In this video I'll tell you about another enhanced feature of AutoCAD 2019 and that is shared views.
So now you can share your drawing views as well as your complete trying with any user using a simple
link and the user can log into their Autodesk account and view the mockups changes comments and so on
and they can add their own input as well.
But if the user does not have access to Autodesk account and if the user simply wants to see the drawing
then they can open the link in a browser and see the drawings views properties and so on.
So what we learn about that now.
So here we have this simple drawing sample office plan.
Now I am going to share this drawing and all of its views.
For that I'll go to collaborate tab here.
I also like this shared view.
So that's the new icon that has been added on the collaborate tab.
Here you can see that this shared view palette is completely empty.
Now will create one and to create the shared view.
Click on this new shared view icon now that will open the share of your window.
Now you can give it a name.
You can select whether you want to share the current view only or all the views that destroying has.
Right now this drawing has multiple views and I'm going to share all of those views.
Also if you want to share only two reviews well you can select this and if you want to share object
properties then keep this check or else you can uncheck these options.
Now I want to keep these settings.
I want these two checked and also I want to share the model view as well as all the layout views.
Now I'll click on share and when this message pops up you can proceed.
And now the sharing process will continue in the background.
You can see that using this animated icon right there on the bottom right side so I can see that the
sharing is in progress.
Well here it is.
Dragon All right.
The sharing is done.
You can see this pop up bubble.
Now let's move this pallet a little bit.
And here we have a link.
So click on this link and it will open the shared drawing or the shared view in the browser.
The default browser whichever you have.
All right.
There we have it.
Now we are not currently logged into this account you can see that I'm not logged into the account the
other discount but still I have access to the view.
That's the initial to the view.
Here it is the unsaved view.
The left lobby.
That's a view which will be created in the drawing and that is saved the meeting room won the primary
work area.
Also we have the layout views.
If you have some layout views that can show up right here right now I have an empty layout so that looks
like this a completely empty area.
Also we have the properties panel available.
So here we have these properties and now you can see the properties of your object simply by selecting
them.
For example let's say that we want to select this lift object here.
So there we have it.
I've just selected that object click on properties and actually show the properties of the object and
that particular object which I've selected so you can see the color the layer a dash lift and lots of
other properties which are related to that particular object while you can also expand this palette
if you want to see more properties statically.
You can also select some other object and the property will change accordingly.
So look at this and say that this line now chained to a shaft.
Similarly you have access to all the layers also so click on layers tab here and now all the layers
will simply show up.
If you want to hide some of these layers you can simply click on this icon that will hide the layers.
And right now you can see that I'm doing all these things even without logging in my Autodesk account.
So that's again a great feature which has been added here but now if you log into your Autodesk account
you'll get access to even more set of tools.
So now I'll close this list panel and allow sign into my account
and now and logged into my account you can see that I am right now logged into my account here and now
I have access to this tool here called mockup.
So now I can add mockups.
Also I can add comments.
So let's see what these tools are.
So I'll begin with this.
Lift lobby.
So just click on this lift lobby that will take you to this area and you can also go to other area.
But for this example I'm just going to this option the lift lobby.
Now before adding mockups let's check salt dimensions here.
So I'll go to this measure and now we have some options like distance angle area and this calibrate
optional as well.
Well at select distance now you can select two points and AutoCAD will automatically tell the distance
between those two points.
So in this case I selected those two points and look at this the approximate distance between those
two points is one hundred and eight inches.
You can see that this inch I can.
Now if you don't want to see this distance in inches and rather you prefer the fit or maybe even millimeters
or meters then you can change the unit using this as settings option.
So go to settings and from the dropdown change it to meters and look at this.
Now we have the same value in meters.
And if you want to see the same value and fit well change it to fit.
And there we have it.
So that's how you can change the units.
But in this case I prefer decimal inches so I'll keep that one.
All right.
Now you can click on this.
I can once again to get rid of that.
We also have an option called calibrate so using calibrate option.
