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1. You can set the date and edit the start time as well as the duration by typing them in Should there be conflicts e g missing license or render nodes those are shown as a tool tip for the schedule assistant Make sure you save your meeting after you have created or edited A it A dialog will come up when you try to leave asking you for this Only meetings of which user is the host or creator can be edited by that user exception superuser can edit anything The user can see Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 63 Q Using PictureBook all meetings which has been created by that user or to the user has been invited exception superuser sees all meetings The workspace is always shown in the editor and it can be changed by the user for all meetings to which user is invited and start time cannot be changed and invitees cannot be removed But the duration can be changed attendees can be added model slots can be changed sls Q For running meetings it is important to note that subject details Add attendees information Librarian Login Limited Superuser Login superuser Librarian Login Limited Quality Management Login tester Viewer Login viewer Creating a meeting makes you not just the creator of the meeting but also the host of the meeting as you have been added by default as the only invitee Adding other attendees to the meeting give you the option to make someone else host of
2. gt recipient is defined in the user information Access via the URL is possible only with a valid user name and the corresponding password for this RTT PictureBook server The assignment of rights for the visibility of the Assets is retained Copy link g Copy link In addition to sending the URL to a registered PictureBook user you can also copy the URL to the clipboard and insert it into other applications Project events EX Project events Project events can be installed for each directory to help in the organization of a project If you click Project event in the context menu a dialog box opens in which you can create a new event entry Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 22 Q Using PictureBook GH creates a new entry On the right of the window you can enter the name a description and the date You can also define a type for each entry The following are available Deadline Meeting Presentation Meeting Review Start Stop saves the entry and stores the event as a visible icon in the time bar Track folder E Track folder adds the directory to the list of directories to be tracked iQ Note that only the selected directory is added to the list Subdirectories have to be specified separately Import PDM Model See Additional Tools Page 118 Asset list This area displays the available Assets of the selected folder Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manu
3. Adds the user to selected User groups on the All groups list Removing users from a group Remove selected user s from group removes the user from groups on the Current groups of user list Change password Click to change the user password The dialog box contains a random generated password Reset password of useri Mew password z3lGtoHJDu Generate Generate Creates a random generated password Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 132 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Set Saves the password for the user User groups Usergroups This area is used for user group management of RTT PictureBook New E Opens a dialog box in which you can create a group Create group Name v Close on create If the optioncl ose on create is enabled the dialog box closes after a new group is created If you want to create more than one group disable this option Creates a new group after you enter a name for the Edit group Group name jDemo Group smen Assign users to groups Current users of group 4ll users Name Name Username Full Name Username Full Name John Smith John Smith mediastore mediastore Sabine Becker Sabine Becker Demo_Userl Demo_Userl Demo_User2 Demo_User2 0 J rou P Adds users selected on the All users list to the group Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 133 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Remove selected user s from g
4. If this option is enabled by the administrator the user can no longer log in but the account continues to exist The account can also be blocked even if the expiration date has not been reached Password Confirm Enter the same password in both fields The password must consist of at least 8 characters There are no other restrictions or password conditions Access Roles Administrator The Administrator can log in to the Management Console PowerHouse User This RTT PictureBook user can access RTT PowerHouse functions PDM User This user can access the PDM Connector of RTT PictureBook Q An additional license may be needed for extended functions such as PDM Connector and RTT Composer L3 Export Exports data of selected users to a Microsoft Excel file Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 131 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Edit Edit user User data Current groups of user All groups Username ti Name Name Full Name Name Name E Mail test Company sales S ervis Department Supervisor Phone Mobile Language English Valid until Blocked Administrator PowerHouse User PDM User In this dialog box you can edit the user s metadata the access options and the group membership Assign to user group If user groups have been created Add to user group s may be set on the right of the dialog box You can then add the new user to selected user groups Add user to selected groupis
5. In order to get the desired Asset you select the PDM model in the PictureBook GUI browser Linked to VersionControl the model can also be one of the versions Now you can load the structure in the GUI or PictureBook browser and choose to visualize the structure A tree structure is shown You can navigate through the structure expand and collapse nodes Selecting a node details of the node are shown Alternatively you can load the structure in DeltaGen with similar functionality as above Loading assemblies will visualize the model Above the PDM structure area you will find a toggle button that allows you to update view details and download Update p View details PDM Model update The update dialog is the same dialog as for the import In case the PDM PLMXML model has changed since the initial upload into PictureBook you may want to apply the modifications on the model stored in PictureBook In the PictureBook GUI now you select the destination folder for the PDM model from the original import A dialog opens same as when importing Updating a PDM Model will reload the PLMXML and replace it It A checks the geometry parts and just uploads the changed ones Updating a PDM Model in DeltaGen Open a PDM model in DeltaGen then save the model into PictureBook The model is saved as Asset of type Model and referenced to the PDM Model it is derived from The saved model can be opened in DeltaGen and checked for
6. Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 119 Additional Tools access the Assets there After selecting the item you would like to work with you will have to wait for that item to be downloaded into your machine Changing Settings You can change the settings as described before or also go to your task bar and click on the show hidden icons A popup will appear with a selection of inactive icons Now right click on the PictureBook icon Customize Also the appliction logs for theRTT PictureBook Windows Xtension can be found here Some cases that you might need an answer for using the tool Sometimes there are situations that might require a little problem solving from your side These little things can be handled quite easily without much effort 1 When saving to PictureBook there can be no file in the import wizard To resolve this just press the Rescan button 2 If you do not see the extension in the right tree you might have to change some folder options For this you go toTool s Folder Options General tab Navigation Panel and there check Show all folders Should the menu bar of your explorer be hidden press theal t key to get the navigation menu of your explorer 5 If your tree is not synchronized with your actions in the right side goto Tools Folder Options General tab Navigation Paneland check Automatically expand to current folder 4 If you should get a permission denied exception during
7. This button becomes only available if the user has actually some permissions to the particular folder If a user has access role of Folder Manager then he she can see Edit Role option and all user groups Selecting a user or group on the right pane and then clicking show permissions will display you the list of access roles assigned to that specific user or group has due to direct assignment or inheritance trem ATT Freturetiok ir dectubarials adr Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 21 Using PictureBook Show users groups list E Displays available users and groups Add Remove to list s If available users groups are displayed this button adds removes the selection for which access is to be granted to from the list Permission can be granted per user or group Edit Role At the bottom of the dialog box the type of access access role can be selected with the Role selection list For this purpose at least one entry must be selected in the upper area in the access list Multiple selection is possible in which case several entries receive the same permission Q The assignment of permissions to access roles is defined in the Management Console See also gt RTT PictureBook Management Console Page 128 a Send link Send link emails a direct link to a selected directory to another user of the RTT PictureBook server Q You can send an e mail only if a valid e mail address for the
8. PictureBook 7 1 User Manual Copyright 2013 Realtime Technology AG License conditions and copyright This documentation and the software it describes are distributed under license only and must not be used or copied except in accordance with the conditions of the associated license agreement The contents of the manual are for information only and may be modified at any time Realtime Technology AG bears no liability Realtime Technology AG is not responsible or liable for any errors or impreciseness in this documentation This documentation may only be copied in part or whole stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any other form in compliance with the license agreement The documentation must not be transmitted electronically mechanically as a recording or in any other form without the previous written permission of Realtime Technology AG Note that graphics you wish to integrate into a project may in certain circumstances be subject to copyright conditions The unauthorized integration of graphics into your documents may represent an infringement of the owner s copyright Ensure that you first obtain the copyright owner s permission Microsoft MS DOS Windows and Windows NT are registered trade marks of the Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries Apple PowerBook QuickTime Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trade marks of Apple Computer Inc in the USA and other countries Adobe the
9. RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Page 110 Smartfolders E Smartfolders 4 Smartfolders are collections of search criteria in PictureBook On the Search tab you can save collections of search criteria as smart folders Save as Smartfo der Page 56 The Smartfolders tab has three important areas Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 46 Q Using PictureBook Smartfolder list E Smartfolders 4 zi irnages amp pdfs La 7 u T vi m odels amp versions Show filters Displays a filter bar Here you can specify smartfolder names or parts of names and then filter the displayed smartfolder list Refresh Refreshes the smartfolder view This may be necessary to show other users changes to smart folders such as renaming or share withdrawal Function menu The function menu gives you access to the functions of the context menu It is enabled only if an existing smartfolder is selected You can either open the function menu by clicking this button or right click a folder and select one of the following functions from the context menu Load in Search Opens the smart folder in the Search tab Rename TIN sadist Renames a smartfolder Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 47 Q Using PictureBook Delete CERE Removes a selected smartfolder Share Smartfolder can be shared with other users or groups on the same PictureBook server E Icon showing a non
10. Render node configuration Qi The PictureBook server is checking for constraints when resolving render nodes at 1 pbMeetingNode The render node can be used for 3D meetings 2 pbComposerLiveNode The render node can be used for composer 5 pbComposerProductionNode The render node can be used for production jobs 4 pbExternal The render node can be used for PBX You can specify the constraint for a render node by editing your powerhouse conf and setting constraint in powerhouse gt render gt custom constraint eg custom constraint pbMeetingNode A render node can be used for multiple purposes to do so you can add multiple constraints separated by a space e g like this custom constraint bbMeetingNode pbComposerLiveNode pbComposerProductionNode pbExternal If you have only a single render node that you want to use for all use cases this is the way to go This procedure gives you more control about your render nodes Only nodes that have the meeting constraint will be used for meetings and can be revoked If you have exclusive render nodes Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 107 Q RTT Composer for e g the production of render jobs those will never be revoked for a meeting If you configure a render node for multiple purposes you get better utilization of your nodes One node can e g be used for a meeting at one time and for composer at another time However you have the
11. Adobe logo Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are registered trade marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated All other product names are registered trade marks of other companies Realtime Technology AG gives no guarantee other than in the accompanying license agreement either expressly or implicitly for the sales suitability or competence of a specific application of these materials and provides these materials exclusively in their current form Realtime Technology AG cannot be held liable to any person for accidental or indirect loss or damage arising from the purchase or use of these materials All rights for the translation of this publication are held by Realtime Technology AG Realtime Technology AG reserves the right to revise or change its products according to its own discretion This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its publication and is under no liability to agree with future versions of the product Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual Qo Introduction MET 1 Welcome to RTT PictureBook ee e RR RI n R nn 1 RTT PictureBOOK eeeeee RR RR RR Rhys ins 1 RTT PictureBook Client leeeeeeee nh RR nnn 2 RTT PictureBook Browser cceere ee eee ees 2 RTT PictureBook Management Console ssh hm mnn 2 RTT PictureBook Server isse eee 2 Setup and server administration lessen nns 3 Target group and manual structure e
12. Changing focal length and radious in Angle Changing value of the decimal CTRL slider place in Composer Changing value in steps of 10 SHIFT slider Camera You can adjust the preview size in the drop down menu at the top of the window Setting camera values Orientation Position Center of interest Head 301 4 X 572 8 r 3 4 Pitch 17 9 458 hg Roll 0 0 P E rd Focal length Distance Dolly zoom You can adjust the values in the fields either by selecting a field and entering a value or by pressing and moving the mouse button in the input area Orientation Defines the components in the spherical coordinate system The following definitions apply Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 89 Q RTT Composer Head Angle to vertical axis horizontal camera movement Pitch Angle to horizontal axis vertical camera movement Roll Angle to view axis Center of interest The center of interest is a defined point in the scene that has a different relation to the camera in each camera mode In Look at mode the camera orients to that point In Free mode and in Look at mode it also is the rotation center In Look around it gets ignored You set this point in order to compose your shots better Focal length Defines the camera s focal length This defines the distance between the focal point and the sensor A lower value shows a larger section of the scene and a higher value a small sect
13. Open in new scene Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 115 RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Attach geometry to selection where selection is being replaced by the name of the selection Replace selection by geometry where selection is being replaced by the name of the selection If a surrounding is selected Open surrounding in current scene If a look is selected Open look in PB look library When it comes to multi selection the above mentioned menu entries will be displayed only when all selected assets are of the same type If the selected assets are not of the same type none of the above will be displayed The update wizard Update wizard Total updates 10 Select items on the left and click update Parts 6 Looks 4 v Name Modified by superuser superuser reifen superuser tank superuser getriebe superuser Refreshes the update list Function menu ee Show in DeltaGen eae Show in PictureBook ce Compare 4 Update 2013 us ec xo 2 2013 05 22 16 3 2013 05 22 16 3 2013 05 22 16 3 Update parts Ea The function menu gives you access to the functions of the context menu It will only be active if an item is selected 3 Show in DeltaGen Selecting a single group in the update list and selecting the option this will select the group in your DeltaGen Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 116 Q RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen
14. The entire group will be saved as Geometry in PictureBook by creating a new version of the model with the relevant relations for the existing Assets Convert to linked files The entire group will be saved with the model in PictureBook by creating a new Asset Qr Note that you have the option to save the geometries as separate assets within PictureBook instead of just updating the original asset file when you check upload original part assets for both save linked files as well as convert to linked files This way your geometry is saved as a new version or new asset and can be used to update geometry in your DeltaGen Save new assets to Author john doe Comment 4 pa RTT PictureBook FE admin d 9 a Image Preview Render previews 12 Height 1024 lm lotus Save model The model will also be mm male model Ss shoes Assets Name Metadata set FE models Bs lotus L male model fm shoe m office Part Library li pdm lw surroundings Metadata set Metadata fields Metadata Description Upload original part assets Upload Cancel Show in Browser This option will show you the source Asset file on the PictureBook Server Lock and create new version This option create a new version out of the selected Asset and lock the new Asset Unlock This option will release the Asset as being unlocked Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 114 RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Importing
15. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points placing the horizon on the top or bottom line or allowing linear features in the image to Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 151 Q Glossary flow from section to section The main reason for observing the rule of thirds is to discourage placement of the subject at the center or prevent a horizon from appearing to divide the picture in half Smartfolders are collections of search criteria saved as your own customized search within PictureBook T Tags are used for labeling Assets Single words can be saved as Asset tags Transformation is the matrix to define position and proportions in space Tracking is the functionality within RTT PictureBook to follow up on activities on Assets It can be set for folders Marked folders for tracking will store the activity information in the tracking tab Tracking applies only to the contents of a folder and linked information V Versions are snapshots of Assets at a certain point in time and are displayed in a separate version tab A version contains all properties of an Asset and works as a backup of the Asse
16. amp 940 530 picturebook more efficient reviews jpg 1797011992 jpg FILE 14 5 KB li 940x400_picturebook_intro jpg FILE 174 7 KB ia 2013_RTT_Excite_Newsroom jpg_1738917879 jpg FILE 19 9 KB BW 121115 rtt dg real drive 2 JPG 1738917879 jpg FILE 43 2 KB E lotus_neutral_v_09 jpg FILE 827 3 KB Bi lotus sunset 02 jpg FILE 884 3 KB li outfit casual 4 ipg FILE 1 2 MB Bi outfit casual 5 jpg FILE 1 1 MB amp PB_quickpeek pptx FILE 1 4 MB seduction_addidas_shoe_01 jpg FILE 519 1 KB 0 Bytes 6 1 MB 0 v Close when import finished Upload all If you upload Assets to a folder that already contains Assets with A the same name PictureBook displays a dialog in which you can choose whether to replace each Assets file by the newer version or not If you replace an Asset metadata sketches and annotations tags and rankings are transfered Optionally an automatic backup for the replaced file can be created to which a time stamp is added Document conversion You have the option to upload office documents and pdfs Those are being converted and displayed as an image in the preview page by page Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 13 Q Using PictureBook Metadata set In this area you can select a metadata set that is used later for entering metadata The metadata set assigned to the Asset can be changed following Asset import in the Asset details area You can also assign the same metadata set to two or more Assets on the list
17. extension registration open regedit and grant permission for modifying that key Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 120 Q Additional Tools 5 If some applications show different content in PB tree after changing the user logout and log back in 6 If a dll remains blocked when unregistering the extension restart your computer or log out and login Now you might have to ask yourself Why do have to restart or logout login That is because a DLL might remain blocked in some of the applications you are using 7 You are prompted to confirm that you want to overwrite a file when saving to PictureBook In this rare case please ignore the message and press confirm 8 When using Save for distribution from within DeltaGen and the returned path from within the extension is not the one that has been selected please ignore the format of the returned path A temporary path is returned and will be used as temp location You just have to restart the explorer The PDM Module The PictureBook Module can integrate multiple connectors to import PDM data from different sources The PDM structure and data can be visualized in RTT DeltaGen The imported PDM structure is saved in PictureBook as an Asset of type PDM Model the parts as Assets of type Geometry PictureBook provides an update mechanism for PDM structure amp PDM parts A PDM Model asset is related to the Geometry assets is composed by and any Model asset derived fro
18. then for each module Whichever module you chose you will be presented with the composer window offering you different areas to work with Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 03 Q RTT Composer Outfit_casual RENDER PRODUCE Close 1 Interactive Viewer 2 Options tabs 3 Settings area 4 Configuration area Bestshots list The Interactive Viewer Before starting with the different interaction possibilities and settings within the composer you can set if you want your interaction to perform consistently in high quality or reduce the quality of the view while interacting Reduce quality during interaction and resolution settings In order to get a faster performance for the viewer you have the option to have Reduce quality during interaction checked This will reduce the quality of the model or geometry for the time of the interaction until the changed position or any other change has taken effect Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 84 Q RTT Composer Next to that you find the resolution settings for the image output Here you find the standard resolution settings for screen output Moving the camera You can move the camera in the viewer as follows Rotate Hold down the left mouse button Move the mouse pointer to rotate the camera around the center of interest Pan To move the camera parallel to the monitor level panning hold down the Ctrl key and the left mouse button at the same
