On-Screen Takeoff - Creating a Hot Link to a Photo - OST

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Once you have added a photo to a project (see OST - Adding a Photo to a Bid), you can create a link to it from any page (in the same bid).

Browse to the page that represents the photo in the bid, and click the Named View button

Named View button on Annotation toolbar

Draw a box around the image, and give it a unique name

Draw Named View around photo

Next, browse to the electronic blueprint page the image references, and click the Hot Link button

Hot

Click on the image where you want to place the Hot Link, and then select the Named View from the drop down menu

select a Named View from the drop down

At this point selecting the Hot Link icon on the drawing will open the View Window to the selected image

Photo in Named View window