Intro to the Project Interface

Learn your way around the R2S Project Viewer.

Neil Cain
May 19, 2022

Overview of the Project Interface

Note: As we continue to improve R2S over the coming weeks some of these elements may move or change.  Keep an eye on updates for more information.

The Project Interface consists of the main viewer, the side menu panel, and the navigation bar.  The following is an overview of:

  1. Side Panel Menu
  2. Project Navigation Bar
  3. Visual Model Viewer
  4. View Menu
  5. Viewer Toolbar

Project Navbar

The Project Navbar provides links to the Administration section, the project selection page, Integration page, as well as the help menu and your Account page.

  1. Main Menu - This is where you can access the Project Selection page, as well as the Administration page.
  2. R2S Logo - Clicking this will also take you to the Project Selection page
  3. Project Name - See the name of the current project
  4. Supplementary pages - This is where Administrators can access the Integration page
  5. Help - This is where you can access links to the support website
  6. User Account - This is where you can access the My Account page

Side Panel Menu

In update 5.13, we made some small changes to the side panel. The panel is now collapsed by default giving the user more room for the Main Viewer. To open the menus click on the corresponding icon. Once open, they can be collapsed by clicking on the open panels button.

The Side Panel consists of the following buttons:

  1. Home - This will take you back to the projects Title Screen where you are able to visually select what Plan you want to open
  2. Search - This is where you are able to search and filter tags, as well as search for coordinates.
  3. Folders - This is where you are able to see a tree-view of all of all the 360s within a project
  4. Layers - This is where you have the ability to turn on and off different datasets within the Main Viewer
  5. 3D - This is where you are able to see a structure tree of the different 3D datasets within the Main Viewer.

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Search

The Tag Search panel allows you to search for a specific tag or filter for a specific tag dataset. By default, only the tags you are searching for are displayed in the Visual Model. An information bar in the main viewer window notifies you that the Visual Model is being filtered.

Folders

The folders panel shows all the visual data which make up the Visual Model. Here you can search for specific plans, 360 images and other visual data.

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Layers

In the Layers panel you will find all the different datasets that can be found in the project and controls to show or hide them.

Different datasets are called dataset classes and have been organised into 3 groups.

  • Tags: Informational datasets relating to the project such as equipment & instrument ID’s, material specifications, inspection reports, work packs and other engineering and asset management information.
  • Assets: Visual datasets that show the project such as plans, photos, laser scans, point clouds. These make up the reality model.
  • Annotations: Measurements, notes and mark-ups made in the project for additional information.
3D

In the 3D panel you will see a list of what 3D components have been added to the project. You are able to turn the visibility on and off of individual models/parts, as well as focus the viewer on different components.

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The Visual Model Viewer

This is the main area in R2S for interacting with the visual model and data. You navigate around the project model, change your display mode, select hotspots to see more information and use tools such as measurement.

Viewer Bar

This top bar provides supplementary information to the view you are currently in, as well as the buttons for changing the main view.

  1. Asset Name - This displays the name of the current asset you are displaying.
  2. Archive - This is where you are able to access the Archive Mode. In Plan Mode you can change to seeing individual survey dates, or select 'Latest 360's' which will show you the most recent images across the level.
  3. View Mode - This is where you can change the main view modes
  4. Cursor Coordinates - This is displays the plan coordinates of the cursor
View Bar - 360/Point Cloud
  1. Asset Name - This displays the name of the current asset you are displaying.
  2. Archive - This is where you are able to access the Archive Mode. In Plan Mode you can change to seeing individual survey dates, or select 'Latest 360's' which will show you the most recent images across the level. In 360 Mode you are able to access 360's from different dates in the location you are in.
  3. View Mode - This is where you can change the main view modes.
  4. Cursor Coordinates - when in Plan Mode, this is displays the plan coordinates of the cursor.
Minimap

The Minimap is visible in 360 image or point cloud mode and shows the plan for your current location.  This can be resized to your preference.

  1. Current location and direction of view
  2. Resize the Minimap by dragging
  3. Name of the current plan you are on
  4. Minimise / expand the Minimap
Toolbar

The toolbar is where you will find the actions you can perform in the current viewer.  The tools will change depending on the view mode.

  1. Add - This is where you are able to add/edit tags in the viewer
  2. Measurement tool - This is where you can access Point Selection, Measurements etc
  3. Tag Panel - This is where you can show and hide the Tag Panel
  4. Toggle between upper and lower image (if available)
  5. Zoom in
  6. Zoom out
  7. Viewer settings

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The Tag Side Panel

The Tag Side Panel is opened whenever you select a tag hotspot or link in the project interface. It can be hidden again by clicking on the Tag Panel button in the toolbar. The panel displays more information about the item selected and can be used to find its position, location and other connected data.  This information is grouped into 3 tabs:

Details

The details tab displays information about the tag in the R2S model.

  1. The tag dataset the tag belongs to
  2. Tag icon, badge and name
  3. Information tabs
  4. The coordinates of the tag where available, and the Set Position button to change/set the coordinates
  5. Location on a plan, click to open the plan of this location
  6. Location in a 360 image, the first in the list being the closest, click to open the 360 image
  7. The point cloud - click to open the point cloud and view the tag.
Data

The data tab displays all the information that has been specified for the tag.  This is also where you will find information that has been synced from other data sources.

Connections

This tab displays any links that have been made to other tags in R2S or connected data sources such as documents.  From here you can navigate to other tags or open related documents.

  1. Connected Tag, click on the link to open tag
  2. Select which document type to search for in the connected source
  3. Results for the documents that this tag can be found in, click on the link to open the document in its native application.
Note: If you need any more help with a specific action, please get in contact.