Project Status, Views & Comments

This page covers three tools that help you keep track of your work, especially in bigger projects and when several people work on the same project.

• Project Status — shows at a glance which mappings are finished and which still need work.
• Saved Views — saves what you see in the 3D view, so you can come back to it later.
• Comments — lets you leave notes on the geometry, an area or a detector, and reply to the notes of others.

Project Status

Project Status shows one row for every mapping in every area. It tells you whether the mapping is finished, and if it is not, what to do next.

Opening Project Status

Open the Modelling tab. Click View Status, at the top right of the Modelling Areas page.

The Project Status window opens.

Reading the Table

Each row is one mapping. The columns are:

1. Area — the area the mapping belongs to. Click the name to open the area.
2. Mapping — the name of the mapping.
3. Configurations That Meet the Target — how many of its configurations reach the coverage target, out of all of them. For example, 1/3.
4. Fewest Detectors (Target Met) — the smallest number of detectors that still reaches the target, and which configuration it is.
5. Preliminary and Final Configuration Set — whether a Preliminary Configuration and a Final Configuration are chosen, shown as Yes or No.
6. Preliminary Configuration Detectors — the number of detectors in the Preliminary Configuration.
7. Final Configuration Detectors — the number of detectors in the Final Configuration.
8. Status — where the mapping stands.

Use the search bar to find an area, a mapping, a configuration or a status. For example, type Not finished to see only the mappings that need attention.

The Statuses

Move the mouse over a status to see what it means and what to do. In short:

Status	What it means	What to do
Finished	The Final Configuration reaches the coverage target, and no other configuration does better.	Nothing more.
Finished, can be optimised	The Final Configuration reaches the target, but another configuration reaches it with fewer detectors or better coverage.	Choosing that other configuration as the Final Configuration would be better.
Not finished	The Final Configuration does not reach the coverage target yet.	Improve it, or choose another configuration as the Final Configuration.
Preliminary and Final Configuration Missing	A configuration reaches the target, but none is chosen as the Final Configuration.	Choose one as the Final Configuration.
No coverage target met yet	No configuration reaches the target.	Keep working on one until it does.
No grades defined yet	The mapping has no grades.	Add grades to begin.

TIP

Check Project Status before you generate the report. When every mapping says Finished, the report is ready to be made.

Saved Views

A view is what you see in the 3D window: where the camera is, and the clip box if one is switched on. Saving a view lets you return to it with one click. This is useful when you often look at the same part of the plant, for example a module or a deck.

The steps below start on the Geometry tab, where you see the whole plant model. Saved views work on every tab, so you can open one from anywhere.

The name of the view that is on screen is shown at the bottom right of the window, in the status bar. A new project shows Default.

Click the view name to open its menu.

Saving a View

1. Move the camera to where you want it. Switch on the clip box if you want the cut too.
2. Press Ctrl+D. You can also click the view name in the status bar and choose Save Current View.
3. Type a name. Every saved view needs its own name. If the name is already used, Kryptos asks you to choose another one.
4. Click Save.

TIP

A saved view keeps the camera, and the clip box when one is on. A view saved without a clip removes the clip when you go back to it.

Saving a Clip Box on Its Own

You can also save only a clip box. Open the Clip Box tool in the 3D toolbar, set the box, and use its save button. Give the clip box a name. Opening it later cuts the model in the same way again, but does not move the camera.

Going to a Saved View

Click the view name in the status bar. The menu lists all the views saved in the project. Click one to go to it. A saved view belongs to the project, so you can open it from any tab.

The menu also has:

• Save Current View — saves the view on screen.
• Back to Default View — returns to the default view. If you have not set a default, this shows the whole model with no clip.
• Manage Saved Views — opens the list of saved views, described below.

The Default View

The default view is the view the project opens in. Moving to the Geometry tab always opens the default view.

To set it, click the star next to a view. Click the star again to stop using it as the default. Make Default View and Stop Using as Default View do the same.

Area View

On an area tab, the status bar shows Area View. This is the area's own crop of the plant. Choose Area View to go back to that crop and reset the camera. Area View is only on area tabs and is never saved.

Managing Saved Views

Choose Manage Saved Views to open the list. Each row shows the name, and whether it holds the Camera or the Camera and Clip Box.

• Click a row to go to that view.
• Click the star to make it the default view.
• Click the pencil to rename it.
• Click the bin to delete it. Kryptos asks you to confirm.
• Save Current View at the top saves the view on screen.

Comments

Comments let you leave a note on the part of the project you are working on. Others can read it, reply, and mark it as resolved. Each comment keeps the 3D view it was made from, so whoever reads it can jump straight to that spot.

The comments button is at the bottom of the window, in the status bar. Click it to see Add Comment and View Comments.

Where You Can Comment

Where you are	Add Comment	View Comments
Geometry tab	Select an item in the geometry tree first. The comment is attached to it.	The comments for the geometry.
An area tab	Attached to the item you selected in the area tree. If nothing is selected, it is attached to the whole area.	The comments for that area.
Modelling tab	Not available. Open an area to add a comment.	All the comments in the project.

Adding a Comment

1. Move the 3D view to the spot you want to talk about.
2. Select the item in the tree.
3. Click the comments button and choose Add Comment.
4. Check Attached To. It shows what the comment is about. To attach it to something else, cancel, select that item and start again.
5. Write your comment, then click Save.

Your name is added automatically. The comment keeps the 3D view you had when you saved it.

Reading Comments

Choose View Comments. A list opens at the side. Each card shows who wrote the comment, when, what it is attached to, and how many replies it has.

• Unresolved only — hides the comments marked as resolved.
• Export Comments — saves the comments in an Excel file.
• Click a card to open the comment.

The list does not hide the tree, so you can keep selecting items while you read.

Working with a Comment

When you open a comment, you can:

• Reply — write a reply under the comment.
• Edit — change the text of your comment or your reply.
• Mark as resolved — when the matter is dealt with. A resolved comment shows Resolved. Click Reopen to add replies again.
• Go to Item, Go to Area or Go to Geometry — takes you to the item the comment is about and puts the 3D view back to where it was when the comment was made. Go to Item works from the matching area tab, so switch to that tab first if the button is not available.

TIP

Use comments to ask a question, record a decision or hand over work. Marking a comment as resolved once it is dealt with keeps the list short, and Unresolved only then shows what is still open.

Related

• Reporting & Excels — the report and the project summary.
• Mapping — choosing the Preliminary Configuration and the Final Configuration.
• Geometry & Plot Plan — the Geometry tab and its tree.