Creating Audio Markers

You can annotate your documents by adding audio markers. You can either record an audio, or import files from the standard library or from your computer.

Before you begin:
  • Open an existing review.
  • Connect a microphone.
  • Specify the document management preference for audio markers. For more information, see General.
See Also
Modifying Graphical Properties
  1. From the Review section of the action bar, click Audio .
    Note: If the live customization mode is activated, the marker will be created with graphical properties of the last created marker.
  2. Select an object in the 3D area to which you want to link the marker.

    Notes:
    • You can select multiple objects before clicking the command to link the marker to all the preselected objects. The marker is created with multiple leaders.
    • After clicking the command, you can click in the 3D area to create the marker without any link to any object.

  3. Select an import type.

    • Import Document as Link : saves the document as a link.

    • Import Document as DOC and save it : imports the document in a DOC format and saves it.
  4. To select an audio file, do any of the following:
    • Click to record a new audio.
    • Click Browse Document to import a .wav file from your computer.
    • Select an audio file from the Audio Panel tab.
    • Enter the required string in the Search box in the top bar, press Enter, and select the required audio file from the displayed results.
      Important: Import type options are unavailable if you insert a document from the database by searching from the top bar.
    The audio marker is created.
  5. Optional: To link the marker to a new object,
    1. Right-click the marker and select Add Leader.
    2. Select the object in the 3D area.
    The marker is linked to the object.
  6. Optional: To remove the link with an object, right-click the extremity handle of the leader and select Remove Leader.
    The link with the object is removed.
  7. Optional: To play the audio associated with the marker, click Play Audio on the context toolbar.
    For more information about the various commands available on the context toolbar, see Audio Marker Context Toolbars
    Notes:
    • The markers linked to an unloaded object are not displayed in the 3D area. However, these markers are displayed in the tree with the mask.
    • When you select a marker, its linked objects are highlighted in the 3D area and in the tree.
    • When you switch a geometry to which a marker is linked to no-show space, the marker is not displayed. (Note: In the tree, you must select the Product and not the 3D Shape.) When the marker is set to no-show, switching the linked geometry to show state will not alter the no-show state of the marker.

      When the linked geometry is not loaded in the session, the marker is not displayed.

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