19. will find the notifications stack Here notifications will pop up if some actions have been done You can view and filter the history of those notifications from the active session by pressing that button Navigation Use the navigation bar to access the individual areas of the PictureBook browser e Tracking BT Meeting Management F Meeting room 57 Settings 2 Keyboard navigation Moving from one input field or button to the next tab key oressing a button space bar Home Navigating through the navigation tabs you start with the Home area There you find the Folders tab with the Assets the Smartfolders tab the Collections tab and the Recycle Bin tab Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual Q Using PictureBook The PictureBook window has the following areas in the Home area The Asset tree 1 contains the main navigation for the RTT PictureBook structure If you select an existing directory its contents are displayed in the central area You can create a new directory manage directories and open a dialog for uploading data to the RTT PictureBook server The Asset list 2 displays the available data contents current search results the data type the respective assessment and the creation date as a list Asset information 3 shows picture and text information on the current selection The following pages describe the contents of the various tabs and functions Settings gt User interface T
20. Assets to PictureBook Enables simultaneous uploading of different objects to PictureBook The procedure is the same as within the PictureBook accessed from the web browser mport new Assets Page 13 Downloading Assets to RTT DeltaGen Working with Assets in the PictureBook Browser Plug in within DeltaGen is a very organized procedure The functionalities are dependent on the type of asset selected There you can get options through the context menu or the fly out menu Option Function phe ueram d ce Open in new scene geometry in a new scene also double click when having a model or geometry selected Replaces the model in the current scene Replace model in DG when having a model selected Opens the selected surrounding in the current scene replace when having a surrounding surrounding also double click selected Attach a geometry to the selection pc Attach to Varianst Lotus neu dist csb when having a geometry selected Replaces the current selection by geometry Replace Varianst_Lotus_neu_dist csb when having a geometry selected Adds Asset to the PB Look Library in DeltaGen also Add to DeltaGen Look Library double click The options in the context menu are depending on the current selection and the asset types of the current selection If a model is selected the following options are available Replace model in current scene Open in new scene If a geometry is selected
21. Loo S Pe PictureBook Windows Xtension http mucpbO01 8080 picturebook Disable tension is running with enable or disable you can start and stop the connection Using a https connection Open PictureBook url using https in Internet Explorer Save the certificate as trusted Open Windows explorer Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 118 Q Additional Tools Enable RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension Change connection to htt ps hostname 8443 pi cturebook Using the RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension The RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension is used as a browser same as you would browse your external drives Here you can browse PictureBook for Assets view previews the metadata and tags You can also download from PictureBook or save save as to PictureBook as described in the following m PictureBook a Folders b 5 videotutorials admin 4 ki Smartfolders 4 gt 0 all jpg gt 0 lotus and sunset images gt amp amp models and versions Hs production reports 43 Collections 2 b assetmix D ES reports j images models ES Folder p Folder office 1 3 Part Library J Folder d Folder surroundings Folder Yr Folder Folder Peer Open Save Open Save via virtual network drive RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension links to the PictureBook folder You may create links within your local project folders directly to the needed PictureBook folders on your PictureBook server in order to
22. SE S RR 26 BSSODOSELIIS wn ces Seve E E E E pru OG tab eee ee ee EEE beers 31 VCNSIONING su 23 4 4993 4 s ari CREAR es i ee eee ee 52 Create version manually cler rra 535 Managing Versions in Version History ls RR RR 55 COInDaIe MOC usur uersibus eae Gee ee eke eee ee eee ee ee ee 54 Asset information s sese eee 58 PREVICOW G20 d awl eee eee ee EE REESE EE Nd EE ERE RET Ed CE 40 PUANCTION Tello ze m aec 36m mb debo Re ePi Rer dx GERA GRGE B RCEUUE EUP HUE TE e dedos 4 Annotations celle hh hh hr hr 43 m e REPENTE EEEE E EE E E EE E E E E E E 44 I EEEE eh ae E E E E E E E E EE E 44 PReMACIOUS puke Gadd epena a Eeer Beet See TENE eas ees SEE 45 Version DISEOFY uus ke kdo weed sade eee eed suwg evade wanes A ADS hae nes 46 ASSSImDIIOS aimo d x oes eee eee eee CS ee ae IC eee eres ee ees 46 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 3 QU SmartroldBr S s222244225662252 7223956592932 5 931 9 939 9a di dS viris 46 Smartfolder list lee RR RR RR RR ek rs 47 PUMECHION MENUS 0 4 eo eda eae ORI TITO 47 Smartfolder Asset list 0 RR RR RR RR x 3 e rs 48 CONCCLIONS size SG RREEUESOEGURAME eee be PUER RUE Rm bee eee eas 49 Collection IISE xui m dead BUR GU RUE RURGCEGUREORGORUSE RODanaOR ER ROBO SUR ECKE XD oe ge 49 FORCONTE lt 2 ux tenet eon ee eee cea ee eee e Sea eee once ee ee ase 50 Collection Asset list RR RR RR RR Re e ras 5 The Recycle Bin eee eee hh mnn 51 SCa
23. This button will not appear upon creation of a new meeting Save to schedule discard meeting estes an 71 Bn 10 NB Saves Or discards a currently scheduled meeting when used with the New New from selected button Q It is important that the Save changes or Save to schedule buttons are clicked after any changes such as adding additional invitees or when adding media otherwise these will not be updated into the Shared viewer window a Meetings are always updated upon selection that means if somebody updated the meeting in between you get the current version when the editor opens This also includes the status like running stopped etc If there are unsaved changes in a meeting a dialog opens asking if unsaved changes should be saved Notifications In Management Console it can be configured whether ical notifications should be sent for meetings Notifications are sent upon creation update and deletion of a meeting Note that only relevant updates are sent out that means one of the settings like subject time attendees etc changed If a user only updates the workspace no Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 65 Q Using PictureBook notification is being sent For instant meetings quickstart no emails are sent at all Q In order to send and receive notifications the users have to have their e mail addresses set If the creator has not his e mail address no notifications will be sent at
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25. all am The schedule assistant The schedule assistant can be opened closed via toggle button Schedule Assistant It gives you an overview over the availability of meeting licenses and render resources in order to reserve these By default one line is shown for each which just shows the availability of the resource Those lines can be expanded using the arrow on the very left to show the concrete usages of the available resources FBETT EET T Jared prs a Tested Peat BET RIT ata lew Peed Teme 77 Ru m S T For each invitee one line is shown which shows the meetings to which that user is invited Meeting occurrences are placed above each other so not all might be shown Availability of model slots This option only shown if model slots shall be reserved for a 5D meeting It considers the number of requested slots Concrete resources are shown by lines representing the number of models per render node configured in Admin tool That means each line is one render node Heming Lirene 3 Made Simts Cj isha t Wo Aadal Sinis Avasitalele cies A Oe qm amm mo mr mmc mar mg ze m fated E pia fiai acted qued fated mum IL Sar Tied T d Fn d Rind Oh EPH Bel i Functionality The time line can be scrolled using the mouse A click in the time line places the selected interval there The selected interval can be dragged and the duration can be changed by dragging either the left or the rig
26. and Head values shown under the main view can also be changed later by manual inout without having to start a new computation Best shots Best shots Displays the selection of images to be produced eS Returns to the parameter setting view x Deletes the complete selection list You can save defined parameters in an xml file By default the save dialog will have the directory of the original Asset set as destination However you can choose the destination folder in which the orbits should be saved which creates a relation between the bestshots and the asset see Re ations Page 45 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 99 Production of high quality shots Q RTT Composer Em Produce starts computing the selected views and generates an additional xml file containing the parameters of the selected bestshots Page 104 am Production settings Q You can also use the saved settings under 2D Art 2D Art Before producing the Best shots you can set the destination folder where you want to save the Best shots generated By default the source folder of your model is chosen Further you can adjust your settings fa Produce Choose folder a RTT PictureBook 4 WR videotutorials admin FE MI me addidas b gt fm lotus b Bm male model ws irs E Br i Ba office it Em surroundings b Bm videotutorials backup Save settings as default Adjust settings Gene
27. and contents of the server Asset Overview FILE FILESET MODEL PDOMMODEL GEOMETRY LOOK PROJECT_EVENT ANNOTATION PROFILE Tag Statistics Total amount Unused Filestore Files in Filestore Total file size Disk space left Top 10 Biggest Folder Amount of assets RTT PictureBook Library Looks Exterior RTT PictureBook RTT PictureBook RTT PictureBook RTT PictureBook RTT PictureBook RTT PictureBook Jan Marketing selection raw Powerhouse Test Library Surroundings Design images l layer Marketing Media RTT PictureBook Design model supercar RTT PictureBook Powerhouse_Test images RTT PictureBook Library Parts General Functions 87 assets in 24 folders B FILE E FILESET E MODEL B PDMMODEL E GEOMETRY BH LOOK E SURROUNDING User Statistics User User Groups Users in Groups User expired User blocked User Admins License Info Expiration Date Licensed Users 2011 12 31 50 Within the Management Console you will find certain actions and their icons repeating in each tab constantly Here you can see a short list of the main functions Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 129 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Icon Function This function enables you to edit the selected edit item Alternatively double click an entry of the list to open the corresponding dialog box This function deletes the selected ite
28. by eb TTE 89 Setting camera Values Paz oh x RAO bobo RE Roda Pac RC SOE Rd EA SS 89 Presets Sensor Settings ux a d 3ck act pos YR OEOD hace a Pwd awe Coed ndo eo ewer 90 Presets Render output 0 0 0 0 0 cc eee eae 91 Na avigatliON ze aded bier udoerdgereueaddgbvegenbsqeihdes bee bisa TERRE 92 SaLe Sin la e bot eee uae eed FU Ear be eee eee E ES ad ee we es eee rats 92 Varla ees ace oo 8 4 da ee ee oe pres 6 og ee Oe ed wed Ga bn ee rey oe 94 Configuration Angle 2DArt 0 0 cece ee eee ees 95 hue rdc TT LT 95 Configuration sssaaa RR hr rrr 96 Angle examine MOE QE T TT TROUPE T Bes Pa Wee eed bens eee eee ae en 98 Production of high quality shots 0 0 cc ee ees 100 PDF Reporting Angle 0 0 ce ee RR RR IRR RR tr 102 PE 5 cae re eee 104 C amera VaftldaL TUS a 2 05 4 bae wwe 6b 9 bee ER ES Te E Bee ee d ee oe 105 PMN OMS 4 owes TTC IT TZ RETO OCTO DOTT 105 Best SHOU DPrOCUCIION s a n t dcn aede Rd 3 RR RR RC COR EROR RR e al ede 105 PDF Reporting 2DArt 0 RR rra 105 Information about render nodes and the node state 106 lop COMMDOS Clic dard 8 ow boa hk ee ee a a 106 Ti SD Meet ascia doe dod he ee qe Re cea Je ow fa ee em a odd 107 Render node configuration sssusa aaee a eee es 107 The job state WISE 6 xx d a wan ndi esas 3 4 wed Polder d oe oe Shoe eo ae hes 108 RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen 1
29. can also re arrange the order the Assets are displayed in the main area by dragging and dropping the Assets in the left area one above or below the other To remove an Asset from the left column simply click the delete red x button on the Asset itself ET This slider regulates the proportions of the image areas The following figure shows an example using Horizontal and Vertical Split comparison Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 78 Q Using PictureBook Transparency Transparency This view enables you to place one Asset behind another with a transparency effect You can manually adjust the opacity level with a slider Since one Asset is placed in front of the other increasing the opacity of the front Asset can make the rear Asset more visible min The slider is moved to approximately 50 which means that both images are almost equally transparent or visible The following figure shows the result Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 79 Q Using PictureBook Viewing modes Fit to view Fit to vi Tiii Fits the displayed medium into the window size Original size Original size Displays the medium in its original resolution Fullscreen mode Fa Full Screen l Enlarges the Media Viewer to fill the screen Press the Esc key to exit full screen mode or click on theLeave Fullscreen button top right of the screen at any time to return to normal mode Z oom min week Zooms th
30. details refer to the RTTPictureBook7 1 technicalDocumentation a Q The HTTPS protocol can be used for communication between Hosts A system administrator creates trustworthy hosts that can be used in the replication setup using this button The authentication information must be communicated to the administrators of the remote hosts Q The server ID must be unique for every server taking part in the replication When defining the URL you can specify thehttps protocol e g https picturebook 8443 pi cturebook If trustworthy host B is created in server A local users and passwords are used as remote access data in server B for trustworthy host A Remote user names and passwords are the local access data in server B for trustworthy host A Identical user names and passwords can be used for different trustworthy hosts but they must be unique Access data can be changed at any time Q Note that replication between different releases of RTT PictureBook Server is not possible After creating a trustworthy host you can use ping to test whether the remote server can be reached with this button deal Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 141 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console The usual options to edit and delete hosts are available too as well as the refresh of the list Shares This area has two parts The upper part shows the shares on this server and the lower part shows the shares of
31. head of the Asset will be a version meaning the Asset is reverted to the selected version Reverting an Asset when the version limit is reached can A overwrite the head of the version and that means that the current head gets lost Create Asset from version Create asset from version This option creates a not linked stand alone Asset from the version selected You can see it as a sort of backup This Asset can have its own versions again and so on Edit version comment EL Edit version comment This option allows you to edit your comment to the selected versions You can use this comment box for many purposes in order to work with your versions in a structured manner Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 35 Q Using PictureBook Open in Media Viewer View in Media Viewer opens images or videos of one or more versions of the Asset files so called previews in the Media Viewer if there are more open selected images in compare mode Other files other than images e g file set model or geometry have to have a preview created in order to be displayed in the Media Viewer This can be done manually or via the upload through DeltaGen Flag version not deletable Fo Mark as undeletable Versions in the version view can be flagged as not deletable The version s will then not be taken into account for the automatic purge of old versions if the maximum number of versions is exceeded Flagg
32. is enabled the dialog box closes after a new metadata template is created If you want to create more than one metadata template disable this option Edit You cannot change the contents of the Key field after creating a metadata template J Edit Metadata template Key status Type Options list Options approved new b outdated status Metadata sets EJ Metadata Sets You manage metadata sets on this tab New GH Opens a dialog box in which you can create a metadata set Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 138 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Create Metadata Set Name Type FOLDER Default Templates p Used Available Field Mandatory Default value color A contact description deliveryDate editors notes factory reviewed status webPage v Close on create Within this dialog box you define the name of the metadata set the Asset type for which the metadata set is created and the metadata templates it is to contain Y ou can define this set to be the default set for this Asset type by checking the default option You can assign the set by dragging the template into the left area or by using the assignment button Click on one of the up or down buttons above the left list to define the sequence for later display in the RTT PictureBook browser You can remove assigned metadata templates by moving them back to the right or by clicking the unassign button Once you have added an
33. it opens the version information panel for more details A version can be created in two ways autocreate create a version manually If the maximum number of versions is reached a message is shown to inform about this and tell that the next time a new version is being created the oldest deletable version will be purged from the system Selecting a version you have several actions available via the menu option Version limit is 20 u q S Delete selected version Download Revert to version Create asset from version Edit version comment View in Media Viewer 4 Mark as undeletable Change the view Create a new version E _ Show version details Comparing version to the head or comparing two versions Delete the version and further more see image Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 33 Using PictureBook In compare mode the details of the two versions will be shown side by side in the comparison view Selecting two versions from the list gives a compare view Compare mode LI I You have different compare options for versions They have the following color code red for deleted turquoise for new yellow for modified A window will show the versions or version and head in compare mode The newer version is displayed on the left side and the older one at the right side of the compare pop up window Compare View Version 2013 06 26 10 38 01 LE ASSET INFORMATION Personal rating kk
34. large Small images are recommended if there are performance issues on client side or less bandwidth Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 15 Q Using PictureBook User profile In this area you can edit the user data stored for you and the access options if necessary You cannot change the contents of the Login and Name fields For further information about the data fields see the description of the Management Console for the Users tab See also Users Page 130 User interface Here you can sets the font size and language of the PictureBook browser user interface You can choose between English and German Change password Select to change your password Enter you current password a new password repeated all with at least 8 characters Help Displays information about individual functions in the form of short videos The topics are listed on the left Click an entry to play a video on the right of the browser You may also download this handbook there Media Viewer The Media Viewer enables intuitive viewing and comparing of 2D 2 5D Assets image and video data Open the Media Viewer View on the context or function menu in RTT PictureBook If one or more media Assets are selected the selection is accepted for display in the Media Viewer and shown in the vertical list Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 76 Using PictureBook Media Viewer tools Viewer modes The Media Viewer contains a
35. normal folder again and is no longer shared You can also disable replication of a share by setting the connection status to Disconnected 2GB otherwise replication may fail This also depends what time OUt value is set am Qr Compression Replication must be enabled to replicate files over Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 145 Q Glossary Glossary This section will now collect all the relevant terms that you might need an explanation for These terms are mainly PictureBook specific but some are terms regularly used A An Assembly is a Node type in a PDM structure It contains a group of Instances An Asset can be understood as a container for files In PictureBook we divide the Asset types into files file sets models geometry looks and surroundings Assets of the type file may contain only single files All other types may contain single or multiple files Asset information shows detailed information on the current selection The Asset list displays the available data contents current search results the data type the respective assessment and the creation date as a list C Collections are user created Asset sets You can share them with other users A Creator is the person that creates the meeting but does not necessarily stay the host of the meeting The person can also Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 146 Glossary remove themselves off the list or pass the host statu
36. of the time bar to a year All View of the time bar from the first to the last Asset creation date If the period is less than three months a period of three months is shown EI Remowve restriction of time bar filtering Zoom This slider is displayed only in the gallery view It adjusts the size of displayed Assets Select columns T This function is available only for the text view You can select the columns to be displayed for this view It will appear instead of the zoom icon Change view In this area you can switch between four views In the text view two columns are displayed with the file names of the Assets and their file size 00 mlaj The gallery view shows you images The displayed size can be adjusted with the zoom slider described above ES The detail view displays images text creation date user name of creator rating and metadata Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 25 Q Using PictureBook Geg The flip book view enables you to scroll through all Assets in an optically attractive manner The Asset thumbnails are zoomed from the background to the foreground and displayed according to direction of travel You navigate either with the horizontal scrollbar or the arrow keys on the keyboard You also have the option to switch to full screen mode or set the viewing in the settings according to your liking All assets 9 1 selected You can change the view to full screen mode
37. on the Folders tab except for the following Asset ist Page 23 The Cut Copy Paste Merge and Split functions of the function context menu are not possible If you select a single Asset you can select Go to folder from the context menu to select the corresponding Asset in the original directory Y ou can select Remove from Collection from the context menu to remove selected Assets from a collection All assets 9 1 selected Name Filesize Rating Created lotus neutral v 01 jpg 277 7 KB xk 2013 03 05 09 57 40 lotus_neutral_v_02 jpa i 321 8 KB 1249 9 2013 03 05 09 57 40 lotus neutral v 03 jpg 279 2 KB e 0 2013 03 05 09 57 41 lotus neutral v 04 jpg i 341 8 KB LL 2013 03 05 09 57 41 Collection Asset details This area is identical with the Asset details area on the Folders tab Asset details Page 31 The Recycle Bin Assets or folder structures can be deleted permanently or moved to the Recycle Bin where they can be recovered afterwards if needed Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 51 Q Using PictureBook The Recycle Bin can be enabled or disabled in the PictureBook Admin Tool The change of this parameter will require the reboot of the server Every user can restore the content deleted by himself or empty his Recycle Bin The superuser can do these operations for all users The deleted content is shown in the Recycle Bin including the structure when deleting a folder Assets of fol
