Remove Ghosts for Compare mode

[evgeny.kurbatov]

Hello,

The BIM360 Viewer has the Ghost Hidden Objects option in the Settings. Seems it doesn't affect the Compare tool. My model is quite big, and because of ghosts I can hardly see what are the changes. Is there a way to make the option working for the Compare mode?

Thank you,

EK

[evgeny.kurbatov]

Hello,

The BIM360 Viewer has the Ghost Hidden Objects option in the Settings. Seems it doesn't affect the Compare tool. My model is quite big, and because of ghosts I can hardly see what are the changes. Is there a way to make the option working for the Compare mode?

Thank you,

EK

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Thanks for the feedback. I can't promise that this will be addressed soon. In the meantime, you may want to try to use Levels or Cutplanes if available to have some kind of isolation and improve your navigation for now.

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Thanks for the feedback. I can't promise that this will be addressed soon. In the meantime, you may want to try to use Levels or Cutplanes if available to have some kind of isolation and improve your navigation for now.

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

Thank you for the quick reply.

The Levels and Section work in a "normal" review mode. I tried, but I didn't see them working for the Compare mode. Or miss how to use them?

Thanks.

EK

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

Thank you for the quick reply.

The Levels and Section work in a "normal" review mode. I tried, but I didn't see them working for the Compare mode. Or miss how to use them?

Thanks.

EK

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli  I've got your point! You are talking about the Compare tool in the Design Collaboration module. But my request is about the Document Management module. We want to compare models sitting there with the tool on the panel:

It goes to the Compare mode, but Levels and Sections do not work there.

Sincerely,

EK

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli  I've got your point! You are talking about the Compare tool in the Design Collaboration module. But my request is about the Document Management module. We want to compare models sitting there with the tool on the panel:

It goes to the Compare mode, but Levels and Sections do not work there.

Sincerely,

EK

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Just found that out too. I appologize for that confusion.

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Just found that out too. I appologize for that confusion.

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli Can we expect it fixed soon? 😁

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli Can we expect it fixed soon? 😁

[martyn.messerli · Accepted solution]

@evgeny.kurbatov Unfortunatelly, this is not my call.

After checking again, the problem is that you can't access the preferences at all in the changes view of docs. If you're not affraid of some "hacking" in the console, you can do following:

Open the Browser Development Tools (in Chrome and Firefox press F12 to open/close). There you should find a tab on the top "Console". There you can make API calls to the Viewer by entering commands after ">".

To disable ghosting:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', false, true)

To enable again ghosting:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', true, true)

This is of course not the solution but provides you a hacky workaround until the navigation has been properly addressed. This call doesn't persist, so you would have to do it everytime the viewer was closed (which I think is a good thing as you can't break anything).

-Martyn

[martyn.messerli · Accepted solution]

@evgeny.kurbatov Unfortunatelly, this is not my call.

After checking again, the problem is that you can't access the preferences at all in the changes view of docs. If you're not affraid of some "hacking" in the console, you can do following:

Open the Browser Development Tools (in Chrome and Firefox press F12 to open/close). There you should find a tab on the top "Console". There you can make API calls to the Viewer by entering commands after ">".

To disable ghosting:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', false, true)

To enable again ghosting:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', true, true)

This is of course not the solution but provides you a hacky workaround until the navigation has been properly addressed. This call doesn't persist, so you would have to do it everytime the viewer was closed (which I think is a good thing as you can't break anything).

-Martyn

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

It works. Thank you. I am not sure it can be widely implemented for all users in our company. Is there a way to automate it, i.e. have a fixed web page locally?

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

It works. Thank you. I am not sure it can be widely implemented for all users in our company. Is there a way to automate it, i.e. have a fixed web page locally?

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

The Compare feature is different in the Doc module in comparison to the Collaborate module. I think it is kind of bug, a forgotten area to fix. Can we expect that the Collaborate Compare functionality will appear for the Docs module?

Thank you,

Evgeny.

[evgeny.kurbatov]

@martyn.messerli 

The Compare feature is different in the Doc module in comparison to the Collaborate module. I think it is kind of bug, a forgotten area to fix. Can we expect that the Collaborate Compare functionality will appear for the Docs module?

Thank you,

Evgeny.

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Easiest I can imagine is to have a browser extension/addon which does this call when you click a button.

A slight change to the code toggles the current state instead of having two scripts (on/off), one script for both states:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', !NOP_VIEWER.prefs.get('ghosting'), true)

-Martyn

[martyn.messerli]

@evgeny.kurbatov Easiest I can imagine is to have a browser extension/addon which does this call when you click a button.

A slight change to the code toggles the current state instead of having two scripts (on/off), one script for both states:

NOP_VIEWER.prefs.set('ghosting', !NOP_VIEWER.prefs.get('ghosting'), true)

-Martyn

[martyn.messerli · Accepted solution]

Design Collaboration is the first application to have the new comparison tool. We are looking into introducing it in other applications or update existing applications where possible or applicable to have a common way to compare model versions.

-Martyn

[martyn.messerli · Accepted solution]

Design Collaboration is the first application to have the new comparison tool. We are looking into introducing it in other applications or update existing applications where possible or applicable to have a common way to compare model versions.

-Martyn

[evgeny.kurbatov]

It is great news! Thank you, Martin.

Evgeny.

[evgeny.kurbatov]

It is great news! Thank you, Martin.

Evgeny.