View Renditions

When you view documents as described in View Documents, you see either the source document or a read-only rendition of the document. By default, when you view a document in the PowerUser viewer, you see the source document even if a rendition is present in the vault. The default view in PowerWeb is configured by a System Administrator but is typically of the rendition, not the source document.

ClosedNotes About Functionality

  • You may only view documents that reside in folders for which you have been granted the View Content privilege.

  • To view documents with PowerWeb, you must also have the Copy Outside Vault privilege to download the document a read-only to your local workspace.

  • Renditions are shown in the viewer that is assigned to the Acrobat file type as described in Change Viewers unless a System Administrator has configured the system to use only a specific viewer.

  • To open properly in its default (Windows registered) application, the BCRenditionPropertySet.Format property of the rendition must be set to the file extension of the rendition. Meridian will attempt to open the file in Adobe Reader if the property is empty.

  • 3D PDFs are not supported. Renditions with PRC support ON are not shown in PowerWeb.

ClosedPowerWeb Procedures

Use these steps for PowerWeb.

ClosedView the rendition

To show the rendition in PowerWeb:

  • In the Document ribbon Rendition group, click Show.

  • Right-click over your selection, point to Edit, and then click Open Rendition.

  • From the Thumbnails view:

    1. Right-click a thumbnail of a document.

    2. Point to Edit and then select Open Rendition.

ClosedView the Rendition Using the Forge Rendering Module

To perform these procedures, you must have Forge configured as a rendering application and started rendering a document sent to Forge. Learn more about configuring an application for rendering and viewing renditions in Meridian PowerWeb.

To view a document's advanced information and hidden properties:

  1. On the Document property page of the document, click the document icon in the upper-left corner of the page.

    The Advanced and Stored Properties tabs appear.

  2. Click the Stored Properties tab.

    In the Stored Properties tab, expand Document.

    The URL of the result appears in Forge ID part 1(2).

    The document icon shows that the rendition is up to date.

  3. Click the Advanced tab.

    In the Streams group, the Rendition field appears empty.

    After a successful rendering, the Publisher log shows data about the rendition job, similar to the following:

    1[RENDERING] INVOKE RENDERING MODULE "FORGE SERVICE"
    2[FORGE SERVICE] UPLOAD FILE TO BLOB. FILEPATH: C:\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG, FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38
    3[FORGE SERVICE] SEND CONTENT PROCESSING REQUEST. FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38, RELATIVEFILEPATH: <ROOT FOLDER>\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG, FILEREFERENCES: 0,
    4[FORGE SERVICE] REQUEST ACCEPTED. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
    5[FORGE SERVICE] WAIT CONTENT PROCESSING COMPLETION. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
    6[FORGE SERVICE] PROCESSING COMPLETED. TENANTID: [TENANT ID], STATUS: COMPLETED, STATUSMESSAGE: ,
    7[FORGE SERVICE] CLEAN TEMPORARY DATA
    8[FORGE SERVICE] DELETE PROCESSING MANIFEST. MANIFESTID: ABB55726-EBF0-4030-88D7-F2BF743EF5CB
    9[FORGE SERVICE] DELETE BLOB FILE. FILEID: E716BE7B-DAC3-424B-B204-1F656FCE7D38
    10[FORGE SERVICE] CLEAN COMPLETED
    11[RENDERING] RENDER COMPLETED: "<ROOT FOLDER>\<PATH>\RP_FRGE_100.DWG"

  4. In the Document ribbon Rendition group, click Show.

    The Use Forge integration page opens.

  5. Click the Show rendition by Forge Native Viewer link.

    The Native Viewer window opens and shows the rendition.

ClosedMake the Rendition the Default File Shown

To make the rendition the default file shown when you view a document:

ClosedView Hotspots and Redlines on PDFTron Rendition

You can opt to view hotspots by default when you view a rendition or you can toggle hotspots and redlines on or off when viewing a rendition. If you view a rendition of an outdated version, hotspots are not shown.

To view hotspots by default when you view a rendition:

  1. Select your user > Preferences.

  2. Select the View hotspots check box.

  3. Click OK.

ClosedToggle Hotspots and Redlines

To toggle hotspots and redlines when viewing a rendition:

  1. View the rendition as described earlier on this page.

  2. Click the Hotspot and Redline toolbar button gray eye with ellipsis underneath it.

  3. In the context menu that opens, select Redlines and/or Hotspots depending on whether you want to show or hide redlines or hotspots.

  4. Move the cursor over a hotspot to view properties of the target for that hotspot such as:

    • target identification number

    • tag type

    • tag number

    • target filename

    • name and values of properties in the Hotspot Properties column. Properties with no value for the target document are hidden.

    If there are multiple targets for the hotspot, the box that appears shows Multiple Targets. If this occurs, you can View a target in the Details pane that appears when you click the hotspot.

ClosedHighlight a Hotspot

To highlight a hotspot in the diagram:

  1. In the viewer, click the Panel toolbar button Gray unfilled rectangle with solid gray rectangle on left with four small with rectangles within it.

  2. Click the Hotspots gray map pin button.

    The Panel pane opens with a list of hotspots.

  3. Use the Zoom In gray circle containing gray plus, Zoom Out gray circle containing gray minus or Marquee Zoom Dotted gray box with gray magnifier buttons to set the zoom level you want.

  4. To filter the hotspot list, in the Search hotspots field enter the Asset Number or Asset Type or part of it.

  5. Select the hotspot you want to view from the list.

    The selected hotspot is highlighted on the drawing in the current zoom.

ClosedView a Target

When you view the target of a hotspot, it opens in a new browser tab. A rendition is shown if one exists for that target. If no rendition exists, the document properties are shown.

To view the target of a hotspot:

  1. In the viewer, click the hotspot you want to view.

    The hotspot is highlighted in the current browser tab. If only one target exists, the target of the selected hotspot opens in a new browser tab. If more than one target exists, the Details pane opens with the available targets for that hotspot.

  2. If you want to view a target listed on the Details pane, click the View gray eye button next to that target.

    The selected target opens in a new browser tab.

ClosedView Layers

When you view a rendition that has layers, the rendition is shown in accordance with the translation rules that have been configured in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console layer translation tables. Layers that were translated as mandatory are always shown and cannot be hidden. Layers translated with the Default option are shown by default.

To change the layers shown on a rendition:

  1. In the viewer, click the Panel toolbar button Gray unfilled rectangle with solid gray rectangle on left with four small with rectangles within it.

  2. Click the Layers two gray diamonds one on top of the other button.

    The pane lists the layers that you can show or hide. Mandatory layers are locked and cannot be hidden.

  3. Select the check boxes of the layers you want to show.

  4. Clear the check boxes of the layers you want to hide.

ClosedView Rendition in Default Application

To open the rendition in its default application:

  • In the Edit ribbon Upload/Download group, select Download Document > Open.

ClosedPowerUser Procedures

Use these steps for PowerUser.

ClosedMake the Rendition the Default File Shown

To make the rendition the default file shown when you view a document:

ClosedSwitch Viewer between Source Document and Rendition

To switch the viewer from the source document to the rendition or vice versa:

  • In the viewer window, click the Show native/rendition button A piece of paper with a refresh icon and a label which says PDF..

ClosedView Rendition in Default Application

To open the rendition in its default application:

  1. In any navigation view, select the document that you want to view.

  2. On the Document menu, click Open Rendition.

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