You can tell AutoCAD to use a particular distance and use that as a reference for example in this case
you know that this land is actually a hundred and eight inches.
But we want to tell AutoCAD that no this distance is 10 feet instead of hundred and eight inches it
is one hundred and twenty inches.
Well if you want to do that then select the calibrate option and define the new value.
So I'll type 10.
And right now this value is in fact so you can see that this is in fit.
So the value will be taken up as fit.
So this distance will become 10 feet instead of nine feet.
The second set calibration.
And now all the distances will be shown up with the same kind of calibrated value.
So now what the distance and let's measure this and look at this.
It's now 10 feet and all the other values will also show up similarly.
So if you select any other point maybe these two points.
Well that's approximately six feet two inches.
With respect to the newly calibrated drawing so that so a calibrated value while so you can measure
angle or area.
So isolate the area tune and let's say that we want to find that the area of the lift.
So I'll just make a box and the area is 36 fit approximately.
You can see that here on the tooltip.
So that's how you can find different values.
Now let's press escape to get rid of that measure tool and let's add some mockups now here we want to
add a lift here and we want to tell the dropped her that a lift should be added here.
So for that and a mockup and now this will give you access to all of these mockup tools.
I'll select this cloud and I'll make cloud here.
Well the thickness of this cloud is really very large.
If you want to change that then go to Weight Change it to some other value.
All right.
Now maybe I'll just get rid of this cloud so selected and press delete.
And now since you already change the weight now you can create your own cloud with lesser cloud with
like this.
All right.
So that's a cloud.
Now let's add the text and there it is.
So that's all text.
Also if you want to reference this cloud with this text then you can add the admiral and click here
like this.
And there we have it so that cloud now references this text.
OK so that's all you can add mockups in the drawing.
And if you want to change the colors of these mockups then you can also go to color option and select
from the available options here.
Now after adding the mockups you can save them as comments.
So now and click on Save and look at this.
So the new mockup has been saved.
And now this comment will also show up in the trying.
So let's get back to the drawing.
And although right now this is completely empty.
Click on this refresh icon and that will refresh everything back here.
So now we have the view the shared view which we created.
And also we have a comment so click on that one comment and look at this.
So we now have the mockup so you can see the mock up right here in the drawing.
And you can act on that mockup or if you want to see this mockup in the browsers you can simply click
on this view that will open the mockup once again in the browser.
You can see the mockup all the comments and other things which you mentioned here.
Then you can just resolve that mockup and market as a result.
So right now I have got this mockup.
Let's market as a result.
So let's say that the drafter has added the lift or he has supplied the required information whether
he can add the lift or not.
And if there are any problems with this change.
So whatever that thing is he has provided the information.
After that he'll market as resolved so once that is resolved it will simply disappear from this shared
view.
But it will not only disappear from this shared view pallet right here in this article but it will also
disappear from the online view.
So right now you can see that it is still there.
But if you refresh the browser that Margot will simply be gone and there we have it.
So you can see that we no longer have any comment but we have now resolved items here and in the results
section we have this comment here so you can see that this has been now resolved.
If you want to add any comment manually then you can also go to the view and add your comments right
here if you want to share this link to anyone else and then you can get an online link also and you
can create that by clicking this I can share.
So once you click on that I can you'll get this kind of link you can copy and now you can paste this
link anywhere.
To share this and drawing and you don't need to be logged into your Autodesk account to access the drawing
so I'll open this private window and I'll paste the link here
and look at this.
Now I'm able to access this drawing I have access to layers properties all the views and so on including
the measure tools although I don't have access to the mockup or comments I can see the comments still
if there are any comments.
It will show up right here but you cannot add your own comments without signing into the account.
So you can sign in and add your comments but still if there are any comments you can see it right here.
And once you make the changes that change will also show up here in the same link.
By default the link will be active for 30 days.
But you can extend that duration of the link using the shared views.
So that was the enhancement in the shared view tool of AutoCAD 2019.