Inserting VoiceNotes

The VoiceNote command lets you record audio notes and embed them in drawings.

To create a VoiceNote:

  1. Click Insert > VoiceNote (or type VoiceNote).
  2. Select a point in the drawing where you would like to place the VoiceNote icon.
  3. The VoiceNote dialog box is then displayed allowing you to enter text and/or to record your voice.

    Use the recorder buttons to record an audio VoiceNote.

  4. Once a voice note is entered, select the OK button.

    The Block containing the VoiceNote inserts at the specified location.

Recording Your Voice

Note that to record your voice, you will need a microphone, audio hardware and audio software installed and properly configured. To playback your recording, speakers are also required.

To record your voice as a VoiceNote, either add or retrieve an existing VoiceNote icon after issuing the VoiceNote command. This will open the dialog box.

In the VoiceNote dialog box are four audio controls: record, play, pause and stop. Selecting the record control will record audio until the stop control is pressed. Each new recording completely removes the previous recording. You may playback a recording by selecting the play control. When recording or playing back audio, the pause and stop controls can be used as needed.

Retrieving or Changing VoiceNote Comments

VoiceNotes can easily be retrieved for reading, listening or also editing. Firstly choose Insert/Edit Voice Note from the menu or issue the VoiceNote command in any of the above-mentioned locations.

After selecting a VoiceNote icon in the drawing, the dialog box Comment... is displayed with the attached text and/or audio recording. You can read the text message (if there is one) in the dialog window, or you can click on the play button to play an audio recording.

Alternately, the text edit box may now be edited or a new speech recording made that overwrites a previous recording. The text or audio recording is updated when the OK button is selected.

Removing VoiceNote Comments

VoiceNotes can be removed by selecting Delete from the menu Edit.

Select the VoiceNote icon containing the comment to be removed. Removing this icon will remove the attached audio and/or text comments.

Notes
  • VoiceNotes are primarily for use when the drawing file is loaded. The drawing file can be saved in DWG or DXF format, without losing the recorded information, however this information is not directly addressable in other CAD applications. These applications simply ignore their presence in the drawing file.
  • VoiceNotes stored externally in the support directory can be exchanged with any other block. Within the drawing file, they are created with the current layer, LineColor and LineStyle settings. The scale factor of the inserted block is screen size divided by 9.
  • VoiceNotes are not limited in size, as additional attributes are added for larger sized recordings.

  In complex drawings, placing VoiceNotes on a unique layer can make them easier to locate.

Access

Command: VoiceNote

Menu: Insert > VoiceNote

Ribbon: Annotate > Revision > VoiceNote