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 an assembly, add appropriate comments
or annotations and even select parts to insert as a VRML link.
This task explains how to publish
reports. You can access this command only if DMU products are installed.
Enter
the scene of your choice.
1.
Click
the Start Publish
icon in the Scenes toolbar.
The Select Publish File dialog box appears.
2.
Identify
the path where you want to save the report as well as the report name then
click the Save button
Reports are published in html format. The date created and the person
who created the report are indicated.
The Publishing Tools toolbar appears.
3.
Click the Feature
Publish icon ,
then select the feature you want to publish in the specification tree.
The features you can publish are the following: simulations,
interferences, URL.
When done, click the Stop
Publish icon
in the Publishing Tools toolbar. You
can use other Publishing Tools commands to add a comment or take snapshots
for example
4.
Click the Snapshot
icon
to insert a screen capture into your report.
5.
Click the Text
icon
to add a comment:
The Publish Text dialog box appears.
6.
Enter your
comments, for example "You can also add comments to your report or a
VRML link" then click OK.
7.
Select one
or more products then click the VRML icon
to insert selected components as a VRML link.
8.
When done,
click the Stop Publish icon
and read the published report.
Clicking
the images in the html page enlarges them.