Annotations

An annotation, called a viewpoint in the app, is a numbered marker placed on a plan. It is the container for everything else: the comment, the photos, the videos and the audio comment.

Creating a viewpoint

1. Put the plan in Visit mode.
2. Tap the plan where you want it.
3. Drag around the marker to give it a viewing direction, if that is useful.
4. Take your photos, then type or dictate the comment.

Numbers are assigned automatically in creation order.

Tip

In the field, the most efficient order is: place the marker, shoot, move on. The written comment can wait until you are back at the office, where the keyboard is more comfortable. That is exactly the point of having the same project in the web dashboard.

The detail panel

Tapping a marker opens its panel, which contains:

• The number and the colour.
• The author and the creation date, plus whoever last modified it.
• The comment, editable.
• The viewing direction.
• The media gallery.

Colour and direction

• Colour: the project’s default colours and its custom colours. Default uses the plan’s or the project’s colour.
• Direction: drag around the marker to orient the triangle. No direction leaves just the circle.

Use colour as a code, by trade or by urgency: the viewer’s filters and the export’s filters both rely on it.

Adding media

• Take a photo with the phone’s camera.
• Add photos from the gallery.
• Add a video.
• Record an audio comment, the fastest option when your hands are full.

See Photos and videos and Audio comments.

Moving and deleting

• Move this viewpoint repositions the marker on the plan.
• Delete this viewpoint removes the marker while keeping its photos in the project.
• Delete this viewpoint and all its photos removes everything.

Caution

Deleting a viewpoint is irreversible. Unlike plans and projects, there is no 30-day window.

Without a network

You can create and edit viewpoints offline. They carry the pending sync note until the connection returns. See Offline mode.