2D Task Pane

The task pane can be toggled open and closed by clicking on the Pane Arrow on the right side of the Viewing window. 

 

Pane Arrow. This icon, located on the right side of the viewing window, expands and collapses the tabbed tool panel when clicked.

 

Page Thumbnails Panel

The Page Thumbnails Tab opens a scrollable thumbnail navigation panel on the right side of the Brava! viewing area. When clicked, the pages of the currently opened file appear in the panel as small click-able thumbnail images. First/Previous/Next/Last buttons are provided for quick page navigation.

If a markup file is open, an exclamation point  appears to indicate the pages that contain markups. You can use the next/previous markup page arrows to navigate through only those pages containing markups.

The thumbnails panel can be resized, and thumbnail image size can be reduced or increased (to page extents) through the right mouse button menu. Markup entities display on the Thumbnails panel images.

 

Bookmarks Panel

The bookmark panel lists the internal bookmarks contained in the document being viewed. In this panel, you can expand or collapse the bookmark trees by clicking the +/- signs. Click a bookmark to go to that location in the document. Use the search field to search for bookmark titles. Use the next and previous arrows to navigate through bookmarks.

 

Changemark Panel

Next and Previous arrows are provided to navigate through the Changemark list. The list can be sorted by the categories provided in the Sort drop down list .  

The Changemark list window also contains buttons to search  the content, title, or author information of a Changemark.

Use the Show All button  to undo any filters applied and show all Changemark contained in the document.

Use the Extract Changemark button  to copy the selected Changemark, or all Changemark information contained in a document to the Clipboard. This function captures the

Changemark title, comment (text description), attached hyperlink (as text), and image (WMF bits) to the Clipboard. The resulting RTF stream can be pasted into Microsoft Word.

Changemark Discussion: Users reviewing Changemark can click Add Reply to reply to a selected Changemark. The type and state can be updated and the current type and state of the last reply is what displays at the bottom of the Changemark panel. All of the Changemark replies are shown in the Changemark window along with their author, date and time, type and state information, and note content. Only reviewers with markup edit permissions can reply to Changemark.

 

Measure/Takeoff Panel

To access the Measure Takeoff pane,l click this tab, or from the

Measure button, select Takeoff.

The takeoff panel lets you create categories and accumulate measurements and export the information to a (markup) file or to the Clipboard. You can total length, area, and counts by placing multiple measurement entities on the drawing for each category defined.

 

Checkview Panel

The Checkview panel allows reviewers to step through each Checkview tag (that has been authored in a markup file), read any instructions, and select either OK or Not Ok to proceed to the next Checkview tag. This panel allows quick verification for document completeness, such as whether certain areas have been signed or not.

 

CAD Attributes Panel

The CAD Attributes panel displays the metadata that is contained in CAD drawings, in a hierarchic tree view with expandable/collapsible levels. You can customize the view by setting the attribute color, zooming from one attribute to the next, or filter and search the current attributes.