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Adding Photos and Notes
Any photo taken with an iPad will automatically save to the camera roll for that iPad.
Purpose: How to add Photos and Notes
How to add photos
- Tap on a page that you are working in.
- Tap on the camera icon on the toolbar.
- A pop-up window will appear, the user can select up to 150 items from their camera roll or take a photo.
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- If a photo is selected the user will see a pop-up of the image, where they can annotate the image or add a comment to it.
- Tap Save.
- Place the image on the page where it is relevant in real life. This is done by tapping anywhere on the blueprint. A clickable icon will be placed which will always show the photo when selected. It will be available in the portal as well.
- If the “Take a Photo” button is tapped.
- A pop-up camera will appear.
- The user can take a photo.
- Tap Use Photo.
- A pop-up will appear to allows for annotations and comments.
- Tap Save when finished with annotations.
- Tap the image anywhere on the sheet.
- If a photo is selected the user will see a pop-up of the image, where they can annotate the image or add a comment to it.
- Once the image is placed on the page. The user will be able to tap on the icon to add additional image or delete images.
How to add notes
- Tap on the Notes icon in the toolbar.
- A pop-up will appear with the ability to add notes to the page.
- Type in note and hit Save.
- Tap anywhere on the page to place the Note.
- Tap the note on the screen to view, edit, or delete the note.
How to view images in files manager once they are uploaded.
- Tap on “Files” on the bottom toolbar.
- A list of all of the files will appear, the images uploaded on this project will appear here.
Note: Notes do not appear in the files. This files manager will also show any photos uploaded from the administration portal.