Inspection Callouts

Callouts are an important graphical part of Reporting. Quite a bit more information can be found on Callout Views and Callouts here.

Inspection Callouts refer to a subset of Callout Views that are directly linked to features in the inspection process such that the callout view is displayed during inspection. This can be very helpful to the inspection process in that callouts can control the:

 

Enabling an Inspection Callout for a Feature

To turn on an Inspection Callout for a feature, enable the option to Use Inspection Callout View within the Trapping Controls dialog.

The selection of the Use Inspection Callout View will directly add both a new Callout View and a callout to the callout view if none exist in the job file. But if a callout view already exists a prompt will be provided to ask you if you want to build a new callout view or select from a list of existing callouts:

Pressing No will open an list of available Callouts to link to. This will add a callout for the feature to the selected Callout View. A feature can have one, and only one, Inspection Calout View that is enabled when trapping begins, but it is very possible to include a callout label for a particular feature in multiple callout views depending on the reporting needs.

 

Key Inspection Callouts Controls:

There are several ways to add callouts to a GR-Feature or other relationship. These include both the Callout section of the Reporting Tab of the Ribbon Bar, and also, the right-click menu of each feature has an option to Add a Callout:

Doing so will do either of two thing. If a Callout View is currently active, it will add a callout to that Callout View. Alternatively, if there is not an active Callout View then this button both Create a Callout View and add a Callout. However, doing so will not set the callout