

Possible results are:

Success - there is no difference detected between spot area and metadata field value
Area values differ - there is a difference in area detected between spot and object metadata value
Missing value - there is no value to compare
No Object linked - there is no object linked to given spot
Multiple Objects of the same class linked - given spot has more than one object of selected class linked - unable to compare

Release notes for version 4.6.0