Location can be applied to topics by placing a marker at an x, y, z coordinate in the 2D viewer.
Colored dots mark the location of topics in the 2D viewer giving an immediate visual understanding of where topics are as well as their status and type.
Using topic locations your project can leverage massively improved control over the placement of topics .
This feature complements the functionality of our browser application, Catenda Hub. With makers, projects are empowered with seamless creation, monitoring and management of topics created in the field, back at the desk.
This is what markers can look like in the 2D viewer on Catenda Site:
This article contains information about the following topics:
Topics with existing markers
Interacting with markers
Tap on a marker on Catenda Site to display the topic number and title of the topic that belongs to that marker.
This is what a tapped marker can look like in Catenda Site.
Displaying markers
To work with topics and locations open the 2D/3D viewer menu.
Select a topic board
Select a topic board to see the markers on the storey from that topic board.
If a storey has been configured in the storey configurator, the first storey of the first building will have opened by default as soon as the 2D/3D viewer menu was opened.
Filter the topic board
Narrow down the amount of markers on the screen by filtering the topic board.
Warning 1: When the topics menu is opened, markers from the first 250 topics in the result are updated and stored. When the 2D viewer is opened markers from any previously updated topics that match the result in the topics menu are displayed. Note tat markers from topics may be spread across storeys other than the active storey.
Warning 2: When there are 250+ topics in the topics menu result markers may not have been loaded in or may be outdated. Scroll down the list to display/update their markers as well. Filtering the board so there are less topics in the result can also help ensure markers belonging to topics in the filtered result are additionally updated and displayed.
Warning 3: When signing out of the application and signing back in the history of which topics were loaded in is lost and topics that were previously loaded in may have to be loaded in again.
Expand the 2D view
Drag on the divider between the 2D and 3D viewers to expand it.
Select a storey from an IFC model or from a configured building by tapping on the storey menu on the top left.
Finding topics from markers
Finding a topic from a marker on a storey in the 2D view
Tap on a marker in the 2D view to see the topic number and title of the topic it belongs to.
Tap on the arrow of the selected marker to display the selected topic in its topic board on the topics page.
Finding a marker in the 2D viewer from a topic
Find a topic that says "Has location" in the Location field and tap on it.
In the menu that opens up tap "View location on 2D":
When a topic is opened in a topic board the color of that marker is highlighted in green with a checkmark in the 2D/3D menu.
Editing markers
Moving markers
Tap on the location field in a topic and tap on replace location in the menu that opens up.
Drag the marker with the anchor to its new location and confirm.
Removing markers
Tap on the location field in a topic and tap on replace location in the menu that opens up.
Tap on remove location.
Marker configuration
Tap on the gear icon in the 2D viewer to open the Catends Site 2D viewer settings
Here different 2D viewer options can be configured.
Marker visibility
Turn markers on or off
Marker coloring mode
Change the type of color you wan the markers to have
Space name format
Rooms can have short or long names in an IFC file
Topics with new markers
Create a new topic with a marker
The green plus button in a topic board is not the only way to create a topic.
Tap anywhere on the 2D viewer to create a topic at that location.
The topic that is created in this way will automatically have the marker applied at that location.
Add marker from topic
Create a new topic or open a topic without a marker and tap on "Location".
The 2D/3D Menu will now open up and a new marker with an anchor is displayedin green:
Zoom in the 2D viewer by pinching with two fingers and move the marker to the right location and click on the checkmark to lock it in position.