The Predefined Note Tags setup window ( Job Settings )

  • Tags are used for sorting items in the Note Viewer . The tags that are supplied, by default, on this window are appropriate for use in the steel fabrication industry.
  • However, you could, for example, change the tags to the letters of the alphabet, then file the notes under A , B , C or etc. You could also create tags for different detailers' names.
  • The tags can be applied to a note on that note's Edit Note xxx window.

    VIDEO How to add a note to the model. Also discussed is the relationship between the Edit Note window and Predefined Note Tags . (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v7.3.)
  • If you delete a tag that has been used in a note, all notes that use that tag will be deleted.

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To open the Predefined Note Tags window :

You can open this window using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Home > Project Settings > Job > Modeling > Predefined Note Tags .

Method 2 : In Modeling (classic) or the Drawing Editor (classic), choose Settings > Job Settings > Predefined Note Tags .

Password protection: If a password has been set using the Change Setup Password utility, you can open this window only if you first enter that exact password.

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Options :

"Discipline" is the default name of the leftmost column of tags on this window. You can change this name if you like. Similarly, you can add or delete or edit the tags that appear in this column.

Example: Suppose you are an independent detailer who uses notes to communicate with the fabricator you are working for. You don't use notes to communicate with anybody else involved in the project. You might, therefore, want only two tags in this column: ' Fabricator ' and ' Detailer '. The ' Detailer ' tag would be applied to notes written by you. The ' Fabricator ' tag would be applied to notes written by the fabricator. You could then choose to view, in the Note Viewer , only those notes written by the fabricator, or only those written by you, the detailer.

Also see: Any tag entered on this window can be selected as the " Discipline " tag for a particular note (xxx) on that note's Edit Note xxx window.

"Status" is the default name of the middle column of tags on this window. You can delete, edit or change the tags if you like, and you can even change the name of this column.

Example: You don't like the name " Status " for this column because you think it might be confused with Status Display . You change the column head to "Detailer" and replace all of the tags that are entered to that column with the names ' Wallace ' and ' Charlie ' and ' Sue ' -- the names of the detailers that will be working on the project. This will help you, when you are in the Note Viewer , to sort notes by the person who authored them.

Note: The tags in this column have absolutely nothing to do Status or Edit Properties . You might think that they pertain to other SDS2 status settings, but they don't.

Also see: Any tag entered on this window can be selected as the " Status " tag for a particular note (xxx) on that note's Edit Note xxx window.

"Custom" is a blank column for adding any note you choose. As with the other columns, you can change this columns name or add or edit any tags that are in it.

Also see: Any tag entered on this window can be selected as the " Custom " tag for a particular note (xxx) on that note's Edit Note xxx window.

Allow nonstandard tags: or . You can find three instances of this check box option, one each under the three columns " Discipline " and " Status " and " Custom ."

If this box is checked ( ) for a particular column, then users can add new tags of that class while adding/editing a note on the Edit Note xxx window in " Modeling ." See " Discipline " " Status " and " Custom ."

If the box is not checked ( ), the users can only use tags that are in setup (on this window). This will help keep the number of tags down. If you have setup password protected , it will also prevent unauthorized users from creating any new tags of their own.

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To close Predefined Note Tags :

   

"OK" (or the Enter key) closes the Predefined Note Tags window and saves the settings on it to the Job Settings file in your current Job .

"Cancel" (or the Esc key) closes this window without saving any changes made to it.

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