Pin Photos in Drawing Artefacts

Pin photos directly to drawing artefacts for ongoing use using the RedEyeDMS mobile app for Android and iOS. You can pin photos to a drawing as visual supporting information regardless of its workflow state or version, similar to adding a comment. For example, field technicians can pin photos to provide real-world context, making artefacts easier to understand.

RedEye stores pinned photos as linked artefacts in the database and also displays them in the RedEye web. Control photo visibility to switch between technical schematic details and contextual information.

If you are a group user, advanced group user, or group admin, the system adds media artefacts only to the groups that you belong to.

You can only pin photos to drawing type artefacts. Document and media type artefacts are not supported. RedEye uploads all pinned photos as media type artefacts by default. The type of the pinned photo artefact is not editable.

If the image you want to pin requires markup or a review process, use the Markup Photo feature in the Markup tool instead.

Prerequisites

• To pin photos, you need permission to upload new artefacts to the bucket as configured in the Restrict Upload settings.

  Contact your bucket administrator for more information.

• To delete pinned photos, you must be a bucket administrator or a group administrator for artefacts in groups you manage.

Pin a photo

You can pin multiple photos to a single pin and view them as a library, or you can create multiple pins throughout the drawing.

1. Open a drawing artefact in the RedEyeDMS mobile app.

2. Tap the expand menu button and select Pin a Photo.

   The first time you use the app, allow access to your phone’s photo gallery and camera.

3. Take a new photo or upload one from your camera roll.

4. On the drawing, select where to pin the photo.

5. To add more photos:

   • Tap Add to add more photos to the same pin.

   • Tap Close, then tap Pin a Photo to add a new pin in a different location.

6. To edit the pin:

   • Move the pin icon anywhere on the drawing.

   • Resize the pin icon.

   • Tap the trash icon to delete the pin.

7. When you finish adding and editing pins, tap Submit.

8. Tap Edit, then select a group to store your images together.

9. Optionally, add comments to support your pin.

10. Tap Submit.

View pinned photos

View pinned photos after submitting them on both mobile and web apps. You can also show or hide pinned photos to avoid obstructing areas of the drawing.

View pins on mobile

1. Open a drawing artefact in the RedEyeDMS mobile app.

2. Tap the camera icon to view pinned photos.

3. To configure pin visibility, tap the expand menu button:

   • Select Show Photos if the photos are hidden.

   • Select Hide Photos to remove the camera icon from the drawing preview.

View pins on the web

1. Open a drawing artefact with pinned images.

   The pins display by default on the drawing preview.

2. Click a pin to expand the image and view all photos of the same pin.

3. To configure the pin's visibility, click the floating menu button in the drawing preview pane:

   1. Select Pinned Photos to view the pins.

   2. Clear Pinned Photos to hide the pins.

Delete pinned photos

To remove pinned photos from your drawings, delete the linked media artefact. This removes the photo and the pin no longer displays in the drawing. You can only delete linked artefacts in RedEye web.

1. Open a drawing artefact with pinned images.

2. Click the Linked tab.

3. Click the photo you want to delete to preview it.

4. Click the Tools tab and expand Toolkit.

5. Click Delete Artefact.

6. Select a requester and reason for deletion.

7. Click Submit.

If the Delete with State setting is enabled for you bucket, you can restore deleted pinned photos in the Deleted Register until your bucket administrator purges them. This brings the pinned photo back to the drawing preview and the artefact reappears in the Linked tab. For more information about the bucket settings, contact your bucket administrator.