CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING

Function:

Represents changed items on a drawing in a different colour.

Description:

Change Highlighting enables the user to set standards for how changed items on drawings will be represented.

By default, Change Highlighting is OFF. If set ON, then all changed components complying with the defined change highlighting rules will be shown in the specified highlight colour. A Change Rule applies to components only. For table entries, material list entries, annotations and dimensions; these will always be drawn in the specified highlight colour if they have changed. The default highlight colour is red. The user may specify one of 12 pen colours to represent the changed items. The integer associated with each colour is as follows: 1 = grey, 2 = red, 3 = orange, 4 = yellow, 5 = green, 6 = cyan, 7 = blue, 8 = violet, 9 = brown, 10 = white, 11 = pink, 12 = mauve.

In order to determine which items have changed, the user must specify a Comparison Date, this determines the baseline in time for the drawing. Any item that has changed since this baseline time will then be subject to Change Highlighting. The Comparison Date is entered either as an actual date/time or as a Stamp. A Stamp is a way of referencing database(s) at specified stages in a project. For more information on Stamps, refer to Administration Command Reference and Administration User.

Examples:

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING ON

Turns the Change Highlighting function 'on'.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING OFF

Turns the Change Highlighting function 'off'.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING CLEAR

Removes all defined Change Highlighting rules.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING RULE ALL ELBO WITH (MODIFIED())

All modified elbows will be shown in the selected highlight pen colour.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING RULE ALL ELBO WITH (MODIFIED(POS))

All elbows whose position has been modified will be shown in the selected highlight pen colour.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING RULE ALL ELBO WITH (CREATED())

All newly created elbows will be shown in the selected highlight pen colour.

CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING COLOUR 8

Sets the Change Highlighting pen colour to violet.

Related Commands:

SETCOMPDATE

Command Syntax:

>--- CHANGE---|--- HIGHLIGHTING---+-- ON ---------------------.

|-- OFF --------------------|

|-- CLEAR ------------------|

|-- COLOUR ----- integer ---|

‘-- RULE ----+-- UNSET -----|

‘-- <SELATT> --+--->

Querying:

Q CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING

Q CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING MODE

Q CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING COLOUR

Q CHANGE HIGHLIGHTING RULE