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Creating textual comments

You can create textual comments for any element, including standard properties and relations. Textual comments can be edited as many times as necessary.

You can create textual comments if:

  • Cameo Collaborator is installed with a commercial license.
  • You have permission to create comments.
  • Commenting is not disabled when publishing a model



To create a textual comment

  1. Open a Cameo Collaborator document.

  2. Click  on the bottom right corner of the content pane.

  3. Select the item you want to comment.

    Commentable items are highlighted in yellow when hovered over with a mouse pointer, as shown below.




  4. In the New comment pane on the right side of the document portal, do the following:

    1. In the Title box, enter the comment title.
    2. In the Comment area, optionally enter the comment text.
    3. If needed, turn the High priority switch on to set the comment priority to high.



  5. Click  on the top right corner of the new comment pane to save the comment, or click  to discard the comment.


The textual comment is created and displayed in the comments pane. The commented item in the content pane is highlighted in yellow. You can easily navigate between comments and commented items, as shown below. If an item has more than one comment, clicking it opens the list of comments, allowing you to choose the comment you want to navigate to.

Navigating from comments to commented items and vice versa.

Editing textual comments

You can edit any textual comment displayed on the comments pane of a published model portal, as described below.

You can edit textual comments if:

  • Cameo Collaborator is installed with a commercial license.
  • You have permission to create comments.
  • You are the author of a comment. Only users with the Administer Resources permission (or the Index Manager, Resources Manager, or Resource Synchronization Manager role) can edit all existing comments.
  • Commenting is not disabled when publishing a model



To edit a textual comment

  1. Click  on the bottom right corner of a comment and select Edit.

    If you do not see the icons of comment-related actions, click  on the bottom right corner of a comment.

  2. When the Edit comment pane (displayed below) opens on the right side of the document portal, do one or more of the following:
    1. Edit the comment title.
    2. Edit the comment text.
    3. Click the High priority switch on the bottom of the Edit comment pane to change the comment priority.

  3. Click  on the top right corner of the pane to save the changes.


After completing the above steps the comment is updated and displayed on the comments pane.

Using custom comment template

If the project you are commenting on has a custom comment template, you can use this template when creating a comment. Simply select the template from the Comment customization template drop-down to access custom selection lists, input fields, and other elements.

Selecting a custom comment template.

For information on setting up a custom comment template, see Creating Cameo Collaborator comment templates.