Publishing

A number of tools let you prepare html reports that you can publish on the enterprise intranet or the Internet for collaborative communication. You can, for example, take a snapshot of a clash conflict detected during your review, add appropriate comments or annotations, and select parts to insert as a VRML link.
 
This task explains how to publish reports.
Insert all the cgr files from the samples folder.

  1. In the menu bar, select Tools > Publish > Start Publish or click Start Publish .
    The file selection dialog box appears.

  2. Identify the path where you want to save the report as well as the report name and click Save. The Publishing Tools toolbar appears.



    Reports are published in html format. The date created and the person who created the report are indicated.
     

  3. Click Feature Publish . Select the feature you want to publish in the specification tree. The DMU features you can publish are:

    • simulations

    • interferences

    • URL

  4. When done, click Stop Publish in the Publishing Tools toolbar or select Tools > Publish > Stop Publish. 

    You can use other Publishing Tools commands to add a comment or take snapshots.

  5. Click Snapshot I_PhotoP2.gif (311 bytes) to insert a screen capture into your report.

  6. Click Text to add a comment. The Publish Text dialog box appears.

  7. Enter your comment and click OK.


     

  8. Take other snapshots.

  9. Select one or more products and in the Publishing Tools toolbar, click VRML   to insert selected components as a VRML link.
     
    In the DMU Mock-up 2D Workshop, the VRML command is not available.

  10. When done, in the Publishing Tools toolbar, click Stop Publish or select Tools > Publish > Stop Publish.

    The published report is automatically displayed if you set the Browser automatically opened option in the DMU Navigator Settings (Tools > Options > Digital Mockup > DMU Navigator).