38. own using the color chooser The user s name then is displayed in this color for his chat and event messages from that time on Some events automatically generate an event message that is added to the chat Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 71 Using PictureBook These are as follows host starts meeting user joins user leaves sketch is saved as annotation This message contains the name of the chat and an Asset link to all Asset s to which the annotation was saved 11 05 Mr Bossi joined the meeting 11 06 Mr Bossi Hello John 11 06 John Doe Hi Boss 11 06 guiss this is a better color 11 06 Mr Bossi not really 11 07 but maybe this ane 11 07 cool So what is todays agenda 11 07 We have to discuss the kickoff of the pilot project Lets just wait for OA m You also have the possibility to insert clickable links into your messages Users can export the chat text as report For this an html file is created that can either be imported as Asset into PictureBook for this a folder chooser opens that allows to select the parent folder and the report name or be downloaded as file When the host ends the meeting he is asked whether he wants to save the report as Asset Whether or not this feature is active can be toggled in the report menu fly out The toggle state will be saved in your browser cache A late joiner retrieves all chat and event messages that were posted before his entry Q The tim
39. simultaneously Metadata set in the import Asset dialog In this area you can select a set from existing metadata sets to be used later for entering additional information Metadata can be edited on upload For this you use the metadata editor described before On upload default values for a set are automatically entered when choosing the set Mandatory values without a default have to be edited otherwise the upload button is disabled For this the names of sets that have empty mandatory values are highlighted in the import Asset table If an Asset with such an empty mandatory value is selected the metadata editor is opened automatically The metadata set assigned to the Asset can be changed at any time in the Asset details area Q To create change or delete metadata sets you have to have the corresponding authorization for access to the Management Console LE Add to import list iae Selects further Assets from a data medium and adds them to the import list Y ou can also select Add Asset files on the context menu Replace existing asset files Assets with the same name already exist in the selected folder Name e Replace seduction_adidas_shoe_01 jpg Replace all Replace selected Cancel Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 14 Q Using PictureBook Replace All Replaces all files of the same name by the new version of the Asset The new Assets takes over metadata sketches and annotations tags
40. structure All Asset information including all details previews metadata annotations etc is copied and created as a complete copy at the new position Paste Inserts an Asset selection that is copied to the clipboard with the Cut or Copy functions Merge You can combine merge Assets to form a file set Split Splits file sets into Assets Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 28 Q Using PictureBook Switch Asset type Here you have the option to change the Asset type you have defined on upload Switch asset type Type Metadata set Metadata fields nnm A as personal metadata Contact Description additional info Metadata ae Description Y ou have the option to switch the Asset types if you got a single file Asset or a file set containing just a single file If you got a file set with more files you can change the Asset types on the split functionality only Switching to a file type PDM Model is not possible Create Assets report Ee Create assets report Generates a report containing the properties of the selected Assets Choose format Create detailed asset report PDF report pdf Export current columns of selected assets can be configured in Text view Comma separated values csv HTML page html Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 29 Q Using PictureBook The output can be in various formats PDF report odf Outputs a full r
41. the meeting who then can also edit and delete the meeting Add attendees participants to the meeting by first clicking onto the drop down arrow on the right A list of available users will be shown You can filter the drop down box by typing the attendees name It will automatically complete the rest of the name if the user exists Selecting the user name to be added and clicking on the green Plus button will add the attendee to the list Q Newly created user and users that have been set as meeting users e freshly may appear in the attendee list up to 15 minutes after the creation or change of meeting flags Remove attendee Remove In order to remove an attendee the person needs to be highlighted in the list and the Remove button pressed Attendees cannot be removed during a running meeting Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 64 Q Using PictureBook Editing model slots Models g Model slots can be edited with the stepper O model slots disables the 3D meeting Note model slots can be only decreased as far as models are added except if it is to O all models are removed from all users Save changes discard changes Save changes If changes in the workspace exist a tool tip is shown next to the save button The save button will only be active if changes exist and current state is valid If the editing process of an existing meeting has been finished this button saves meeting changes
42. the network name or IP address of the PictureBook server To access the RTT PictureBook browser enter the address data in the address line of the browser as follows protocol 1 P address or host name port picturebook Example http MyPi ctureBook 8080 pi cturebook Establishing a secure connection If you want to make a secure HTTPS connection install the certificate of the server in the browser If no certificate is installed security warnings of the browser may be displayed and some functions may not be executed correctly Q If you want to use a secure connection use the hostname instead of the IP address Lu For further information see also RTTPictureBook7 1 technicalDocumentation Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 5 Q Overview Overview QU PictureBook 7 1 Ent your login data To access the RTT PictureBook server enter your user name and password User names and passwords are managed in the administration area of RTT PictureBook Ask the administrator responsible for your user name and password Terminology The Terminology of PictureBook will be explained in the Glossary section at the end of this handbook Please check there to find a brief explanation for the PictureBook specific terms Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 6 QU Using PictureBook Using PictureBook Notifications and Logout 1 EL Logout In the top right next to the logout option you
43. updated parts Additionally you have the option to compare the parts to see the changes See The update wizard Page 116 Root part Information about the first level of the PDM model is displayed under the tool bar Click the displayed area to display details in the PDM Item Details window Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 126 Q Additional Tools PDM Item details Select View Details from the context menu or double click the selected part to open the PDM Item Details window DM t m decade uM Jrterm details Name 1C Mame ID R3XP5irsEGBDEHCRTLSTPSKZQBO ATTRIBUTES STTEISUTES OCCURRINCE FOTIS Key PLH PBURI ID 00142245C558 1081366 Key m i EE DE XI DX di EUN TINI PLM INST TH UID REFSET CURRENT PLM ITEM D PUM REWVISION IL ATTE TDBLITES sie FL ET e NOTES COLOR NOTES FILES V Identitice TR ASSP ORAT E fle GIRS rk mBOEHC I Attributes and Occurrence notes contain the user data and user values of the part This information is coming directly out of the PLMXML file Files contain the referenced part asset file Transformation contains the transformation values of the part out of the PDM data which is used by DeltaGen when loading the model Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 127 QU RTT PictureBook Management Console RTT PictureBook Management Console For managing users and groups defining access roles setting replication between RTT PictureBook servers and managing templates
44. 1 1 KB AD 410 R SPEC jpg 15 0 KB AD 188 normal jpg 108 7 KB AD 87R MRM jpg 6 4 Bytes AD 87R SPEC jpg 8 6 KB Displays all data linked to the Asset The Function menu contains the View Download Delete Generate preview and Refresh options The views can also be set according to the Asset list here Files Options FILES 211 147 0 MB total View Download 10 R bump N d AD 410 R SPEC pg Delete asset files Aa Generate previews AD 169 normal jpg This section has similar options to the previews tab such as the display options the import new files option view download and delete Additionally you get the option to generate previews from the selected file Tags TAGS 2 Tags are used for labeling Assets Single words can be saved as Asset tags You can create tags either in the Management Console or here in the PictureBook browser Tagbrowser Opens the Tag browser dialog box If tags already exist you can view them here and select them with the mouse Multiple selection is possible Confirm your selection with Select Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 44 Q Using PictureBook Tagbrowser Search elise Lotus Creating new tags If a desired tag does not exist you can create it in the text box Save it by pressing Return Management Console and can be managed there The tags are also available to other users iQ Tags created in the Pic
45. 10 Activating PictureBook Browser ss cen nhan 110 Activate PictureBook Server caa rers 110 PictureBook Browser 0 00 cee eee ee hh hin iai a hnnns 111 Saving Assets in PictureBook llle RR RR e ees 112 Importing Assets to PictureBook see RR RR Re rs 115 Downloading Assets to RTT DeltaGen ise Rh 115 The update WI Za ams cate paws DES Rhee see ANE Bo Bee ELS Ema bs 116 Function MENU 64 24 dime oe tee x Pue3 Paus Ra hg Ra kd oad P ineucbs aka dorgeE due 116 Additional TOOISs xxx kx Oe eek eee eee eee eee ee EE 118 The RTT PictureBook Windows XtenSiION 0 0 eee es 118 Installation of the Tool a eee eee 118 Using the RTT PictureBook Windows XtensSiOnN 0 0 0 ee ees 119 Some cases that you might need an answer for using the tool 120 The PDM Module ceee enhn es 121 PreconditIONS x aco RR 6 edn oe ate eh nebo E dO RR A Sd drca ce d gon SOR ond 121 IFDOPD 444 sao 2 RE eee ed Bi UE NOE NEG E XU del bed Be ee eee eee oe BUE 121 Import PDM Model dialog ieeeee RR RR RR RR RRRIRRRRRRR 122 PDM import Trom disK ixss dh n koe mde RR RUE Reb a RO ae Ee heme 125 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 5 QU PDM import from server oo RR RR Rr rr 124 PBM MOGel iue n aa qe daturi e RE UE ROME ERREUR RE ee aS ds 125 PDM Structure area inci ake xac eges x dci 1o ck d X Ro GEN od EORR E o 125 PDM Model update RR RR RR RR RR e rers 126 Updating
46. AIDa AMA DS AME EDGE ADUI iJi E ON LLLA M DI MNMIUMNEELI The file set receives the name of the original Asset plus a the suffix Best shots The files will receive the name of the original Asset and a numeric suffix The generated data xml files containing the image settings and image data is displayed under Files in the Asset details area Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 103 Q RTT Composer 2D Art 2DArt enables convenient and intuitive setting of high quality graphical material 3D models as well as the complete range of variants and animations can be mapped and used without restriction Using the defined camera perspectives from RTT Angle you can quickly generate the best variants from the selected viewing angles A 2DArt Outfit_casual v Reduce quality during interaction 640 x 480 Best shots 7 p DhE CIC ces Sil J qd en Pda PM half total bottom TN backgroundstudy back view Enter description side view total Enter description k detail view shoes Enter description T total view 381 Enter description detailed view shirt texture study eu Navigation fy Surrounding Variants Animations Navigation mode Free t Orientation Position Center of interest Sensor Custom v Head 218 84 X 764 25 X 126 65 Width 36 00 Height 24 00 Pitch 11 40 Y 664 28 Y 12756 Hor offset 0 00 Vert offset 0 00 Roll 0 03 Z 1452 13 Z 1657 11 Prescale 1 00 Focal lengt
47. C P Show in PictureBook Clicking on a single group in the scene tree and selecting this option it will show you the Asset in PictureBook E Insert Insterts a new assembly in the same level as their originals E Compare With this option you can compare the Assets in the DeltaGen scene to a more recent version of it in PictureBook With this option you can replace the selected Asset with its latest version Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 117 QU Additional Tools Additional Tools The RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension The RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension is a tool to provide a virtual network drive that allows access to PB for store retrieve as well as browsing through folders collections smart folders in the normal Explorer window of your operating system It provides a browsing functionality on the virtual network drive like it is possible with any other external drive connected to your machine and it allows to open and save files directly to PB from any application Installation of the Tool In order to install the tool you will need to have the installation exe file Then please follow the following steps run the exe file delivered to you and let the installation wizard guide yOu open the RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension in your Windows Explorer and adjust the settings in the top menu bar Organize Settings About enter your server URL and your login credentials fA PictureBook Settings
48. Cisoc5 beet terre eesti E eee eabeee bee bebe bee cede es cae ee 54 Search criteria list 0 0 RR RR RR x rns 54 PUACTION MENU 2c 2cantdducaivace mad aeurbecahe et hhaceaaas eedeBeeewdas 55 QUICK SearCh cx suae vacuum aos RR eee itan Pada ee ae eaeeaenedece GOR OR Y en ad need 56 licie43 7E 227227 7 2270117 eee ed See eee dad ee eee ee eee od eee 58 Tracking WISE uu nte need Raye dC eS oie ow ws Sold SOR aot be eR E 37A EAS ode ees 58 E Mail MOUlCAUOM so 3 23 3 3 6 ap HUE rio X 23 dox WOES Ed a PUR N 58 Tracking Asset IISU us obo gm ox mk ROO Roe ROS Re cxx e m REL CRUCE 58 Meeting Management sen RR Rhino 60 Meeting Schedule e eese nnns 60 ire SCHEQUIING elbOf 43 22 m 2 232 376 60466 trisa Dolor de RE SE ER CR edd Rot 63 New meeting information lee rs 635 Add attendees information iie rrr 64 The schedule assistant aaa ers 66 The WOFKSDOCB said adco dp 3 de OX de ee e EHE HORE RR RUE Rede hada eee Rl 67 Workspace displays for Assets lee RR RR e rs 67 The workspace editor aaa rers 68 verelaePAPIM e mMERCTERTPTRTERTODIQCRLOOILDR T TITTTPITT 69 Adding 5D model 2 ux ome e Rn EUR YER SORRY eS dos 363 PARE S EAT 69 Meeting Room eee ehh hmi inn 70 Attendee TIS s uus acides eme See we e wee bee Ane ERR eR dea d X d Eee ACCESO a 71 Changing the presenter illeee e rs 71 Ihe Meeting Chat ua uet dona qo nh HR SUPBOR one een E adiac ge der a
49. Console RTT PictureBook Server RTT PictureBook Server is the central component of an RTT PictureBook solution It runs under Windows and Linux on the corresponding hardware The following functions are provided Central storage and management of designs from RTT DeltaGen RTT Presenter and Alias Studio Tools as well as from other formats User administration and access protection Communication with database servers file servers and other RTT PictureBook servers Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 2 Q Introduction Setup and server administration For help on installing and administering the PictureBook server refer to the technical documentation in the installation package This document only describes software operation as well as administration using the integrated Management Console Q The RTT PictureBook browser assumes an installation of Flash Player 10 at least During the installation of RTT software Flash Player 1O is delivered by default am Target group and manual structure This user manual addresses the following target groups RTT PictureBook superuser and System administrators Is is assumed that users have experience with Microsoft Windows as well as with 3D software and its basic operations The handbook is leading you through PictureBook basics with useful hints The first part introduces you to PictureBook and its functionalities The second part gives information about additional to
50. ES 531 TAGS 1 RELATIONS 0 VERSION HISTORY 0 Download Saves the displayed Asset on a data medium outside the PictureBook server This works in the same way as witha standard download using a browser Note the browser specific settings for default storage locations automatic downloads etc Versioning This section will explain the concept of versioning Managing versions you have several options create compare display changes revert Asset to other versions delete versions lock and unlock Assets for changes and also download versions Marking versions not deletable makes sure that with the automatic deleting process due to the set amount of versions you can have needed versions that are working are not being lost Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 32 Q Using PictureBook Create version manually amp Create new version Selecting an Asset you can use the button on the top menu of the version history tab or alternatively use the drop down menu and choose the option create new version Note that this is only possible if the Asset is not locked by another user Managing Versions in Version History VERSION HISTORY 2 Displays the version list in the Asset details In this view the user sees the total amount of versions that the Asset has the maximum number of versions that can be created and the amount of versions that are flagged as not deletable By double clicking on a version
51. Q Using PictureBook Delete Delete folder Delete folder permanentely Delete folder moves the folder to the Recycle Bin Delete folder permanently deletes the folder Expand If the selected folder contains at least one further folder this function displays the contents All sub folders are shown indented to the right Alternatively you can click the plus sign on the left of the folder icon Collapse If the selected folder contains at least one further folder and the contents are displayed this function hides the contents All sub folders are hidden and a plus sign is shown in front of the selected folder icon Alternatively you can click the minus sign on the left of the selected folder icon Cut os Cut folder Copies a folder to the clipboard You don t see the effect of the cut until you paste the folder somewhere else in the folder structure Then the cut folder is deleted from its old position and inserted at the new position The complete folder with all its contents sub folders Assets Asset information is copied and moved completely to the new position Copy _ Copy folder Copies a folder to the clipboard The folder can then be inserted as a copy at a different position of the folder structure The complete folder with all its contents sub folders Assets Asset information is copied and created as a complete copy at the new position Paste PEE EER Inserts a folder that has been
52. T PictureBook 4 Wh videotutorials admin gt Hm images Bs office Bm Part Library pdm gm surroundings Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 97 Q RTT Composer Render orbits Generates the corresponding previews for each defined parameter and then opens a dialog box for selecting the viewing angles to be produced two values for Heights and two values for Focal length and Radius are defined the first orbit is computed with Focal length 1 then again with Focal length 2 then Height 2 with Focal length 1 etc rd Q The corresponding preview is generated for each parameter If Angle examine mode In Examine mode all generated previews are displayed in the upper area In the grid each row is one of the previously configured orbits ise Adds the current selection to the list of Best shots You can enter a name and description in the input area Q The name is also used for the produced image rd Also note that the Free navigation mode is not recommended for Angle hunting as you have to be very careful where you have set the center of interest for the camera Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 98 RTT Composer Average Q Angie ME os v6 es ez oe o e en seduction adidasschoe If you select two adjacent thumbnails with the Shift key pressed the average of the two selected settings is shown in the preview and can be added to the Best shots The Height
53. The Workspace is the area to which users can add their Assets in order to view them in a meeting This could be 2D and 3D media Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 153
54. a PDM Model in DeltaGen lsese RI 126 RTT PictureBook Management Console 128 Navigation bar l i ee eee eee ees 128 Dc ee soe su de bee deeb ee bee ea ee 65 Se ey bee eee ee ee 150 User CVOUDS qa aud qx Geet hae eae EORR eee oe ea TAE eda wax d ee ee 153 D 155 LOJON mss REGES EP WwRRASEEEEHIPUGS NM Eu qd masse pu dd did eae es 156 MISIESI9 Io E RERQRETTTTTTCTTROTREETTRTTIC OTT a E EE 157 Metadata templates isle rr rrr 157 Pise METER E TIT Reed Peewee Ree heard oe ee eee ee 140 GIOSSaF V 26 eee bbe ee eee es eee eee ee eee eee ees 146 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 6 Q Introduction Introduction Welcome to RTT PictureBook Realtime Technology AG is a leading provider of visualization technologies services and solutions real time visualization for industrial applications in the automotive and aircraft industry Realtime Technology AG s RTT software comprises several software solutions that complement one another The products range from a converter to automatic data formatting scene generation analysis tools distributed presentations and server based project management RTT PictureBook The increased use both of the digital work flow in the design process and of improved tools results from greater and more complex data volumes The large volume of data makes it more difficult than ever to keep track of the s
55. al 23 Q Using PictureBook LC o All assets 5 1 selected Ww s5 2x7 form 2013 04 09 14 26 07 superuser Outfit casual caro 2013 03 11 13 28 57 superuser seduction_adidasshoe kk 2013 03 04 15 03 04 superuser Varianst Lotus neu dist kk 2013 03 04 15 09 44 superuser Filtering Assets Show filters displays the filter bar Here you can specify Asset names or parts of names and then filter the displayed Asset list Open timeline filter q gt Shows a time bar that graphically displays the number of created Assets for a selectable area ba Project events 6 Show Three months One year If you click the bar or drag an area with the mouse the displayed Assets are filtered according to the creation date in the Asset list If you drag the lower bar with the date specifications displayed according to selected view to the left or right the time bar is shifted enabling a selection beyond the visible area The volume of data is shown by the length of the bar Data types are shown in different colors The orange checks EF are representing milestones of a project You will find relevant meetings Ld same as presentations E and reviews LEA Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 24 Using PictureBook The above are being created in project events see Project events Page 22 Three manths Restrict the view of the time bar to three months One year Restrict the view
56. an be created collection of models Save metadata changes To create change or delete metadata display the metadata area as described above Make your changes or delete the metadata using the red cross Select Metadata set Opens up the metadata set selection tab In the set switching dialog you can see the name of the set default is bold and the templates A tool tip will show you the origin host of the template in the name column E Select set Set name FOLDER Name Metadata fields FOLDER Description metadata Contact Description additional info Choose the desired set if you want to change from the default metadata set and click on the green tick The Metadata Editor Here you can perform the desired changes and the changed label of the metadata set will turn orange in order to highlight the changes Now you can save the changes according to what have been done with the check mark for selecting another set or with the save changes button for entering information Additionally a dialog will ask you if you wish to save changes should you forget that before triggering another action Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 11 Q Using PictureBook El Select set Set name PERSONALIZED lotus test model not signed yet Contact CO Reviewed D P Save metadata changes Q The creation of a folder does not allow to edit metadata if the default set for folders contains mandatory data th
