Topics Listing
About the Topics Listing
The Topics tab is used to create and manage Topics to communicate information with all stakeholders throughout the project.
The Topics list displays the Topics added to the project. You can add Topics and collaborate with other project members. Topics are visible to all project members.
Show Topics in 3D
Enable the “Show Topics in 3D” option at the top of the Topics listing to display the Topic Marker icons in 3D.
This makes it possible to see visually in 3D where the listed Topics are located.
Important: The Topic 3D Marker is a Trimble Connect Topic feature. The BCF Topics standard does not support markers. This means that the markers are available in the Trimble Connect context. When importing or exporting Topics using the buildingSMART BCF-XML file format, then the Markers are not included.
Marker Behavior
When the Topics listing is visible and the “Show Topics in 3D” option is turned on, then multiple marker icons are displayed in 3D.
Other important notes
The Topics listing filtering & searching impacts which marker icons are visible in 3D: If a user has searched/filtered the Topics listing, only the marker icons of the search/filter results are displayed in 3D.
When a single Topic is active in the Topics panel (the Topic details are visible), then only the marker icon of the active Topic is displayed in 3D
Clicking a marker icon in 3D opens the Topics details panel for the Topic.
Search Topics
Topics can be searched by using the search field. Only Topics that are matching the search will be shown in the results.
Search for a keyword in:
All fields
Assignee
Creator
Description
Priority
Status
Tags
Title
Type
To search
Open your project in Trimble Connect for Browser.
Navigate to the 3D Viewer.
For more information - please see Accessing the 3D Viewer.After you have loaded a model inside the Viewer, open the Topics panel.
Click the Search button to open the search field.
Type the search word in the search field.
Select the field you want to search in.
The list will be filtered.
Sorting Topics
By default, Topics are sorted by Date created (latest Topic on top).
You can sort Topics by Assignee, Author, Creation date, Date modified, Priority, Status and Title
To sort the Topics listing
Open your project in Trimble Connect for Browser.
Navigate to the 3D Viewer.
For more information - please see Accessing the 3D Viewer.After you have loaded a model inside the Viewer, open the Topics panel.
Open the Sort dropdown menu.
Choose the desired sort order.
The listing order will be updated.
Filter Topics
Filter Topics by the ones that have been assigned to you or all Topics in the project.
Next Topic: Creating Topics