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Actions for Viewports and Objects
You can try out some links in Arbortext IsoDraw by enabling the Activate hot spots option. In practice, however, most links can only be executed in an interactive environment, generally a Web browser. By way of example, you can integrate the illustration into an HTML page. An appropriate plugin will then be required for the Web browser in order to display the file.
For Arbortext IsoDraw and CGM files, you will require Arbortext IsoView, a separate product available from PTC. This not only displays the illustration, but also allows you to change the scale and . Arbortext IsoView also monitors the hotspots in the illustration. If you click on one of these hotspots, Arbortext IsoView executes the link relating to the object. There are various options which can be selected relating to both the behavior of the target object and to the target environment.
Behavior of Objects and Views
For objects and views, you can select how the jump is to be made to such a target. There are a range of options available for this:
full view
All objects in the file are displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window.
zoom to object
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window. The precise area is displayed which was defined earlier for the extent.
move to object
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window, its size is unaffected.
new highlight
The contour of the target object is highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are replaced.
add highlight
The contour of the target object is highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are retained.
full view + new highlight
All objects in the file are displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are replaced.
zoom + new highlight
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window. The precise area is displayed which was defined earlier for the extent. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are replaced.
move + new highlight
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window, its size is unaffected. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are replaced.
full view + add highlight
All objects in the file are displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are retained.
zoom + add highlight
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window. The precise area is displayed which was defined earlier for the extent. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are retained.
move + add highlight
The target object is displayed centered in the Arbortext IsoView window, its size is unaffected. The contour of the target object is also highlighted in color, so that the user knows which object has been jumped to. Previous highlights are retained.
Targets
As with normal Internet pages, you can also define a target from a link in an illustration. A container is defined as the target. Containers include windows, frames or Arbortext IsoView itself. There are several options:
Standard
The target is displayed in the same container in which the link was activated.
IsoView
The target is displayed in Arbortext IsoView if possible. This replaces the current illustration.
Frame
The target is displayed in the HTML frame containing Arbortext IsoView.
Parent Frame
The target is displayed in the parent of the HTML frame containing Arbortext IsoView.
Whole Page
The target is displayed in the window containing Arbortext IsoView. The contents of the window, together with any existing frames, are replaced.
New Window
The target is displayed in a new window.
Frame…
The target is displayed in an existing frame. If you select this option, a dialog box will appear where you can enter the name of the required frame.
URI
You can also click an object to jump to any address on the Internet. This is done by means of a URI (Unique Resource Identifier) which you might be familiar with from Web browsers. A typical examples is http://www.ptc.com/de/index.htm. The URI consists of the following components:
http://
Specifies the protocol, http:// for normal Web addresses, ftp:// for FTP servers
www.ptc.com
Specifies the server on which the file being searched for is located.
/de/
Specifies a subdirectory
index.htm
An HTML file to be displayed.
A special form of URI is the file:// protocol. This is used to select files on your own hard disk; e.g., file://D:/web/index.htm. The individual components are as follows:
file://
Specifies the protocol
D:/
Drive letter
/web/
Specifies a subdirectory
index.htm
An HTML file in this directory.
Specifying the protocol is optional - it will be added if required. Any type of file that you can display on your Internet browser can be specified, e.g. HTML or PDF files.
In the Object info dialog box, choose Hyperlink > URI. The following dialog box appears:
Enter the chosen address in the URI field. If you want to jump to a file on your local disk, click File. You can then select the file you require.
Setting the target allows you to define what exactly is to happen if the object jumps to this viewport. These settings relate to subsequent usage in interactive environments.
Clicking Cancel terminates the URI entry without performing any changes. Clicking OK confirms your selection. The selected URI is displayed in the object info.