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Adding feedback to a PDF or image

Updated over a week ago

This article explains how you can create feedback on non-CAD documents such as PDF or image files.

To understand how feedback works in CoLab, visit our Introduction to Feedback article.

Creating feedback on a PDF or image

There are two types of feedback you can create on a PDF of image: general feedback and markup feedback.

General Feedback

  1. Open a PDF or image file.

  2. Select

    GeneralFeedback.svg

    General Feedback in the 3D markup toolbar.

  3. Create and save your feedback.

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Markup Feedback

  1. Open a PDF or image file.

  2. Select a markup tool from the markup tool bar at the top of the viewer.

  3. Create markups.

Once you've created markup, you will generate a feedback card, which can then be used to give your feedback a title, description, type, and assignee.

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Pro Tips:

  • You can create multiple markups under the same feedback item by continuing to create markups prior to saving the feedback.

  • You can quickly repeat markups of the same type by double-clicking the icon in the tool bar

Discussing feedback

Use this section of the feedback for replying to the feedback and feedback discussion.

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Feedback Details

Each feedback item has a Details panel where you can add the following:

  • Description

  • Resolution

  • Status

  • Priority level

  • Due date

  • Attachments

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Viewing Feedback

Once saved, feedback items will automatically populate into the feedback list (found by clicking the Feedback button on the right side of your screen). The unique feedback key, revision of the file, and number of discussion replies are displayed on the feedback card.

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Users can see the number of unresolved Feedback on a file from the Drive panel. If there are multiple revisions, a count of unresolved Feedback on each revision is displayed giving users full visibility into the status of feedback in a file without having to open the file.

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