57. an be positioned manually and the data stored with the Store camera button in RTT PictureBook store camera Saves the settings for the default camera Ie Reset camera Resets the camera settings ri Deletes the loaded surrounding These features have been intended to be used with backplate in order to set the 3D Object into the right place for the image to look realistic Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 93 Qo RTT Composer Variants The Variants tab contains all model variants generated with RTT DeltaGen On the left you can select from the existing variant sets on the right the respective variants are listed The preview shows the currently selected variant v Reduce quality during interaction 640 x 480 i gt E e Camera 47 Navigation fy Surrounding UTI Tine Choose variant set Choose variant name Variants blue fabric_back green fabric_back_holes grey fabric_back_net purple fabric_inner red fabric_laces_holder fabric_side fabric_side_net fabric_tongue Sorting and filtering variants You can sort and filter variants if you got the sorting filtering enabled Choose variant set Choose variant name Ya Variants la blue rera A fabric_back_holes grey ie AAA Filter fabric_back fabric_back_net purple fabric inner red fabric laces holder fabric side fabric side net fabric tongue Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 94 Q RTT Composer Click
58. and rankings from the replaced Asset Backup selected Assets If this option is enabled the previous version of the Asset is not overwritten but an exact copy of the previous version of the Asset is created in the same folder with the same name to which a time stamp is added General gt Settings Lu Q The Replace option can be activated or deactivated under Remove EJ Deletes selected Assets from the import list Alternatively you can select Delete Asset files on the context menu Rename You can rename Assets before import This function is available if an Asset is selected Alternatively you can use the Rename function of the context menu Merge You can combine merge Assets to form a file set The creation of a file set is not mandatory for all files in this dialog box it can apply to only a subset of files The name of the generated file set corresponds to the name of the last selected Asset It is still possible to merge and split Assets following import in the Asset list area This is useful for keeping project directories clearly arranged Information from old projects can be merged meaningfully into an Asset without having to delete data Merge 4 assets Name merge_assets_example Type File set X Metadata set Name Metadata fields rese Description Options Delete source assets Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 15 Q Using PictureBook In contrast to the Asset import procedure
59. and sets for metadata RTT PictureBook offers a web application the RTT PictureBook Management Console To access the Management Console log in as superuser or as user with administrator role In the standard configuration start the web application as follows http hostname 8080 pi cturebook admi n or https hostname 8443 picturebook admin PictureBook Server is started zm Q You can access the Management Console only if the RTT The Management Console has two areas the navigation bar and content The following pages describe the contents of the various tabs and functions Navigation bar e Tags f Logging e Metadata 2 Replication Next to the Navigation bar you will find two icons that are shown in each tab Show active sessions E Displays information on sessions running on the server This can be very useful for maintenance work session formation e Thu Jom 27 11 17 06 CEST 2013 e ns 2 active sessions Session ID Login name E mail Remote IP Login time User agent 24090605 187C4783141SF88380020C30 superuser 127 0 0 1 2013 06 27 10 46 02 Mozilia 5 0 Windows NT 6 1 WOW64 rv 21 0 Gecko 20100101 Firefox 21 1940797075 AJ 770J42UL 4LACUS 4079 John Doe 127 0 0 1 2013 06 27 11 16 44 Moziia 5 0 compabite MSIL 9 0 Windows h Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 128 Show statistics RTT PictureBook Management Console Generates an Excel table containing statistics on the use
60. anged by the user Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 39 Q Using PictureBook Last modified Shows the last change date and the PictureBook user who made the change This area is used for display and cannot be changed by the user Locked since Shows the shows the time the Asset has been locked since and by which user Created 2013 03 05 09 55 07 By superuser Last modified By Superuser Locked since 2013 03 11 11 31 21 By superuser Comment locked asset Based on version Additional information You can see the comment of the version as well as well as the based on version information Previews PREVIEWS 1 For all Assets you can create previews and display them in this area PREVIEWS 1 wv outfit ca This area offers the following functions Zoom DRE 2 This slider is displayed only in the gallery view It adjusts the size of displayed previews Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 40 Using PictureBook Change list view In this area you can switch between two views In the text view a column is displayed containing the file name and the file size mim mlj The gallery view shows you images The displayed size can be adjusted with the zoom slider described above Import new previews You can create more than one preview of an Asset This function enables you to add previews to an Asset Use the context or function menu to define images only as thu
61. artfolder Quick Search On the top right underneath the logout button you will find the option to do a Quick search on your assets Hello John Doe Lil f Logout Quick search Once you have entered your search into the Quick search bar the search tab opens with the results for the criteria asset name RTT Picturetioek 7 1 lotus neutral ee eee Lotus Sunset distribution lotus_neutral_v_Ol jpg From here you can refine your search if you wish by adding other criteria You have also several possibilities to interact with your search results These possibilities can be found in the options menu Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 56 Q Using PictureBook Select all gt View View all previews 2 Download a Go to folder Rename Delete assets Delete assets permanently Create new version Lock assets y Unlock assets Copy assets Create assets report z Add to collection Send link Copy link 1 De an iT mda tre TI PELTI L Lh BB Nn i A Show render jobs Most of these options are already known out of the main asset window Deleting assets from here is only possible if you have the permission to do so as a Search result might show you assets that are viewable to you but you do not have permission to interact In that particular case the system will prompt you to skip the file that you do not have permission to delete The Go to folder option i
62. as been defined in the PDM connector configuration see above So the PLMXML file to import is located in a folder where the PictureBook server has read access The server checks if part files referenced within the PLMXML file are already in the PartLibrary Referenced part files missing will be replaced by an empty geometry When the model import is finished you can refresh the Asset list to display the model PDM Model Select a PDM Model type Asset on the Asset list to view its properties in the PDM Model section of the Asset information Loads the structure to the properties window PDM Structure area unimog 3Feb 1701 plmxml ASSET INFORMATION PREVIEWS 0 METADATA 0 ANNOTATIONS 0 FILES 1 TAGS 0 RELATIONS 43 VERSION HISTORY 0 POM MODEL a 000495 A 1 bg unimog View b 000508 A 1 bg fahrgestell View F 000539 A 1 hg ladeflaeche View 000537 A 1 Aufnahmen Ladeflaeche starr View 0OD00510 A 1 hg Ladeflaeche kasten View R3P5izsKqBSOtHC R7L5izsKQBOtHC MODEL c hb 5izsKqB8OtHC hfK51zsKq8OtHC MODELS c h amp N5i1zsKq8OtHC xDJ51zsKq8OtHC MODEL c hbO51zsKq8O0tHC hfK51zsKq8O0tHC MODEL c xrC5i1zsKg8O0tHC xrO5i1zsKg8O0tHC MODEL c R3P51zsKqBOtHC RZL51zsKQBOtHC MODEL c pii EAT a x XxrC51zsKqg8OtHC xrO5i1zsKq8O0tHC MODEL c 000489 A 1 bg fahrerhaus View 000500 A 1 bg rad View 000550 4 1 bg antrieb View Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 125 Q Additional Tools
63. available template you can set if it should be mandatory or not in the mandatory column by checking or unchecking the box A mandatory field needs to be filled when uploading Assets or when editing metadata of existing Assets Next you can enter default values by pressing the plus button Default values will automatically be set when creating new Assets When editing metadata a button is shown next to the editor that allows to apply the default value If you want to delete those values again press the red x button OK saves all the updates you have made You can change all these set definitions any time again Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 139 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Edit You cannot change the contents of the Type field after creating a metadata set Q When you edit an existing set and set new default values those will not be automatically be applied to existing Assets using that set Therefore it will be always possible to have Assets that do not have mandatory fields entered such as folders if the default set has mandatory fields or if you edited a set and added new mandatory fields as the existing contents using that set might not have those filled Default metadata values and mandatory fields are reinforced on import dialogs and asset metadata edition Replication ir 5 g Replication Replication enables RTT PictureBook installations at different locations to access shared folder
64. by clicking on the full screen mode button and edit the settings for the view of the flip book display by clicking on the settings button les Import new Assets See section mport new Assets Page 18 Refresh Refreshes the contents of the list Function menu m The function menu gives you access to the functions of the context menu It is enabled only if an existing Asset is selected You can either open the function menu by clicking this button or right click a folder and select one of the following functions from the context menu Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 26 Using PictureBook Select all Lat Select all Select all assets in the selected folder It has the same effect as the ctrlt a would have View Displays the preview selection in the Media Viewer Media Viewer Page 76 Single and multiple selection are possible View all previews CREE Displays the preview selection in the Media Viewer Media Viewer Page 76 Single and multiple selection are possible Download Saves the preview selection on a data medium outside the PictureBook server This works in the same way as with a standard download using a browser Note the browser specific settings for default storage locations automatic downloads etc c zip file Q If two or more Assets are selected they are stored together as a Rename Rename Renames an Asset Delete Delete assets Moves the Asset int
65. camera position also changed because it is rotating around the rotation center For the rotation center position the Camera rotation head pitch is also changed because it is always look at the rotation center Top Front Left The user can change camera position by changing the position The camera rotation head pitch is also changed because it is always look at the rotation center The rotation center position can be changed so the camera rotation head pitch is also changed because it is always look at the rotation center Only in this mode the rotation of the camera can be changed indirectly by changing the position of camera or rotation center Look around Description In the Look around mode the camera is rotating around its own axes and not the one of the rotation center Actually the rotation center is not used at all in this mode the difference to Free mode is highlighted in green Interactive View The user can change the camera position by panning and zooming and also the camera orientation head pitch by rotating The Camera position is NOT changed because it is rotating around its own axes Input Fields The user can change the camera position by changing position and the camera orientation head pitch roll by changing orientation The camera position is NOT changed because it is rotating around its own axes You can also change the rotation center position Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Ma
66. can set it to get an email notification This makes most sense if you set the import to be asynchronous Which means the job would run as a background job Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 123 Q Additional Tools Q Configuration of the connector In your lt i nstallation folder of your PictureBook gt tomcat webapps picturebook WEB NFiclasses PLMXML6O0Connector properties you can set a few things for your pdm connector location of models to import importFolderLocation C tmp pl mxm mport Temp This sets the location for the import dialog if you do not use the file chooser tab It is defining the fixed path for the designated locations PartLibrary folder location partLibraryFolderlLocationz RTT PictureBook Part Library This is defining the folder location for the parts of geometries that the pdm structure is referencing to These parts are saved on upload of the plmxml zip file PLMXML source file validation against schema definition pl mxml Validation true This allows a check against the plmxml schema It is best to keep the schema in order to have a clean structure PDM import from server y Import POM mo del Import from server Select POM model ew C tmp plmxmilmport More options Back Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 124 Q Additional Tools In this section you have a pre defined path to a remote destination you got access rights to This path h
67. comment Set personal rating Delete folder Delete asset Move folder Move asset Grant folder access rights The list shows permission levels starting with the lowest level That means that the Read permission is the lowest and Grant Is the highest Each level of permission includes lower level permissions Rename Renames an access role editable in the following dialog box Rename accessor role Name Folder Manager OK Cancel The Tags tab shows a list of all tags in RTT PictureBook and their usage count You can create edit and delete tags You can also create tags during your work in the RTT PictureBook client and assign them to the selected asset New Opens a dialog box in which you can create a tag Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 135 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Logging Logging gives the administrator fast access to various logs The application distinguishes between system and user logs which are implemented as sub tabs in the Management Console as well as the server log files Systern loo Filter by Server message Priority Lxecute OeanProgressLog Three Y Time range Action Content You can filter logs using different criteria such as priority user or date On the Log files sub tab you can download the Server og and Replication og files The log files are created daily and receive the current date as suffix For downloading you can filter fi
68. configured on the server in the Admin tool The actual number of jobs that is displayed may therefor vary for different users When the server restarts all job history is lost The status column shows different information regarding of the state of the job a green icon if the job finished and all shots were successful a warning icon if the job finished and at least one image failed to be produced Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 108 Q RTT Composer aborting if the user canceled the job but it is still in the aborting phase on the server cancelled if the user canceled the job and it is finished on the server e g 4 10 while running The model and results column shows the links to the model and result Asset If you click on one of those links the Asset is selected in the background if it still exists if not nothing is done The successful column shows the number of images that rendered successfully and the failed column shows the number of images that failed to be rendered The created column shows the date and time when the job was started and the duration column shows the duration of the job For running jobs this duration increases automatically for finished jobs it stays the same The action column has several options according to the state of the rendering job For running jobs a cancel button is shown canceling will abort the job on the server However in any case the currently renderi
69. copied to the clipboard with the Cut or Copy functions Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 19 Q Using PictureBook Access rights p Access rights For every folder in the Asset tree permissions can be granted that regulate access by means of user rights Q The Assets and the folder can only be viewed by users with explicit access role at Access roles are assigned to individual users or user groups Later are managed in the Management Console Information about permissions granted to access roles can be viewed by users with access to the Management Console RTT PictureBook Management Console Page 128 in more detail The option access rights becomes available to every single user when this particular user has any right to the folder He she can gain information which access level the user is on and inform the person maybe responsible for granting a higher access right to the particular folder if needed If a user has access role of Folder Manager then he she can see Edit Role option and all user groups Else the user would get a full overview according to his permission level about the rights given The result of the output will differ A folder manager will have more details and permissions than people with access rights below that Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 20 Q Using PictureBook Users amd groups Typ EE CTI Pypea Mine deh Deo Show permissions Show permissions
70. d of the Import process User Manual 17 Q Using PictureBook Q Please be aware that you can also create new Assets by simply dragging one or more files into the Asset list Same works for previews Create new folder L1 An authorized logged in user can use this function to create a new folder Qr At the highest level root directory new folder can only be created by a superuser Sub folders can only be created in a folder if the corresponding access role is set for the folder Creating access roles and the inheritance of access rights are described in the documentation of the Management Console Access Roles Page 134 At folder creation you can not edit metadata Those will have to be edited later if the default set contains mandatory data Refresh ES Refreshes the folder view This may be necessary to show other users changes to the folder structure Function menu The Function menu gives access to all functions mentioned It is enabled only if an existing folder is selected Import new Assets see section mport new Assets Page 13 Create new folder see section Create new folder Page 18 Download This function downloads all Assets of the selected folder as a zip file The zip archive contains a folder with the same name that it has in PictureBook and all the Assets contained in it Rename Renames the selected folder Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 18
71. d on or off the color of the slider changes to indicate the change A hintbox will warn you that GI renderings may take very long If you render out with GI the setting defines the amount of run throughs that it has to do Render jobs Your images have been scheduled for rendering You will be notified by e Mail about finished render jobs Recently submitted render jobs Status Model Results Successfu Failed Created Duration Action seduction_addidasshoe Be 1 0 2013 03 21 13 17 12 00 00 27 Clear 4 0 2013 03 21 13 23 54 00 02 38 Clear Reopen Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 101 The GI rendering can be configured on the server to allow GI rendering or not by adding the option al l owGi Renderi ng true to thepi cturebookConfig properties If this option is not set the GI setting will not be shown in the render dialog GI can be enabled for rendering in the render settings dialog for bestshot renderings GI for the live viewer is not supported GI settings of the scene are used and can not be changed Gl and Raytrace are reset after rendering meaning after the rendering finished DletaGen disables Gl again swo when it is used for a live interaction in composer again GI is disabled Raytrace is changed back to the setting it was before that means it is saved in i the model For OpenGL and Raytrace renderings only without GI a proper quality setting is between 1x and 64x IF GI is enabled the setting should be bet
72. der will still be shown inside the folder The folder or the Assets inside the folder structure can be restored When restoring the the user can choose between going to a specific location or if possible to the previous original path These options become available in the folder tree Recycle Bin 1 Empty recycle bin OW ad amu nde la im LEF E Lifan nu Expand Collapse Also you have the options to restore or permanently delete in the function menu of the Asset list oa aw Select all Restore to previous location Restore to Delete assets permanently Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 52 Q Using PictureBook Restoring an Asset you have the option to restore to the location the Asset was originated before or set a new destination for the restored Asset If you wish to restore to the original place the sytem will prompt you once more with the following dialog Restore to previous location i lotus neutral v 03 jpg Restore Original path RTT PictureBook admin images lotus Restore path RTT PictureBook admin images lotus lotus neutral v 03 jpg w peie Original path RTT PictureBook tests lotus Restore path RTT PictureBook tests lotus lotus neutral v 02 jpg vw HEA Original path RTT PictureBook admin images latus Restore path RTT PictureBook admin images lotus Restore selected Cancel Should you wish to chose a new destination yo
73. e 3 Typographical CONVeNntIONS 0000 cee ee hh Rhin 3 7 1 PictureBook 00 ee 5 COMmMeCUIO Ms uo 4s sane eecheddods oo eee oe Goole bode aol eae de ob ed TERN 5 Establishing a secure connection ee RR n 5 eas 25 cc ered cere eae ttl 12777 725 LT ITTTTEMTT 6 TePFRUITIOIOS UL soe ses weis 66 ee pou be BUS Res Paes Ce ee RERUM EE RB RES NIE PUE 6 Using PictureBook eer RR IR mmn 7 Notifications and Logout naaa aaaea eR rns 7 Navigation sssaaa 7 gelan aE E E E E E E ee ew hee EE ae ee ae 7 gelol eo E EIN GN RR ROSE E E E E E E IO SNENE 8 ASSET IIO i243 3 3 13 3 3 06 ap CM ye CROCI CURE QUE CO E d dedo a E a 9 Managing ASSES rs sacas dnd zr ebx qned pd raeequedm es dug eq4rtu5xs a 9 Adjusting the view sssaaa RR eee ees 1O Creating changing deleting a folder image iiee een 10 Creating changing deleting metadata aeaa ees 11 The Metadata EditO a3 or dpEA RERO GSP sve es REERERAGGE EGER RE 11 Import new Assets l l hr rr rss 13 Defining Asset types x vsus v ribus nk es eas 24 Ohad donde deb 3 a aeq eor aid d s 13 Metadata set ce kr rs 14 Metadata set in the import Asset dialog 0 0 0 cc ee 14 FUNCION MENUS a5 2 8 oe cs oo ee ee ee a eee eae ee eae 8 ee ee ee 18 Duca Ce ce on errean ene hee de dha hn dwn e en peo ees Ee eee oees S 25 PUTING ASSOLS asa voc y REUS Boe eek EIER eee ee OG ee Sd ERU EE 24 Function MENU axo due se dwoe E ee RR CES ots bee bbs whee i nd
74. e default criterion Add further criteria by selecting them from the search criteria list Name Type Creation date Modification date Metadata Average rating Created by Tags Include versions Locked by Locked since And 3124 Adds a line to the search criterion At least one field of the criterion must match OR join If a search criterion already exists in the criteria list another line is added to this area The different criteria areas are joined by a logical AND and must all be fulfilled x Removes single lines within the area of a criterion If you remove the last existing line the area of this criterion is removed from the list Search Ll starts the search Alternatively press the Return key Reset Deletes all search criteria so that you can start you entry again Function menu The function menu gives you access to the functions of the context menu It is enabled only if an existing smartfolder is selected You can either open the function menu by clicking this button or right click a folder and select one of the following functions from the context menu Load Smartfolder Te i disi Loads a search saved as a smartfolder and displays the search results Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 55 Q Using PictureBook Save as Smartfolder m Save as smartfolder Saves the search as a smartfolder Following the save process the Smartfolders tab opens showing the new sm
