Visual Collaboration for Discussing Items

You can discuss Parts, Documents, CAD Documents, CAD Models, etc. with your team right in Aras Innovator. To do so, use the discussion feature as described in the following subsections.

In this section, the term Item means an item of discussable ItemTypes: Parts, Documents, CAD Documents, CAD Models, etc. Examples shown on CAD Documents and CAD Models are generic and applicable to other Items.

To access the discussion feature, click the Discussion button on the right of the Item toolbar:

Figure 211.

  1. Click the Refresh button to see the latest changes in the discussion.
  2. Use the Search box to search for comment messages in the discussion.
  3. Click the Display Settings button to change the discussion view.
  4. Compose a message in the Comment field and click the Comment button to post it as part of a discussion.
  5. The Discussion box displays all comment messages that are part of a discussion.