The Author (LMW)
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The Author
With the Author mode of the extension guides are recorded easily by point and click, without getting into the technical details, using pre-set configurations for the different platform target elements, contexts and contexts.
For the supported platforms, such as 3DEXPERIENCE, a rich and build-in default configuration is included with the product. The built-in platform configurations allows authors to:
Tie instructions to UI elements
Control when it should be shown.
The author extension has two tabs:
‘AUTHOR’: Used to record new or modify existing guides.
‘LIGHT MY WAY’: Used to test the guides exactly how the consumer would see it.
If for some reason the built-in configurations (targets, contexts etc) is not enough, it is possible to extend it. Administrators can extend configurations (see the admin chapter). TECHNIA is also interested in extending the built-in configurations and standard platform product support.
Chapters
To easier be able to group Guides together you can create a Chapter. You can add a Guide to a Chapter form the guide edit form or the action menu. Chapters can also have their own sub chapters.
Authorization
To ensure only authorized authors can edit the guides the author needs to sign in with to access the author controls.
If you don’t have an account yet contact your administrator to get access.
Evaluation status
If you hover the icon you will get more details on which contexts (and other evaluated states and elements) are present and evaluated in the current view.
In order to help you understand if and why an instruction is (or isn’t) visible the status of the evaluation is shown to the left of the instruction.
An open eye icon indicates that the instruction is visible
If the icon is yellow the instruction is using XPATH-based targets
A closed eye icon indicates that the instruction is not visible
If the icon is yellow the instruction is using XPATH-based targets