75. e pre loading time in addition This node keeps the reservation unless the meeting is removed Refresh gt Refresh Refreshes and updates the meeting list Show toar next three days one week one month all upcoming Filters disolayed meetings according to a selected time You can display only scheduled meetings that fall within the time period selected You can choose from today next three days one week one month all upcoming all time Stop Stops a selected meeting from the meeting schedule list Can only be done by the host or creator of the meeting Join Lets an invitee join a selected meeting from the meeting schedule list The host must press this button in order to start the meeting Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 62 Q Using PictureBook Q The host can only start a meeting up to 10 minutes before its scheduled starting time Invitees can only join if the host has joined and the scheduled meeting time has started and the meeting is running Ld The scheduling editor New meeting information New meeting Subject Meeting 7 Details Start time 2013 03 20 ky 11 46 Duration 01 00 Schedule Assistant Attendees Attendee Superuser Models Show Mine Open editor other user new item deleted item Save to schedule Discard meeting If you create or edit a meeting you can give this meeting a subject and fill in more detailed information about the meeting
76. e stamp of all messages is set on the server It might be gt Inconsistent with the users local clock The workspace in a running meeting During a running meeting you see all the 2D and 3D Assets which you previously added to your workspace This list can be expanded or compacted in order to make a better viewing possible Also the list shows only the saved state of your workspace If schedule editor has unsaved changes those are not yet available Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 72 QU Using PictureBook It also does not allow to edit delete resort etc for this the workspace editor needs to be opened node and freeze the meeting until the model is loaded That is why usually a meeting is scheduled with pre loading time in order to pre load the already prepared models and files to the meeting to be ready when the meeting starts am igi Adding a 3D model to the running meeting can block the render Open editor Pressing this button the application jumps to the workspace editor To do this it must select the meeting in the meeting management tab If there has been changes made to another meeting you will be prompted with a dialog box If Assets are added and saved using the editor during runtime of the meeting they appear in the workspace of the running meeting and can be used Adding stored Assets to the shared Media Viewer From within the appropriate 2D and 3D tabs either select the As
77. e view to the desired size Only for selection v Only for selection Enables you to zoom and pan Assets independently from each other by selection in Side by side and Split comparison mode Sketch amp Annotation Tools Undo Pl Redo Select Draw arrow Draw free Write Delete annotation Save Discard Sketch tools allow you to draw or make text annotations on the currently displayed Assets and models if using the 3D viewer Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 80 Q Using PictureBook Selecting tool selects objects within the drawn selection rectangle Draw arrow Draw arrow creates arrows Use the left mouse button to draw the arrow As long as the left mouse button remains pressed the position of the arrowhead can be changed When you release the left mouse button the point is created at this mouse position and the arrow is complete When you activate this tool the manipulators for color line thickness and transparency are shown at the bottom y y Draw free Draw free t A normal pen for freehand drawing As long as the left mouse button remains pressed the tool draws a sketch object in the color line thickness and transparency set The manipulators for color line thickness and transparency are available here too Write tool T Write For creating freely placed text Write manipulation The manipulation options are shown at the bottom and corresp
78. ed to every folder This button shows or hides the area in which the respective image of the selected folder is displayed Similarly metadata can be stored for a folder Metadata can be shown or hidden with this button Creating changing deleting a folder image To create a folder image display the area of the folder image as described above Folders Now you have several options to create a folder image Click on the green plus in the image area A file selection box opens in which you can select an image for display Select an Asset that has a preview image and use drag and drop to place it into the folder image area Select a file from the files tab on the right that is an image and use drag and drop to place it into the folder image area Or alternatively you can do the same selecting a preview image from the previews tab an Asset To change the image repeat the process described To delete a folder image just place the mouse over the folder image and click the red cross that appears in the top right of the image If no image has been assigned to represent the folder the default folder image will be used Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 10 Q Using PictureBook Creating changing deleting metadata Metadata sets are a defined selection of metadata fields metadata templates that have been set in the Management Console By selecting a metadata set you define the additional information that c
79. ed versions are not taken into account when computing the maximum number of version that can be created per Asset An Asset can be deleted although it might contain flagged versions Lock unlock Asset Control the Assets version creation also by using the lock unlock mechanism When an Asset is locked there is no automatic creation of versions Only the head can be locked Q The lock icon is shown in the gallery view and in the detailed view of an Asset it is shown by whom it is locked and since when as an own column The lock icon differs between own locked Assets and locked by others If Assets are already locked by another user a dialog will come up for information If Assets have been locked or unlocked by own user and one of the options has been chosen and the state is already the desired one for the Asset then nothing happens to that Asset locked No new versions are automatically created unlocked Asset versions are generated automatically when it is changed If version limit is reached this does not apply anymore Only if versions are created manually then you can get over the limit of versions if others are locked Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 36 Q Using PictureBook Locking an Asset EP Lock assets Locking an Asset will come up with a dialog if a new version should be created or not This helps to backup the old status of the Asset before changes on the head are being made 4jpg
80. ell as the meetings date and start time They can not be changed All other details can be changed also after the meeting start rd New New from selected Hew fram selected New New from selected opens the meeting properties on the right side but without starting instantaneously The meeting can be scheduled to any period by choosing the time date and duration of the meeting in the properties window on the right orovided meeting licenses and render nodes are available By choosing the New button the requested Attendees can then be added to the list The meeting details have to be filled in as well as the start date and time and the duration has to be set New from selected will copy all settings e g invitee list except the subject a copy is added and the time the current time is set as initial start time This can be useful if you want to invite the same group of people in to future meetings Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 61 Using PictureBook Note that this copies only your own workspace data but not that of the other invitees Remove Remove Deletes a scheduled meeting Only the host or creator of the meeting can delete a meeting A running meeting first needs to be stopped before it can be deleted If you end your meeting before its scheduled end time it should be removed as well in order to free render resources as a meeting has its own render node reserved for its whole scheduled time and th
81. enu This functionality is also available in the workspace editor see further down Workspace displays for Assets You will get the information if a user has no access rights to view the Asset of another user Assets of other users are gray and a user icon is being displayed in the upper left corner A tool tip shows the name of the owner Data of other users can not be edited removed or restored and is always displayed on the beginning of the list same for the workspace editor see further down If Assets are being added or removed this information can be found in the editor according to the legend icons Deleted Assets are only marked as deleted and can be restored as long as the change has not been saved Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 67 Using PictureBook Workspace for Instant Meeting 25 03 2013 097271 TM The restore function is only shown for previously saved data If the data is new and has been removed then it has not been saved yet and can not be restored Unsaved data is marked as such as well These functionalities are also available in the workspace editor Reset all changes ie This button also available in the workspace editor discards all workspace changes not the meeting changes It is only active if changes exist if not it is grayed out Remove selected items x This button removes all selected items of an active 2D 3D list It is only active when Assets are selected in the w
82. eport based on a template as PDF file Comma separated values csv Generates a list report based on the visible columns as csv file in which the entries are separated by commas Excel sheet xls Generates a list report based on the visible columns as Microsoft Excel table HTML page html Generates a list report based on the visible columns as HTML file The PDF report contains detailed information about the Assets and is based on a template on the server that can be individually adapted to the customer s request A Fa 0q Add to collection Add to collection Adds Assets to a collection Multiple selection of Assets is possible Co ections Page 49 In the following dialog box you can either create a new collection or add the Asset selection to an existing collection Add to collection Create new collection Available collections zs assetmix F m reports Create new collection If the desired collection does not exist enter the name of a new collection here After creating the collection and adding the selection of Assets confirm your input by clicking OK The collection is then available with the added Asset selection on the Collections tab Adding an Asset selection to an existing collection To add the Asset selection to an existing collection select a Collection in the dialog box and confirm your selection by clicking OK Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 30 Q Usi
83. es the camera to the next position to the right according to the defined steps 90 Ea Transfers the values to the camera X Deletes the complete line ise Generates a new orbit with the current camera settings Use dolly zoom Use dally zoom enabled the radius will be calculated based on dolly zoom In this case the option refers to the radii 2 5 4 and so on not the first one Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 96 Q RTT Composer disabled user can choose whatever he wants Focal length Displays the value of the focal length You can change the values by input in the number area Radius Defines the distance between the camera and the center of rotation x Deletes the complete line Transfers the values to the camera ise Generates a new orbit with the current camera settings Settings The value for Steps and the number of orbits and lenses should be made to fit appropriately If the value for Steps and the number of orbits and lenses are too high the data volume may be too large This can cause a very long load time in RTT PictureBook igi The settings under Steps and Radius apply to all selected height Ll Save configuration You can save defined parameters in an xml file By default the save dialog will have the directory of the original Asset set as destination However you can choose the destination folder in which the orbits should be saved fay Save orbits to 4 RT
84. eting beyond their duration time will be notified 5 minutes in advance before a 3D meeting ends if the render node for Powerhouse needs to be used for another session If only models or only files are being chosen and dragged into the workspace the workspace switches to the right tab 2D 3D If a mixture of Assets is being selected and dragged the workspace is staying with its current list Q For models which have linked Best shots an icon is displayed in the upper right corner this is only done after the workspace was saved The icon is also shown in the 3d viewer of a running meeting When you edit the workspace of an existing meeting the 2D and or 3D tab highlights changes by making the text in the tab bar fat and orange a Models and Assets that have been deleted from the Asset list or the workspace itself are still in the workspace and taking up space in case of 3D models they take up model slots even though they can not be used So in order to clean up it is recommended to save changes right away in the meeting workspace The save changes button will be active for that gt Meeting Room AP Meeting room Enables to view your media Assets in a collaborative meeting with other PictureBook attendees In a meeting you have several roles of attendees One person is always the Presenter who is able to show media in the shared viewer Once that person is done he can give the Presenter role to an
85. ey will have to be filled in after creation The label of mandatory fields is marked with an and for mandatory fields that still need to be entered the background is red You can cannot save your changes while mandatory fields are empty If a field has default values a little button is shown that allows you to apply those The button is only active when the current value is not the same as the default value Refresh Refreshes the view This may be necessary to show other users changes to metadata of the selected folder Show filters r ME Enables the filter option with which you can filter your folder tree in order to view specified folders according to their name Name Filter Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 12 Q Using PictureBook Import new Assets Imports Assets from a data medium to the selected folder The imported files are transferred to the PictureBook server and stored there First you are prompted to select the file s you want to import as Asset s to the marked folder A file selection window is displayed for this purpose Your selection is then displayed in a new dialog box in the PictureBook browser Defining Asset types On upload and also later you define the type of an Asset Here you have the options to define an asset as File File set Model Surrounding Look and Geometry o Import assets mx 10 Assets 6 1 MB Show metadata editor Name Metadata set Filesize Progress
86. h 38 06 It Overscan 1 00 Distance 1037 09 Show mask Rule of thirds Dolly zoom fe Produce Close Navigating and setting camera values corresponds to the procedure described under composer Camera settings Camera Page 89 Navigation Navigation modes Page 85 Surrounding Surrounding Page 92 Variants gt Variants Page 94 The desired viewing angles can be set manually as described under Angle see Angle Page 95 E adds the current selection to the list of Best shots If the preview is active you can also add the selection by pressing the space bar Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 104 Q RTT Composer If you have used Angle to generate a selection of Best shots and saved the configuration you can use the selection immediately This simplifies and speeds up the selection process enormously To use the selection from Angle just drag the corresponding configuration file or the file set generated with Produce to the Best shots area Camera Variants In 2D Art it is possible to use camera variants and to store them to Best shots Always the last set camera variant will be the one used since the camera will have been moved to that variant point Animations On the Animations tab all animations or their initiators in the scene are listed Camera Surrounding Variants C Animations i Plays the animation ia Stops the animation Q Animations are always played fro
87. half of the window Activate PictureBook Server You define the PictureBook server you want to use in the selection menu GH Opens the dialog for adding a new server address Server url http localhost 8080 picturebook Label RTT PictureBook server Cancel Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 110 Q RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Server url defines the address of the PictureBook server You can define several addresses and set any one of them to active Label defines a freely definable name for the PictureBook server The name is shown in the selection menu Opens a dialog box for editing the server address x Deletes the server address entered When a connection to an PictureBook server is established a login dialog opens same as in PictureBook Flex Client To access the PictureBook server enter your user name and password User names and passwords are managed in the administration area of PictureBook Ask the administrator responsible for your user name and password PictureBook Browser All Assets are managed in the PictureBook browser same as in your PictureBook You can create directories search for Assets and assign annotations to them and create collections AAT e Do hara LELTTDMICGDULMEL S ACTES 2012034 L5 00 44 muperuer Same as in the known PictureBook environment you have the following structure in your PictureBook Browser window The Asset tree on the left with t
88. he default setting is English The following sections therefore use the English names for the user interface elements 2 You can change the graphical user interface language under Folders Folders After logging in to the PictureBook browser you are on the Folders tab Here you manage files as Assets in PictureBook The following actions are possible Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 8 Q Using PictureBook Creating folder structures with different authorizations for users and groups Importing downloading and changing Assets Linking previews metadata ratings etc with Assets Combining Assets to form a file set or splitting a file set into Assets Adding Assets to a collection The Folders tab has three important areas Asset tree This area shows folders of the logged in user or such that he has prompted access to by other users Managing Assets In order to keep track of Assets throughout the life cycle ensure security access rights and consistency you can assign metadata values in PictureBook and have them available in the client application DeltaGen You can assign tags to the Assets to describe the contents and create versions of Assets see versioning Versioning Page 32 a pp RTT PictureBook 4 m videotutorials admin 4 images adidas b gt mm lotus Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 9 Q Using PictureBook Adjusting the view An image can be assign
89. he main navigation for the RTT PictureBook structure If you select an existing directory its contents are displayed in the central area Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 111 Q RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen You can create a new directory manage directories and open a dialog for uploading data to the RTT PictureBook server The Asset list in the center displays the available data contents The Asset information on the right shows picture and text information on the current selection The following pages describe the contents of the various tabs and functions Saving Assets in PictureBook SelectFile gt PictureBook and the appropriate option to open a dialog for uploading Assets to PictureBook PictureBook Browser l Exit Ctri Q Save Save Save surrounding as Check for updates port selection Save linked files Convert to linked files Show in Browse Lock and create new version Unlock Q Note the first part of the saving options above the line is not Selection specific The parts below the line are selection related Save Saves the model or geometry previously loaded from PictureBook to the PictureBook directory It will also create a new version unless the Asset is locked If the Asset does not exist in PictureBook save behaves like Save as Save as Saves the model or geometry to an PictureBook directory The dialog window opens Realtime Tec
90. hich the change was made 59 Q Using PictureBook Meeting Management The meeting functionality in PictureBook is there to enable multiple users to view and share their models and files With the help of annotations discussions and presentations of latest work are possible In order to manage your meetings you go to the Meeting Management tab BT Meeting Management This enables you to arrange and view web meetings with other PictureBook users Meetings can be scheduled and viewed here KIT PicturaBonok 7 1 bjec damgnen meaing Subject Indian Harimo 2530h T management meenms Tay rdi Aadginrn Alberik infin Dres lare Dg Meeting Schedule A list of current or scheduled meetings will be displayed on the left side Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 60 Q Using PictureBook Meeting schedule Quick start Remove 4 Refresh Date Subject Status management meeting not today 2013 07 01 design meeting Quality Management nat today today Instant Meeting 11 06 2 1 running show all upcoming To set up a meeting you have three options Quick Start Quick start Starts a meeting instantly The tab immediately switches to the Shared viewer At this stage the host is the only invitee The start time of the meeting is immediate and duration set to 30 minutes 5D viewing will be disabled Q If Quick Start meeting is selected all meeting details are pre filled as w
91. hirds check box will display the visible area plus two horizontal and two vertical lines as guidelines Navigation The navigation tab is a symbolic representation of the viewer in different views the Top view Front view and Left view It gives you a better view on the camera position and focus You have the option to change the positions in the viewer directly or by grabbing the cameras in the different view boxes and move these S Camera 43 Navigation ay Surrounding Variants Navigation mode Free v Top Surrounding On the Surrounding tab you can add surroundings to your model and switch your selections within the list of your added surroundings You may also delete surroundings and define default camera settings Select Store camera to save current camera information for future use in RTT PictureBook Adding surroundings You can drag 3D surroundings directly from the Asset list to the viewer or to the surroundings list If two or more surroundings are dragged to the field they appear as a list and can be switched there Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 92 RTT Composer All assets 5 1 selec y 99 Camera 43 vigation Surrounding m Variants Surroundings P2 Store camera Reset camera amp Surroundings T Store camera Reset camera If predefined camera and object position data exists the camera is positioned automatically using these values If no camera data exists the camera c
92. hnology AG 2013 User Manual 112 Q RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Save new assets to Author John Doe Comment 4 pa RTT PictureBook 4 videotutorials admin x Image Preview Width 1280 Height 1024 b images models Assets Name Metadata set office Lotus Sunset distribution MODEL e Part Library pdm i surroundings Metadata set Metadata uu Description Upload Cancel On the left of the upload dialog you can select or create a directory to which you can upload Assets On the right of the upload dialog you can specify further information about the Asset Save surrounding as Used for uploading a surrounding to PictureBook The Import Asset dialog box opens All textures of the surrounding must be kept in the same directory as the rts file Sub folders are not permitted Check for updates This option is being used in order to check if more recent versions of geometry groups PDM parts and looks are available in the scene tree within PictureBook This will display an update wizard with its list of changes for further information The update wizard Page 116 Export Selection This option is used to select a group and save it as a geometry in PictureBook This will not create a version or give you the option to update your geometry within DeltaGen Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 113 Q RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen Save linked files
