Markup

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The Markup command lets you annotate over viewports to communicate ideas or provide feedback without touching the model geometry. Markups are view-based, saved with the 3dm file, and can be restored at any time for review.

Steps

  1. Run the Markup command.

  2. Click a model or layout viewport to start a new markup session.

    If an active detail view is selected, the markup session starts in its parent layout.

  3. Use the HUD buttons to create markup objects.

  4. When finished, click the Save button .

Command-line options

EditMarkup

Prompts for a TableIndex number to edit a specific markup.

ViewMarkup

Prompts for a TableIndex number to view a specific markup.

Panel

Controls the visibility of the Markups panel.

HUD elements

The HUD buttons run special commands for markup sessions.

  • Running a markup* command outside of markup mode creates new markup.

  • The HUD element size is controlled by the toolbar button size setting.

  • Markup tool supports different modifiers that control the appearance and drawing behavior of markup objects.

  • Some modeling aids are disabled depending on the active markup tool.

Sketch

Draws freehand curve.

Modifiers

Arrowhead

Adds an arrowhead at the end of a new sketch or polyline.

Tapered

Uses a tapered width for sketches.

Command-line options

Closed

Smoothly connects the start and end of the sketch curve.

Smooth

Reduces jitter in the sketch curve.

ClickToSketch

Draws the sketch without holding down the left mouse button.

Undo

Reverts the last sketching action.

Polyline

Draws a polyline.

Modifiers

Arrowhead

Adds an arrowhead at the end of a new sketch or polyline.

Cloud

Draws a revision cloud consisting of arcs.

Filled

Draws a polyline. If Persistent Close is enabled, the closed polyline is filled with a solid hatch.

Persistent Close

Keeps the polyline closed during drawing.

Command-line options

RevCloud

Draws a revision cloud consisting of arcs with a static 32-pixel arc length.

Filled

Draws a polyline. If Persistent Close is enabled, the closed polyline is filled with a solid hatch.

PersistentClose

Determines whether the polyline is open or closed.

Arrowhead

Adds an arrowhead at the end of a new sketch or polyline.

Close

Adds a straight segment between the start and end of the polyline.

Undo

Reverts the last drawing action.

Aligned Dimension

Creates an aligned dimension object.

Command-line options

Refer to the DimAligned topic for option descriptions.

Rectangle

Draws a rectangular polyline.

Modifiers

Cloud

Draws a revision cloud consisting of arcs.

Filled

Draws a polyline. If Persistent Close is enabled, the closed polyline is filled with a solid hatch.

Command-line options

RevCloud

Draws a revision cloud consisting of arcs.

Filled

Fills the rectangle with a solid hatch.

Refer to the Rectangle topic for descriptions of the remaining options.

Text

Adds an annotation text.

Eraser

Erases parts of existing markup objects except text.

The affected markup objects are converted into solid hatches.

LineType

Sets the linetype used by markup tools.

  • Click the Open Linetypes panel button to edit the linetype settings.

Color

Choose a color for new markup objects.

Preset colors

Stores four recently used colors for reuse.

Thickness slider

Controls the thickness of markup objects and text height.

  • Click the button to add the current thickness as a preset. Up to three thickness presets can be saved.

  • Click a button to use the thickness preset.

  • Right-click a button to delete the thickness preset.

Edit mode actions

Copy image to clipboard

Runs the ViewCaptureToClipboard command to capture the current view without the UI elements.

Cancel

Quits the Markup mode and discards the edits.

Save

Saves the current Markup view.

Internally, the markup view is stored as a Picture surface with the UI elements excluded.

Markups panel

Create New Markup

Creates a new markup.

  • Click a viewport to begin a new markup session.

    View manipulation in the perspective view is disabled during the session.

Edit Selected Markup

Edits the selected markup.

Delete Selected Markup

Deletes the selected markup(s).

Export Selected Markup

Saves the view(s) of the selected markup(s) as .jpg image files.

Copy to clipboard

Copies the selected markup to the clipboard for pasting into other applications or Rhino itself.

  • When pasting into Rhino, a Picture surface of the markup view is created.

Context menu

Right-click a markup thumbnail to show the context menu.

Delete

Deletes the selected markups from the model.

To review a markup

  • Double-click a markup in the Markup panel to enter the viewing mode.

    Markups can be created in model or layout viewports. When a markup is restored, the viewport where it was created is activated.

Viewing Mode

The viewing mode allows you to inspect existing markups and navigate through them.

Navigation bar

The navigation bar is located in the upper-right corner of the viewport.

  • It shows the name of the current markup.

  • Click the left or right arrow buttons to navigate through existing markups.

  • Markups are stored as Picture surfaces. The slider adjusts the transparency of the Picture surface.

Viewing mode actions

Edit

Switches to the editing mode.

Cancel

Exits the viewing mode and returns to the standard Rhino viewport.