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Comparing Nailboards

Two nailboards can be compared for differences such as change of lengths, source / target connection change, etc. The criteria for the comparison are determined in the Compare documents wizard.

Prerequisite:

You have selected the desired nailboard in the Project structure tab.

  1. Right-click and select the Compare popup menu item.

    The Compare documents wizard is opened, with the selected nailboard being grayed.
  2. Select the second nailboard, i.e. the one for comparison, by clicking.

    The [Next] button becomes accessible.
  3. Click [Next].
  4. In the next step, select the objects to be compared by activating the corresponding check boxes.
  5. Click [Next].
  6. Select the properties to be compared and click [Finish].

    The Comparison result tab is opened in the properties panel of the first-selected nailboard.
  7. Click the name of the second nailboard in the Comparison result tab to open the second nailboard (unless it has already been opened).
  8. When either nailboard is updated, click Update to update the results.

    The results are displayed in the Comparison result table.
  9. Select a changed entry in the Comparison result table to highlight the object in the nailboard working window.
  10. Double-click a changed entry in the table to zoom to the object in the nailboard working window.

    Or right-click a changed entry in the table and select the Zoom to popup menu item to zoom in on the object in the nailboard working window.
  11. Left-click on the header of any column in the Comparison result table to sort the results in ascending / descending order.
  12. Click Export to export the results to a file.

    The Save as dialog is opened for you to browse to a suitable location, assign a name, and determine the file type.

Note:

This command is available in the nailboard.