93. ht border of the selected interval When updating an existing meeting the currently reserved slot is highlighted in a different color and labeled as this meeting Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 66 Q Using PictureBook The occupancy information is only displayed from the current time on That means for meetings that are in the past no occupancy infos are shown The selected interval is green when the meeting can be scheduled at the time or red when it cannot The refresh button of the assistant updates the occupancy information The shown time frame can be changed 12 hours 24 hours etc If the selected time frame is being moved or the duration changed it snaps to 15 minute intervals The calendar can be opened or closed and it changes the displayed time but not the selected schedule Show selected interval is making sure that the selected interval is being shown Q Note that the schedule assistant is linked with the editor That means changes to start time duration model slots or invitees are updated live La The workspace The workspace is the area to which users can add their Assets in order to view them in the meeting This could be 2D or 3D media or even previews of office documents settings to be adjusted in Management Console for presentation purposes The workspace shows not only own Assets but also the ones of other users if you choose the option in the corresponding drop down m
94. information Metadata METADATA 5 GY Select set Set name PERSONALIZED lotus test model not signed yet Contact Reviewed rT Save metadata changes This area contains input fields according to the metadata set assigned to the selected Asset Here you can change the metadata of an Asset as described before at the Asset import Import new Assets Page 18 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 42 Q Using PictureBook Annotations ANNOTATIONS 1 T Show editor amp P m 2013 06 10 11 29 42 John Doe light settings not best for this shot please see the suggested corrections as the shot is not the best Make annotations on the selected Asset here You can make annotations on individual Assets only if you make a multiple selection the function is not available Show editor T Show editor Shows and hides an editor for annotations Make your annotation in the Title and Text fields ca Click this button in the editor to save your input Download all al Downloads all annotations in a zip file Refresh Refreshes the annotation view This may be necessary to show other users changes to annotations of the selected Asset Annotation options llela Here you can download the individual annotation file view it or delete it Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 43 Q Using PictureBook Files FILES 211 147 0 MB total Name Filesize AD 410 R bump NRM jpg
95. ing on the filter icon the data gets filtered as you type When the filter string is in place the filter icon changes its color to indicate that the filtering is activated ry Is activating the sorting of the filtered list Configuration Angle 2DArt Angle With Angle you can already define the best camera perspectives for the product in its early design stages Different perspectives are generated according to the settings you make You can reuse the best perspectives in 2DArt and RTT DeltaGen to generate graphical material for different output media Navigating and setting camera values corresponds to the procedure described under composer Camera settings Camera Page 89 Navigation Navigation modes Page 85 Surrounding Surrounding Page 92 Variants Variants Page 94 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 95 RTT Composer Configuration Under Configuration you define the parameters for generating the viewing angle Height above ground 408 7 Use dally zoom Focal length 58 3 Radius 518 0 Steps Steps defines the number of steps computed for a complete circumnavigation A step number of 12 means that the distance between the individual images is 30 Height above ground Specifies the height of the camera above the ground level You can change the values by input in the number area KI Moves the camera to the next position to the left according to the defined steps gt i Mov
96. ion m You can set predefined values of focal length in the drop down menu The values correspond to those of a miniature 56 8 mm sensor hight camera Distance Specifies the distance between the camera and the center of interest You can either set the camera with the navigation function and by defining the center of interest or entering the required values directly in the corresponding fields Dolly zoom The Dolly zoom option generates interesting perspectives You move the camera nearer to or further away from the object while adjusting the focal length so that the objects size is unchanged You change the focal length and the radius is being calculated automatically This behavior is known as the vertigo effect Presets Sensor Settings Sensor Sensor Custom z Width Width 36 00 Height 24 00 16mm Theatrical Hor offset s EN 35mm 1 85 Projectian Hor offset 0 00 Vert offset 0 00 Prescale 35mm Academy Prescale 1 00 Output width 35mm Anamorphic There are several new settings which allow to modify the sensor of the camera Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 90 Q RTT Composer There are several presets for sensor size which are all defined in FilmPresets xml For each preset there is a defined sensor size There is also an option to define a custom sensor Sensor size The sensor has a width and a height which is always measured in mm If a preset is selected the sensor size cannot be cha
97. ith other users This simplifies group work provides fast and accurate access to predefined media and cuts search times Collections 2 You add Assets on the Folders Smartfolders and Search tabs On those tabs you can use the context menu or the menu button to merge Assets into a collection Q Note that you can only view Assets for which you have at least read permission Lal On this tab you can do the following Create an new collection Rename or delete a collection or share it with other users groups Edit Asset details as on the Folders tab Collections 2 The Collections tab has three areas Collection list Displays all collections created by the user or shared with him or her or with his or her group by other users If the number of collections is large you can search for one using a name You can filter collections after entering a search term Show filter Displays a filter bar Here you can specify collection names or parts of names and then filter the displayed collection list Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 49 Q Using PictureBook Reset r deletes text from the filter box and resets the filter All collections are then displayed unfiltered Create new collection ki Creates empty collections Enter a name for the collection you want to create more than once the underscore character and a serial number is appended to it Q The names of collections must be u
98. ition is also changed because it is rotating around the rotation center Rotation center position Top Front Left The user can change camera position by changing position and the rotation center position There is no way to change the rotation of the camera Q This mode is not recommended for Angle hunting as extra attention has to be payed as to what the center of interest has been set Look at Description The Look at mode represents the old behavior we know from Composer The camera is always looking at the rotation center This is a restriction we don t have in DeltaGen Different camera setups we find now in the other navigation modes differences to Free are highlighted in green in the following Look at is also the only navigation mode in which the Dolly zoom can be activated Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 86 Q RTT Composer Interactive View The user can change the camera position by panning and zooming The camera rotation head pitch is also changed because it is always look at the rotation center The camera orientation head pitch can be changed by rotating The camera position is also changed because it is rotating around the rotation center Input Fields The user can change the camera position by changing position The camera rotation head pitch is also changed because it is always look at the rotation center The camera orientation head pitch roll by changing orientation
99. jobs that you submitted using the composer M The Management Console is a web interface for managing users access roles and replication The Media Viewer enables intuitive viewing and comparing of 2D 2 5D Assets image and video data A Meeting license is needed for the meeting functionality You purchase that together with your PictureBook license According to the parallel meeting users you got set in your license file you can have up to that many meetings running at the same time not more Metadata is additional data providing information about one or more aspects of the data uploaded This data is variable customizable meta information that can be assigned to Assets This information is into so called Metadata Sets which get assigned to a Asset type and define which attributes can be assigned to it Metadata sets are a defined selection of metadata fields metadata templates that have been set in the Management Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 148 Glossary Console By selecting a metadata set you define the additional information that can be defined for an Asset Model slots are needed for the 3D meeting functionality which have to be configured in the PictureBook Admin Those are reserved spaces per render node for models One model takes up one model slot Configuring these depends very much on the size of the used models The bigger the memory usage of the models in DeltaGen the safer it is to use less slo
100. k Average rating kk kkk Created 2013 06 24 11 00 33 By John_Doe Last modified By Comment original Based on version PREVIEWS 1 METADATA 1 ANNOTATIONS 0 FILES 555 TAGS 0 RELATIONS 0 Legend Removed Modified Y ou have the options to Compare two versions or Compare to head with one version selected Realtime Technology AG 2013 Version 2013 06 26 10 37 47 Personal rating Average rating Created By Last modified By Comment Based on version PREVIEWS 1 METADATA 1 ANNOTATIONS 0 FILES 555 TAGS 0 RELATIONS 0 a ASSET INFORMATION 9 9 KKK 2013 06 24 11 00 33 John_Doe backup version 34 Q Using PictureBook Delete selected version pA a deletes selected version s in the Versions tab Download version downloads a selected version A dialog window will open to give choice of the destination the versions should be saved to For verification the download button has to be clicked This procedure is the same as the Asset download j Please note that only the download option in the versions tab will A download the version itself The download button on the very top Outfit casual caro e is the download button for the Asset itself and will download the head and not the selected version Revert r Revert to version This option reverts an Asset to a selected version The version will become the head and the current
101. l 82 QU RTT Composer RTT Composer RTT Composer is an expansion of the RTT PictureBook functionality enabling the definition of convincing product images for your communication measures from the right camera perspective up to the best product variants With RTT Composer you can interact in real time with a VR model to generate high quality graphical material for the most varied output media without your own special graphics hardware The modules Angle for angle hunting and 2DArt for Marketing Picture Creation offer two simple options of finding a selection of suitable camera positions and settings and using these to produce graphical material Prerequisites To use RTT Composer you need RTT PictureBook 7 1 plus a separate license for RTT Composer for each respective RTT PictureBook user Furthermore the services required for RTT Composer PowerHouse and PictureBook must be installed with all the required preparations For more technical details please see the RTT PowerHouse Documentation as well as the Technical Documentation Getting started To be able to access the RTT Composer functions in the menu of the Asset list you first select a Model type Asset and then you chose one of the two function modules i Open in Angle Open in 2DArt Both composer modules have the same basic functionalities which will be described in the following However some of their functions differ which will be described
102. lder If this is checked a new sub folder with the name of the Asset to split is being created automatically Choose target E This option allows to chose the target folder to which the Assets will be split Some folder options to arrange your folders Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 16 Using PictureBook become available as well that are accessible with the function menu By default the source folder is being set as target folder Metadata set Description Options Delete source assets amp plit into new subfolder Target docks E Rename d pa RTT PictureBook 2 Delete folder FE videotutorials _admin FE images me adidas 4 lotus Delete folder permanentely Expand Collapse Realtime Technology AG 2013 m neutral me sunset i me wariant Upload all Upload all When you have assembled all Assets on the list assigned them types and metadata sets as well as created file sets Cif required you can start uploading them with this button Pause upload Pauses current upload It does not close the window For example if your list has too many or too few Assets or if a type assignment is wrong you can edit the list after canceling However Assets you have already uploaded are not automatically deleted from the PictureBook server when you delete them from the import list You can only influence incomplete imports You can manually delete uploaded Assets in the Asset list area after the en
103. les by the date If no log file exists for the selected date an error message is displayed Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 136 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Metadata With RTT PictureBook you can create user defined metadata sets and metadata templates Metadata sets consist of assigned metadata templates The Metadata tab lists existing metadata sets and their assigned fields Metadata templates are Metadata fields of various types like check box text field etc Templates can be assigned to sets and can be re used in other sets Metadata templates NU You manage metadata templates on this tab a Drigin hosi Engliah German re ae Peek NE 1 395 7 p i 5awysbneg teat Pecturescak Serve locaton Cut New e Opens a dialog box in which you can create a metadata template Create Metadata Template Key Type Options list Options Multiline text Number English German v Close on create Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 137 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console To create a metadata template specify a key used to identify this template Enter a name for that template which will also be used for displaying it English is a mandatory field The name can be translated here if you enable the check box for German and enter the corresponding name in the text field The Type field defines the metadata template type If the optionclose on create
104. m 3 delete This function enables you to import items to the gt import list l This function refreshes the current view This may t refresh be necessary to show other authorized changes After logging in to the Management Console you are on the Users tab This area is used for user management of RTT PictureBook New a Opens a dialog box in which you can create a user Create user User data Search name Username Ed Sulivan Select groups Full name Ed Sulivan Name E Mail meeting Company Beri SOS management Department Phone Mobile Description Language English Valid until Blocked Password ss ie ie se sie i e Confirm gt LIII III OF Generate Administrator PowerHouse user PDM user Meeting user Close on create Create Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 130 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console In this dialog box complete all mandatory fields marked with All other text fields are optional User name A unique ID or name that cannot be changed after the user account is created Full Name A name of your choice not subject to any specifications and used for display after the user has logged in to RTT PictureBook instead of the unique ID the user name The field is intended for the person s actual name Valid until This icon opens a calendar in which you can select and specify a date on which the account expires and the user can no longer login Blocked
105. m it see Relations Page 45 Preconditions The user needs to be a PDM user the flag needs to be set in the Management Console Also the user has to have access rights at least create edit rights to both folders PartLibrary and the import folder PDM model folder Q The connector shipped with PictureBook supports PDM structures following the schema PLMXML 6 0 2 Other connectors can be created on demand a Import Imports a PDM model to RTT PictureBook This will open the PDM import dialog where you can choose if you want to import the model from disk or server Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 121 Q Additional Tools e Import POM model Import from disk Data is accessed from local computer Import from server Data is accessible for the serwer A dialog opens where depending on the selection further settings can be made Import PDM Model dialog Q Optionally a RTT PictureBook user can be notified about the import of a PDM model by e mail For this purpose a valid e mail address for the user must be stored on the RTT PictureBook server and have a SMTP server configured If no e mail address exists you cannot select E Mail notification The data flow is always from the PDM system to RTT PictureBook Changes to the PDM structure can be updated with the PDM Module to RTT PictureBook structure The model parts displayed in the tree make a reference to the geometry pa
106. m the beginning You cannot Save animation frames in Best shots am Best shot production Producing and saving Assets is the same as described under Angle Production of high quality shots Production of high quality shots Page 100 Result Result Page 103 used in 2D Art zm Q Image configurations xml file saved under 2D Art can only be PDF Reporting 2DArt If you enable Generate PDF Report Production Details in the render options you can generate a PDF report containing all information on the camera position and further data of the Asset as a PDF document This PDF document is then shown on the Asset list where it can be opened with a double click Generate report PDF Detailed Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 105 Q RTT Composer Information about render nodes and the node state Render nodes are back end resources that are needed to perform 5D meetings or to process render jobs out of the composer In both cases it might be the case that the render node is currently occupied by another user Since a render node can only be used for one purpose at a time composer 5D meetings and PBX compete for render nodes As described before render nodes for a meeting have to be reserved for further information Availability of model slots Page 66 If a reserved render node is busy at the time of the 3D meeting the server will revoke it from the former user to make sure that the reserva
107. mbnails and display them under Asset information The following file formats are supported Image formats jpg gif png tif bmp psd Videos mov flv Flash swf Documents pdf Generate previews from this Assets files LE e ad You generate previews here Refresh m Refreshes the preview This may be necessary to show other users changes to previews of the selected Asset Function menu The function menu gives you access to the functions of the context menu It is enabled only if an existing preview is selected You can either open the function menu by clicking this button or right click a preview and select one of the following functions from the context menu View Fr View Displays the preview selection in the Media Viewer Single and multiple selection are both possible See also Media Viewer Page 76 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 41 Q Using PictureBook Download Saves the preview selection on a data medium outside the RTT PictureBook server This works in the same way as with a standard download using a browser Note the browser specific settings for default storage locations automatic downloads etc Delete Delete previews Deletes the preview selection Multiple selection is possible Set as default Set as default This function applies to single selection only The selected preview must be an image The image defined as a thumbnail is then displayed under Asset
108. nd unless explicitly ended by its host This button is located above the attendee list Attendee leaving a meeting E Leave meeting For an attendee to leave a meeting click Leave meeting Even after an attendee leaves a meeting it still remains active for the other attendees This button is located above the attendee list Settings dcn On the Settings tab you can edit user related data On the left is a list of settings groups Settings list Settings User profile User interface Change password Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 74 Using PictureBook General General Remember me Large files gt 2GB upload Smart Upload Media viewer image size Remember me Defines whether the user name and password for the browser are stored on the login page and whether login is automatic when the RTT PictureBook browser is started Alternatively you can enable this function by clicking the check box on the login page of the PictureBook browser Enter your login data Keep me signed in Large Files gt 2GB upload Uploads files larger than 2 GB which is not normally possible under the https protocol Smart Upload Smart Upload activates the option to replace existing Assets and create a backup while uploading Media Viewer Image size defines the resolution in which the images for viewing them in Media Viewer are produced from the server You can select between small medium and
109. ng image will need to finish because the render operation on DeltaGen cannot be interrupted Depending on the quality settings of your job canceling might take quite some time For finished jobs two buttons are shown Z this will remove the job from this list opens in 2D art and loads the Best shots Q Further information a For further information see the video tutorials supplied You can view these tutorials under Help on the RTT PictureBook browser Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 109 QU RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen RTT PictureBook Browser Plug in for DeltaGen RTT PictureBook Server has a web interface that gives authorized users access to the server using a standard browser This functionality can also be accessed from within RTT DeltaGen In the following you will be introduced how to access PictureBook directly from DeltaGen and how to work with it Activating PictureBook Browser Using the PictureBook browser you can access the whole data inventory of an PictureBook server if you have sufficient authority For this you must have the PictureBook Browser plug in activated This you do viaTools Modules and Plug ins and there you select PictureBook To open up the PictureBook browser tab within your DeltaGen go toFile gt PictureBook gt Browser Picture HSE 1 Browser Be Exit If no connection to an PictureBook server has been set you can do this in the top
110. ng PictureBook Send link Emails a direct link to a selected directory to another user of the RTT PictureBook server Copy link E Copy link In addition to sending the URL to a registered PictureBook user you can also copy the URL to the clipboard and insert it into other applications Open in Angle Open in 2DArt sal Open in Angle 3 Open in 2DArt If the Asset that has been selected is a model you got the composer options available This will be explained in a separate Section See RTT Composer Page 83 Show render jobs GA Show render jobs In order to see what render jobs are currently running initiated by your user you can select this option Here you will find information about your jobs and you get several options to interact with your jobs Render jobs You will be notified by e Mail about finished render jobs Recently submitted render jobs Status Model Successful a Failed Created Duratio Action 12 0 2013 03 19 11 35 4 00 00 5 Clear Reopen Asset details Displays detailed information about an Asset selected on the Asset list This includes previews tags metadata etc Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 31 Q Using PictureBook Lotus_Sunset_distribution ASSET INFORMATION Personal rating OM Average rating xk Created 2013 03 04 15 12 10 By superuser Last modified By Locked since By Comment PREVIEWS 1 METADATA 1 ANNOTATIONS 0 FIL
