A hotspot defines a rectangular area in one document that is hyperlinked to another document. When you click inside the hotspot, the viewer shows the hyperlinked document. You can use this to link any type of hierarchical document set such as:
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overview maps to detailed maps
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assembly drawings to sub-assembly or part drawings
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site plans to building plans
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schematic diagrams to detail diagrams.
You can navigate between documents graphically instead of textually (by name or other properties).
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Hotspot information is stored separate from the document to which it refers. If the scale or coordinate space of a document is changed, the hotspot information is not changed accordingly and must be manually updated.
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Hotspot changes that are made to a project copy overwrite the hotspots of the master document when the document is released as the latest revision.
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Hotspots appear as filled rectangles by default. To show outlines in an AutoVue desktop deployment, set the option in the Viewer Options dialog box described in Change Viewers.
Hotspots can be created manually or automatically. A document may contain an unlimited number of hotspots. Text for reference can also be assigned to a hotspot similar to the memo or sticky notes features in other applications. Hotspots may be created for the DWG, DGN, TIFF, and PDF file formats.
Hotspots can be generated automatically for drawing tags and linked to tag objects in the vault. Only the blocks that have been configured for tag extraction by a system administrator will display drawing tag hotspots. This functionality is not supported by AutoVue.