111. nged Horizontal and vertical offset The user can define a horizontal and vertical offset which moves the image in front of the sensor That means it this offset is setting the image section to take the snap shot of before the actual shot has been taken In contrast to changing the position of the camera this option has no change of perspective Horizontal and vertical offset are also measured in mm Having a sensor width of 32mm and a horizontal offset of 16mm moves the image center of the image to the left of the sensor Prescale The prescale scales the image in front of the sensor artificial scaling which cannot be done in reality This option is scaling the snap shot already to its optimal output size before actually taking the picture Presets Render output Output width 640 Output height 480 Overscan 1 00 Show mask Rule of thirds Render output Resolution gate The render output defines the size of the render output and can be of any aspect ratio For example you could define a render output of 1920 to 1080 pixels which would result in a 16 9 image and HD quality Overscan Mask Setting an overscan of above the value 1 means you will see more than what is part of the actual image This can be seen when activating the mask which shows both the size of the sensor and the size of the render output Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 91 Q RTT Composer Rule of Thirds Activating the rule of t
112. nique If a name is defined zm Refresh Refreshes the collections view This may be necessary to show other users changes such as renaming or deleting collections Function menu Lal This button gives you access to the functions of the context menu It is enabled only if an existing collection is selected You can either open the function menu by clicking this button or right click a collection and select one of the following functions from the context menu Rename Rename Renames a collection Delete Deletes the selected collection Share a S h a IE naa You can share a collection with other users or groups on the same RTT PictureBook server LT Icon showing a non shared collection Icon showing a shared collection Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 50 Q Using PictureBook Since sharing does not take place at Asset level only the collection of Assets is shared Q To every user who shares the collection the authorizations assigned to him or her or those inherited by a group at Asset level apply This means that a collection of Assets can be displayed or edited only if authorization exists for the respective Asset in the collection all other Assets are not visible Following the sharing the collection is immediately available to authorized users and is displayed on the Collections tab of the respective user Collection Asset list This area is identical with the Asset list area
113. nual 87 Q RTT Composer Top Front Left The user can change the camera position by changing position and rotation center position There is no way to change the rotation of the camera Move rotation center To change the center of interest select the blue circle and keep the left mouse button pressed The light gray area represents the bounding box greatest dimensions of the object E Places the center of interest in the center of the bounding box E Places the center of interest centrally on the lower level of the bounding box LJ Opens a dialog box in which you can select an object to be used as a reference for the values of the bounding box Choose bounding box 4 ie Environment b i White HM Black a RootNode SHOES i Seduction b fi 35 seduction P E double seduction LR si a 4 a groundshadow E i helper FE materials Move camera The structure of the scene tree opens Select the object that will define the values of the bounding box If Move camera Is enabled the changes are directly visible in the preview Refreshes the camera view with the current settings Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 88 Qo RTT Composer or Adjusts the size of the displayed area of the top and front view You will find this function in the Navigation tab yig Q Option Keyboard shortcut Triggering bestshots in 2DArt N and Angle examine mode Changing orbit height in Angle
114. number of different viewing modes for the compare mode Compare j A Horizontal Wertical l Side by side E Split m Transparency Horizontal layout I Horizontal Places the Assets horizontally next to each other in Side by Side mode or horizontal transition in Split mode Vertical layout Wertical Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 71 Using PictureBook Places the Assets vertically next to each other in Side by Side mode or vertical transition in Split mode Side by side Side by side Displays the view selected on the left in the main area It is possible to display more than one Asset simultaneously by multiple selection of the Assets Simply hold down the Control key on the keyboard and select each desired Asset with the Left mouse button Multiselection is also possible by holding down the Shift key You can also re arrange the order the Assets are displayed in the main area by dragging and dropping the Assets in the left area one above or below the other To remove an Asset from the left column simply click the delete red x button on the bottom right corner of the Asset You can split the viewer horizontally or vertically Split Split Split allows you to select and compare 2 Assets by means of defining the visible portion of each image Simply hold down the Control key on the keyboard and select the 2 desired Assets with the Left mouse button You
115. o the Recycle Bin Delete assets permanentely Se Deletes a selected Asset s permanently Create version 4 Create new version Selecting an Asset you can use the button on the top menu of the version history tab or alternatively use the drop down menu and choose this option Note that this is only possible if the Asset is not locked by another user For more information see Versioning Page 32 Locking an Asset re gp Lock assets Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 27 Using PictureBook Locking an Asset will come up with a dialog if a new version should be created or not This helps to backup the old status of the Asset before changes on the head are being made For more information see Versioning Page 32 Unlocking an Asset EC Unlock assets Unlocks the Asset to others Changes are now possible For more information see Versioning Page 32 Cut os Cut assets Copies an Asset selection to the clipboard You don t see the effect of the cut until you paste the selection somewhere else in the folder structure Then the cut Asset selection is deleted from its old position and inserted at the new position All Asset information including all details previews metadata annotations etc is copied and moved completely to the new position Copy E Copy assets Copies an Asset selection to the clipboard The selection can then be inserted as a copy ata different position of the folder
116. of tracking Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 58 All entries 11 Date 2013 04 08 11 23 23 2013 04 08 11 21 26 2013 04 08 11 21 26 2013 04 08 11 21 15 2013 04 08 11 21 15 2013 04 08 11 20 42 2013 04 08 11 20 02 2013 04 08 11 18 30 2013 03 21 14 04 20 2013 03 21 14 04 20 Action Add asset files Add asset files Delete asset files Add asset files Delete asset files Add asset files Add asset files Add asset files Move to Move to Name male_model lotus lotus lotus lotus lotus addidas images seduction_addidas seduction_addidas The following information is saved Change date Change action User who made the change Tracking Asset details Type Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder File set File set User superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser superuser Name of sub folder or Asset changed This area is identical with the Asset details area Asset details Page 31 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual Using PictureBook Path RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu RTT PictureBook videotu Type folder file file set model surrounding look geometry Asset tree path in w
117. ols that you might have purchased with your PictureBook The third part gives an administrative overview Last you will find a glossary with all the relevant terms used in this hand book also to be found in the beginning of each chapter where they are introduced Typographical conventions This documentation uses the following typographical conventions Typographical Meaning convention Sample text Emphasis in normal text and menu options Sample text Names of files directories commands and parameters Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 3 Typographical convention Sample text Realtime Technology AG 2013 ntroduction Meaning Variable user input in commands When you enter commands replace text marked in this way with a corresponding suitable text Do not enter the angle brackets Reference to other areas that do not have to be in this document Note This symbol indicates tips and extra information Important This symbol indicates actions that can lead to data loss User Manual 4 QU 7 1 PictureBook 7 1 PictureBook Using RTT PictureBook you can access the whole data inventory of an RTT PictureBook server if you have sufficient authority Connecting up Before you can use RTT PictureBook you need Adobe Flash Player which you can download directly from Adobe using the following link http www adobe com de products flashplayer To connect to a PictureBook server you need
118. ond to tools generally used in word processors Undo For undoing one or more sketching steps Redo Restores a step undone with the Undo function Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 81 Q Using PictureBook Delete selection Delete annotation Deletes sketch objects Save Save E o_o Saves the annotation for the selected Asset as 2D information After a medium is removed from the Media Viewer the annotation can no longer be edited An image is created for the title and text of the stored annotation If the medium shown in the Media Viewer is already an image the sketch objects and the image are merged and saved as a new image If the medium is a video the currently displayed frame as a basis for the image and the sketch objects are combined during saving The following dialog box opens during the save process In this dialog enter the title and text of the annotation to be saved and select the Asset to which the annotation is to be added If you select both Assets the annotation is saved for each Asset Save sketch Title Annotation Save 01 Text Save at Lotus_ Save Cancel Discard Discard Discards the current annotation This will prompt you to save your work if you have not already done so am Q For further information see the video tutorials supplied You can view these tutorials under Help on the RTT PictureBook browser Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manua
119. ons of a Model to its Parts in the PartLibrary A PDM Model Derived is the relation of a DeltaGen Model to its original PDM Model A PDM Part has the relation of the geometry to the whole model Render nodes are server resources that you need to display 5D models in your meeting your Composer sessions productions jobs as well for PBX Xplore for PictureBook These Render nodes are possible to configure for explicit usage type too E g have a render node dedicated for meeting usage only or for render jobs only For the meeting functionality you first need to configure in the Management Console so called Model slots Those are reserved spaces per render node for models One model takes up one model slot Configuring these depends very much on the size of the used models The bigger the memory usage of the models in DeltaGen the safer it is to use less slots per render node For further information please see also the PowerHouse Handbook and technical documentation Replication enables RTT PictureBook servers at different locations to access shared folders and to synchronize shared data Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 150 Q Glossary Revisions of parts create a new Asset PDM models will always use the most recent version best available part but precisely a single revision and therefore Asset RTT 2DArt enables convenient and intuitive setting of high quality graphical material 5D models as well as the complete range of
120. order within the workspace can be changed This functionality is also available in the workspace editor Please note that this is not possible for 3D data models Adding 3D models More models added than configured Surplus models cannot be saved l Show Mine Open editor seduction_addidas Warianst_Lotus ne Outfit casual care Lotus Sunset distr other user new item deleted item Changes to the workspace E save changes Discard changes must be saved By having a license for Powerhouse 3D models can be added to view in a meeting For this the maximum number of models to view can be set and then the 3D models can be dragged and dropped into the workspace No more models than the maximum number of slots specified can be added For models the 3D tab of the workspace editor shows the empty model slots If more models have been dragged into the editor than can be saved the workspace marks the models that cannot be saved due to not Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 69 Q Using PictureBook enough slots But they are added as not saved models and remain there till the save Q The total number of models used depends on the capacity of the available render nodes at a specific time When 3D viewing is enabled the minimum will be set In the case of render nodes with 5 models per node the maximum is then set to 5 The number of models per render node can be set by the administrator Users attending a 5D me
121. orkspace The workspace editor Open editor Opening the workspace editor switches to the main tab Closing it returns to meeting management tab Switching away from main tab while editor is open closes the editor Models or Assets of type file previews or files from the file list of an Asset can be dropped into the editor Assets of other types than file or model can not be added to the workspace If an invalid type is being dragged the drop is being rejected If valid and invalid types are being dragged in at the same time the invalid ones are ignored This is also being indicated in the status bar afterwards Close This button returns to the meeting editor without saving anything Save cave meeting This button saves the workspace and the meeting If it is opened from a running meeting it returns also to the running meeting Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 68 Q Using PictureBook Status There can be a status text bar found on the bottom of the editor which shows what happened after you did an operation Adding 2D media The workspace underneath the Scheduling editor allows the user to drag and drop 2D media Assets into a list of slots These are stored ready to be shared in a meeting An unlimited number of 2D media can be added into the list Production Details other user new item deleted item Changes to the workspace i sd Save changes Discard changes must be saved The
122. other attendee Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 70 Q Using PictureBook Attendee list Designers Brainstorm 8X End meeting Attendees P f John Doe Login John Doe Mr Bossi Login GrandAccess Quality Management Login tester Any attendees in the list that are grayed out have not yet joined into the meeting The Presenter of the meeting is flagged with an Orange P button to the left of the attendee name Changing the presenter During a meeting all functions of the Media Viewer area for further information Media Viewer Page 76 can be used by the presenter of the meeting At any time the meeting host meeting can check the field to the left of an attendees name to transfer the presenter role to that user The new presenter can transfer the role to any other attendee but they can not acquire it by themselves Designers Brainstorm Ix End meeting Designers Brainstorm ix End meeting Attendees Attendees Mr Bossi Login GrandAccess e le Mr Bossi Login GrandAccess Quality Management Login tester Quality Management Login tester John Doe Login John_Doe John Doe Login John_Doe Viewer Login viewer Viewer Login viewer Only one presenter can be active at any time The Meeting Chat The Meeting Chat allows all meeting participants to send messages to the other attendees of the meeting In order to better distinguish users each user may define the color of their
123. r replication Mounted remote shares New Enters shares of another RTT PictureBook server for replication Available remote shares Host Support Server Name State Select target destination gt m Rename PB RT T Pi eB s A 4 C videotutorials _admin E images i models office Part Library pdm shared folder surroundings Replicate share after After you select a host from the list in the top right corner of the dialog box a list of shares active on this host appears below You can only select one share at a time Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 144 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Synchronize Now Click to trigger replication of remote shares Replication modes There are three different replication modes in RTT PictureBook Always on Replications for all shares on the server are run periodically The interval is set in RTT Management Console RTTPictureBook7 1 technicalDocumentation Scheduled The replication interval is set separately for each host Off Automatic replication is disabled Manual replication is possible with the Management Console buttons as described Q Replication mode can be changed manually at runtime Following arestart of the PictureBook server the settings are taken from RTT Management Console X Ending replication of shares If you delete a share the corresponding folder is removed from the replication list The folder becomes a
124. rated images Width Height Type Ignore Surrounding Premultiply Alpha Use post processor Lise Raytracing Use Global Illumniatian Quality steps GI off Generate report PDF Detailed 1600 200 jpg 4096 Start render job Realtime Technology AG 2013 Produce all shots computes all views of the generated selection Produce Best shots computes only the views added to the Best shots User Manual 100 Qo RTT Composer Enter the desired resolution and the image format in the dialog Currently jog and png are available as file format Q If you select png as image format the image parameters are stored as metadata in the image and can be used for a later setting for example for Render export in RTT DeltaGen Also the option use alpha becomes available in order to set if the alpha channel should be rendered out or not Generated images Width 1600 Height 1200 Type jpg fume j na Ignore Surrounding Premultiply Alpha Use post processor Use Raytracing Use Global Illumniation E 4096x Quality steps GlI off You can also set if the models should be displayed with or without their surroundings if they have real surroundings Quality steps Defines the anti aliasing quality in case you render out with openGL or raytracing The higher the value the higher the quality but the higher the computation time too This is displayed by the slider When GI is turne
125. risk that the node is taken away revoked from a composer user if its required to fulfill a meeting If you configure render nodes only for special purposes they will not be used for other things that means your composer won t be ended because of a 3D meeting however you do not have an optimal utilization If e g all composer nodes are busy you cannot start another composer session even if multiple meeting nodes would be available The concrete setup is highly dependent of the number of render nodes you have available and for which use cases you want to set priorities Please contact RTT support for advisories on a specific setup The job state list The job state list shows all rendering jobs that you submitted using the composer It is opened automatically after scheduling images for production or can be selected in the Asset drop down menu Render jobs Your images have been scheduled for rendering You will be notified by e Mail about finished render jobs Recently submitted render jobs Status Model Results Successfu Failed Created Duration Action seduction_addidasshoe Be 1 0 2013 03 21 13 17 12 00 00 27 Clear 0 6 0 2013 03 21 13 38 20 00 01 08 Clear Reopen 0 B 2013 03 21 13 43 09 00 01 26 Clear Reopen The list refreshes automatically every 5 seconds The job list shows only own jobs not those by other users and only recent jobs are shown The total number of jobs that is shown total not per user can be
126. roup Removes users selected on the Current users of group list from the group Access Roles Creates access roles for permissions On the Access Roles tab you can create delete or edit access roles The viewer access role can not be edited amp Permission Level New Create Mame Fermission Level Read Show permissions w Close on create If the optioncl ose on create is enabled the dialog box closes after a new access role is created If you want to create more than one access role disable this option Creates a new access role after you enter a name for it At first the new access role has only the lowest permission Read Edit From the Permission level drop down list select from the various RTT PictureBook user roles Show permissions Displays a table of permissions with brief descriptions Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 134 Name Folder Manager Permission level Grant Read Download Create Folder View Download folder Create folder Rename folder Asset View Download asset Create asset Paste asset RTT PictureBook Management Console Track folder Merge Split asset Edit Edit folder metadata Rename asset Edit folder previews Edit metadata Create Edit Delete project events Switch metadata set Create Edit Delete annotations Create Edit Delete previews Create Edit Delete files Create Edit Delete versions Assign Unassign tags Lock Unlock asset Edit
127. rts within the Part Library folder Different model parts can reference the same geometry data PDM models have to be zipped and contain only one PLMXML igi The individual model parts are shown in a Part Library folder tree zm The user has the flexibility to decide where to import this data By default during the import a new folder will created in the same folder as the PDMModel During the update the same folder used for the import will be reused in case this folder does not exist or the user does not have enough rights a similar folder as for the import will be created Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 122 Q Additional Tools PDM import from disk y Import POM model Import from disk Select POM model No file selected More options Select an PLMXML container file zip archive containing PLMXML and referring files in a file chooser located in local file store and trigger the import Now the PictureBook server unzips the container file and checks if referenced files within the PLMXML file are already stored in PictureBook Parts will be imported to the PictureBooks PartLibrary if not already in the system to the predefined path that you define under more options Hide options Part Library folder Folder Part Library stores the model parts Default part folder Browse E Mail notification Is asynchronous This path will later be also used for the updates of the PDM parts You
128. s Note the difference between the initiator host and the remote hosts The initiator host provides the shared folders and the remote hosts can connect to the initiator host When replication is set up between servers for a directory the directory is shared and replication can take place in both directions Q Every server involved in the replication imports data from the shared directory of the registered remote hosts No data is sent to other hosts vU am Share B Q Both the number of shares per server and the number of remote hosts are unlimited Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 140 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Sharing a folder The administrator of a server shares a folder by means of replication The initiator hosts and remote hosts are created in the Management Console The Remote Hosts are other servers to which connections are made they are selected during the setting up of a share The remote servers list the shared folders in their Asset tree A server can contain more than one folder share just as can the initiator host or the remote host The RTT PictureBook server administrators decide when and how the folder contents are to be exchanged At any time an administrator can check the log files to see if the process is running or terminated Replication can be temporarily suspended for a share servers for which replication is active This requires an installed certificate For further
129. s to another invitee The creator can edit and delete a meeting The Center of interest is a defined point in the scene that the camera orients to You set this point in order to compose your shots better D The Dolly zoom option generates interesting perspectives You move the camera nearer to or further away from the object while adjusting the focal length so that the objects size is unchanged You change the focal length and the radius is being calculated automatically This behavior is known as the vertigo effect Flags are the settings you give for each user of PictureBook The meeting flag has to be set for each user you want to invite or that wants to attend a meeting Focal length defines the distance between the focal point and the camera A lower value shows a larger section of the scene and a higher value a small section The Folder tree contains the main navigation for the RTT PictureBook folder structure If you select an existing directory its content is displayed in the central area G A Geometry is a PictureBook Asset type to allocate PDM parts or DeltaGen Geometry It can be used in many PDM Models and can be opened modified and saved in DeltaGen standard product Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 147 Glossary H The Host of a meeting is the person that needs to start a meeting Other than that he has the same possibilities as the Attendees J The Job state list shows all rendering
130. s unique for this area It will direct you to the original folder the selected asset is located at Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 57 Q Using PictureBook Tracking EEE This tab displays folders marked for tracking Tracking applies only to the contents of a folder and linked information Tracking can be enabled disabled Tracking list On the left is a list of folders with the tracking flag set neutral D adidas g forest oO urban Deleting list of tracked changes for a folder Deletes the list of tracked changes for the selected folder Disabling tracking for folders x Cancels tracking for the selected folder Enabling sub folder tracking for folders In the PictureBook Admin tool you can set the sub folder tracking to disabled In order to get further information what happens on the sub folders sometimes it can be useful to enable this function However please be aware that this function is using a lot of capacity and should be only turned on if it is really needed E Mail notification v E Mail notification In the E Mail notification check box you can enable disable notification of changes in the selected folder rd Q In order for this notification to work a valid e mail address must be stored for the user who activates tracking for the selected folder Tracking Asset list The center of the Tracking tab shows the change list logged for the respective folder since the start
131. servers for which a share exists for this server zl To enable the replication of a folder open the Shares tab and create a local share To do this select a folder from the Asset tree Share folder of the dialog box and click Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 142 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Share local folder Select folder to share a pe PictureBook u images models office Part Library pdm shared_folder surroundings Replicate share after shared_folder pdm Edit Edit local share Served hosts 1 Available hosts 0 Hostname IP address Receive Hostname IP address Support Server http mucpb001 aft The left of this view shows the hosts that are to receive access to the share and the right shows the hosts that are available to grant access but currently have no access Add host s Adds a selection of available hosts to the list of served hosts Chosts authorized for replication Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 143 Q RTT PictureBook Management Console Remove host s Removes a selection of served hosts hosts authorized for replication from the list Send and receive To exclude a local share from replication RTT PictureBook enables you to disconnect without having to delete the share Next to the shared folders you will have the send and receive columns with the tick boxes to enable or disable the sharing Synchronize Now a Click to trigge
132. sets you wish to share with other attendees in the meeting and drag and drop them into the shared viewer or press the Add all button in order to add all Assets at once into the viewer Data of other users can be also added to shared viewer if you choose to show all Assets In the example above when two pre stored 2D Assets have been selected they are added into the 2D tab area near the center 5D Assets are always added into the 3D tab area Only the current Presenter can see the central 2D and 3D tab areas The Presenter can now manipulate the view of the Asset in the same way as normally used in the Media Viewer such as zoom pan annotations transparency views and all other attendees in the Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 73 QU Using PictureBook meeting will also see these changes Please refer to the Media Viewer section for further information Media Viewer Page 76 Q When adding the first 5D model to the Media Viewer area in the meeting the Media Viewer will if possible automatically display the rendered image This means streaming will start as soon as all the models in the user workspace are loaded While loading models no 3D viewing is possible and the animated timer icon will be displayed during the loading process zm The Host ending a meeting Ex End meeting To end a meeting click End meeting If the host leaves the meeting the meeting ends for all attendees A meeting does not e
133. shared smartfolder ICON showing a shared smartfolder Since sharing does not take place at Asset level only the search mask is shared Q To every user who shares the smartfolder the authorizations assigned to him or her or those inherited by a group at Asset level apply This means that Assets inside a smartfolder can be displayed or edited only if authorization exists for the respective Asset Following the sharing the smartfolder is immediately available to authorized users and is displayed on the Smartfolders tab of the respective user Smartfolder Asset list This area is identical with the Asset list area on the Folders tab except for the following Asset ist Page 23 There is no filter bar or time bar The Cut Copy Paste Merge and Split functions of the function context menu are not possible If you select a single Asset you can select Go to folder from the context menu to jump to the Folders tab on which the folder containing the selected Asset is displayed Smartfolder Asset details This area is identical with the Asset details area on the Folders tab Asset details Page 31 Q Further information a T m For further information see the video tutorials supplied You can view these tutorials under Help on the RTT PictureBook browser Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 48 Q Using PictureBook Collections PictureBook enables you to merge Assets into a collection and share this w
134. t that can be reverted Generally versions are created only when files of an Asset are being added modified or removed A version can be created explicitly or implicitly Explicitly means that the user clicks on create version button in the Asset list menu or the button in the version tab So the version is created manually Implicitly means that the version is created automatically if files are added to an Asset etc Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 152 Q Glossary Versions and Revisions Versions of parts are always a progress towards better nicer and updated Revisions of parts create a new Asset PDM models will always use the most recent version best available part but precisely a single revision and therefore Asset Versions of the PLMXML are slightly different there is no data preparation on them so they describe the product structure changes over time For data preparation on the structure we create a different Asset of type model and associate it to the PDM model to identify structural changes The RTT PictureBook Windows Xtension is a desktop application that allows access to PictureBook It enables to browse fetch and store Assets in PictureBook with the normal Windows Explorer It provides a browsing functionality on the virtual network drive like it is possible with any other external drive connected to your machine and it allows to open and save files directly to PB from any application W
135. tatus and process of design development or even query individually relevant statuses RTT PictureBook is a server based solution which enables you to save the connection to PDM systems and design status in a structure link it with remarks and monitor development stages Its user friendly interface gives deciders an quick overview of progress and enables them to query and compare specific design statuses From the saved data marketing oriented contents and presentations can be created quickly and easily for one or more design statuses and provided with corresponding annotations Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 1 Q Introduction RTT PictureBook Client RTT PictureBook Client is a program running locally on your PC gives you a user interface to RTT PictureBook and enables 5D navigation within the model data RTT PictureBook Client supplies the following options Query and display model inventories in a chronological sequence Load models geometries and looks from the model inventory Provide models with annotations RTT PictureBook Browser RTT PictureBook Server has a web interface that gives authorized users access to the server using a standard browser Without previous installation you can access data on the server from any other computer RTT PictureBook Management Console RTT PictureBook Server has a further web interface for managing users access roles and replication This interface is called the Management
136. the personal rating and the thumbnail which can be removed is for viewing only and cannot be changed ASSET INFORMATION Personal rating s Average rating x Created 2013 03 04 15 03 04 By superuser Last modified Comment PREVIEWS 1 METADATA 1 ANNOTATIONS 0 FILES 245 TAGS 1 RELATIONS 3 VERSION HISTORY 0 Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 38 Q Using PictureBook Browsing previews ASSET INFORMATION Each asset that has a preview has its own thumbnails displayed If there are more you can even browse them If no thumbnail is stored for an Asset because there have been no previews generated PictureBook uses its own icons which differ according to Asset type Personal rating You can make ratings for all Assets This rating can be one of 5 grades To make a rating of a selected Asset click on one of the stars next to the personal rating label The higher the number of yellow stars the higher the rating You may change your rating at any time by clicking on another star or delete your rating by clicking on the same star that represents your rating Average rating When the first rating for an Asset is made PictureBook generates an average rating This area is used for display and cannot be changed by the user Personal rating Average rating Created Shows the creation date and the PictureBook user who created the Asset This area is used for display and cannot be ch
137. time Press Shift and the left mouse button and keep them pressed Move the mouse pointer to move the camera nearer to or further from the object Options tabs and Settings Navigation modes In the camera and navigation tab you will have the option to set your navigation modes There are now three navigation modes in Composer which can be found in the Camera and Navigation tab Free with no restriction on where the camera is looking at Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 85 Q RTT Composer Look at where the camera is restricted to always looking at the rotation center Look around where the camera is rotating around itself Free Description The Free navigation mode behaves pretty much as DeltaGen The camera has a rotation center where it is rotating around The camera does not have to look at its rotation center All possible setups of DeltaGen can be reflected This is also the new default mode of Composer for example refreshing the camera will change navigation mode to Free to make sure it is properly reflected by Composer Interactive View The user can change the camera position by panning and zooming and the camera orientation head pitch by rotating The camera position is also changed because it is rotating around the rotation center Input Fields The camera position can be changed by changing position and the camera orientation head pitch roll by changing orientation The camera pos
138. tion can be met Depending on the number of render nodes you have available you need to configure which render nodes can be used for which purpose for further information Render node configuration Page 107 There are two ways to show the current state of render nodes if the resource is not available In Composer If the opening of the composer failed an error message is shown If that error is due to no available render nodes a table is included in the error dialog which shows the current availability and usages of all known render nodes Failed to start composer All render nodes of type Composer are currently in use Please try again later You could either e contact your administrator to start additional render nodes or wait until one of the users listed below releases his render node 1 render nodes available 0 of 1 nodes available for Composer 0 of 1 nodes available for Render jobs 0 of 1 nodes available for 3D meeting Show All Can be used for Host Status Used by Used for Composer Render jobs 3D meeting MUCPBOO1 3D meeting Instant Mee Retry Close You have the option to refresh with the refresh button and if a render node becomes available after refreshing the error message changes to a hint that you can retry You can choose retry regardless which will try to open the composer again and show the same error window again if that fails again For used render nodes the table sho
139. ts per render node O Setting an Overscan of above the value 1 means you will see more than what is part of the actual image This can be seen when activating the mask which shows both the size of the sensor and the size of the render output p PartLibrary is a pre defined folder that contains all the PDM Model parts The PDM Connector provides a more efficient integration in the product development process It accesses a PDM system directly via RTT PictureBook and enables you to transfer module structures and geometries directly to RTT DeltaGen You can easily use the CAD data for immediate real time visualization A PDM Model is a PictureBook Asset type to allocate a structure loaded from a PDM system PLMXML is a XML representation of a PDM Structure Pre loading time is the time the scheduler plans in for the render node to load your models in order to be ready for your Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 149 Glossary meeting During this time the node is blocked for all other activities The Prescale scales the image in front of the sensor artificial scaling which cannot be done in reality This option is scaling the snap shot already to its optimal output size before actually taking the picture R Relations are a sort of reference links between Assets and some related parts There are different types of relations Best shots for all models PDM data PDM Model For PDM Models they are relati
140. tureBook browser also appear in the Relations Displays relations between the selected Asset and other Assets There are two type of relations possible There are relations possible for Best shots RELATIONS 3 BESTSHOT Name seduction addidasshoe Best shots seduction addidasshoe Best shots seduction addidasshoe Best shots 1 PDMPART Name AXK51zsKqBOtHC AbG5i1zsKqBSOtHC MODEL csb BdJ5izsKqg8O0tHC BhF5i1zsKqg8O0tHC MODEL csb Bgl5izsKq8OtHC BkF51zsKqBOtHC MODEL csb BuF5izsKq8OtHC ByB5i1zsKqgB8OtHC MODEL csb ByE5izsKqs8OtHC BzA51zsKg8OotHC MODELS csh There are two type of relations for PDM models Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 45 Q Using PictureBook 1 relation between a PDM model and its parts geometries 2 relation between a PDM model and a Model derived that is a DeltaGen model saved from a PDM model You can create an exel report for the relations using this button Version history Version limit is 20 2013 03 18 10 56 14 SU PETUSET this wersion is the current one but not to b Displays the version list in the Asset details For more information see the previous chapter Versioning Managing Versions in Version History Page 33 Assemblies Assemblies are Assets of the type geometries or looks A model is assembled by different PictureBook Assets This is a concept that works together with the DeltaGen plug in RTT PictureBook Browser
141. u will have to set the new desination by chosing the folder in the fold tree of the following dialog Choose folder to restore content Choose folder oe RTT PictureBook E admin Assets included in the Recycle Bin are not editable and will not be included in any search or collection Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 53 Q Using PictureBook Replication user will delete always permanently Q Assets and folders will NOT loose any of their properties including versions Superuser has three options 1 empty the RecycleBin for Superuser 2 empty the RecycleBin of another single user when in the users RecycleBin 3 empty RecycleBin of all users If a user is deleted the Recycle Bin of such user will be emptied Note that the Recycle Bin is working only on Asset and folder A level Files versions and previews are deleted permanently meaning will NOT be placed in the Recycle Bin and can not be restored Search BA Search With the PictureBook search function you can search for Assets according to specific criteria All Assets for which you have read permission are searched Search criteria list Y ou can make a search according to your own criteria The Search can be done with and or attributes added to a criteria search You can include the following Asset information in the search Add criteria Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 54 Q Using PictureBook Search by name is th
142. variants and animations can be mapped and used without restriction Using the defined camera perspectives from RTT Angle you can quickly generate the best variants from the selected viewing angles In RTT Angle you can already define the best camera perspectives for the product in its early design stages RTT Composer is an expansion of the RTT PictureBook functionality enabling the definition of convincing product images for your communication measures from the right camera perspective up to the best product variants With the Composer you can interact in real time with a VR model to generate high quality graphical material for the most varied output media without your own special graphics hardware The composer consists out of Angle and 2D Art RTT PictureBook Client is a program running locally on your PC gives you a user interface to RTT PictureBook and enables 5D navigation within the model data RTT PictureBook is a server based solution which enables you to save the connection to PDM systems and design status in a structure link it with remarks and monitor development stages RTT PictureBook Server is the central component of an RTT PictureBook solution It runs under Windows and Linux on the corresponding hardware It has a web interface for managing users access roles and replication This interface is called the Management Console The Rule of thirds is a guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images
143. ween 128x and 409x PDF Reporting Angle Generates a PDF report displaying all information on the camera position and further data of the Asset as a PDF document seduction_adidasshoe_2 jpg seduction_adidasshoe_3 jpg If a valid mail address is stored in the user data in RTT PictureBook you are informed of the end of the computation process by mail This PDF document is then shown on the Asset details area under files where it can be opened with a double click Realtime Technology AG 2013 The PDF report can be displayed in 3 variations User Manual RTT Composer 102 Q RTT Composer Generate reports PDF v Detailed Overview 8 images per page Overview 4 images per page Production Details shows all generated pictures as a list with detailed camera data Overview small displays 8 generated pictures per page with the most important camera data Overview large displays 2 generated pictures per page with the most important camera data Result The generated image data is saved as a file set Merge Page 28 in the directory of the original model or the directory you have designated to store the rendered data 5 4 MB bota He See Fy 4 M lin mni aha i Raa Tees T ases e amp FTIIT Tom EE PT Um rm ECT ia a i janaa niusdsizs amfedariadene fesi shats J CEE E Dingi aiii n_a amp Ji j pz aum dies dededursapc png Aa S ia 64 at doce deFadaaahnc phg ow ee LL
144. ws by whom and for what they are used e g for meeting composer etc The name of the blocking user is an active mailto link After clicking on that link the system opens an email template asking the other user to release the render node If the user of the render nodes has an Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 106 Q RTT Composer email entered into the Management Console the mail address of the user is already filled in else the address field is empty In 3D meeting A 3D meeting is looking for a render node In the 3D area a button is shown that opens the node state in a dialog window If a model is added to the 3D viewer for which currently no render node exists a message is shown in the 3D viewer Also a button appears that opens the current node state in a dialog window The node state is very similar to the failed to open composer windows If a render node is currently used by a composer session the A meeting will revoke the render node from the composer session and take it but not the other way around Meetings have priority over composer sessions Off course if you got more than one render node you can configure them accordingly but should one render node be configured to be used for meeting and composer you have to be aware of the possibilities of data loss in composer c 2DArt seduction _addidasshoe Y Reduce quality during interaction The render node was revoked because it is required for a meeting
145. x yellow lock locked by another user white lock locked by own user Q While the Asset is locked by a user another user cannot change it Orremowve it but sill can read and download it The location Folder of the Asset is not locked and can be moved to another folder A new version can be forced manually or to start right away with changes if the Asset is not locked While the Asset is locked and a user works on it no new versions are created automatically When another user wants to change the Asset an information will be prompted that the Asset has been locked by the user x If the Asset or a folder structure that contains the locked Asset is relocated in the folder tree moved the user who locked the Asset needs to be informed Unlocking an Asset um EE Unlock assets Realtime Technology AG 2013 User Manual 37 Q Using PictureBook Unlocks the Asset to others Changes are now possible Search for versions Using the advanced search the criteria bar will show that by default the versions are excluded from the search and Include versions Setting the flag to include versions the list of the result will show the different types of the Assets to tell the user which is the head and which is the version indicated by a badge in the gallery view The go to Folder will go to Asset when the user selects the version Asset information ASSET INFORMATION All the information shown here except
146. you can enter a name for the file set in the dialog box The contents of a file set are displayed under File in the Asset information area Q If you merge Assets with several files into a file set there is no longer any assignment between the files and the Assets if you split them later When you merge Assets all files of the Asset you want to merge are saved as File type on one level directly in the new Asset container a The merge dialog also allows you to edit metadata the same way as the import dialog Delete source Assets deletes Assets after merging Then the Assets only exist in the file set Merging Assets Alternatively you can use the Merge function of the context menu d merges selected files into a file set Alternatively you can select Merge files on the context menu Split Splits Assets file sets into individual files To do this select File sets Starts splitting merged files Alternatively you can select Split on the context menu It is still possible to merge and split Assets following import in the Asset List area When you split file sets File is the only type available The metadata set you select here is assigned to Assets after splitting Alternatively you can use the Split function of the context menu The split dialog also allows you to edit metadata the same way as the import dialog The split Asset dialog contains the following options Split into a new sub fo

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