Trimble Connect Product Updates

Subject: Trimble Connect for Hololens - Marker Authoring Extension Update

Date: October 21, 2021

**This message is for Trimble Employees & Trimble User Community ** 

Trimble Connect for HoloLens team has made updates to the Marker Creation workflow on the Trimble Connect Web - Marker Extension. As a reminder, this is the tool used to add markers to your models that enable the marker alignment workflows in Trimble Connect for HoloLens. There are no breaking changes to the Marker creation workflows; Only minor changes to the PDF layout. We have added a new feature to enable users to download all setout points as a CSV file that can then be imported 

What is the change?

• Better Marker PDF layout -- Removed up and down indicators,  decreased the width of the arrow head, Increased the line width of measuring lines

• Download all setout points as a CSV file
  

• General Improvements, UI changes and minor bug fixes

What action is needed from your side?

If you are enabling the extension for the first time no action needed. 

Follow instructions here to add the extension to enable you to create Markers.

• Enter the Title name as “Markers”

• Enter the Plugin URL

• https://trimble-connect-marker-authoring.trimble.com/

• Enter Icon URL

• https://trimble-connect-marker-authoring.trimble.com/markerExtension.png

If you have already enabled the extension for a project action may be needed

• Open the project that has the marker extension enabled.
• Open any model in the project
• Open the Marker extension
• The new version should automatically update.
• If you have trouble try the next few steps
• Go to Chrome Browser Options =>More Tools=> Developer Tools 
• Go to the network tab and turn on “Disable Cache” option
• Click on browser refresh near the address bar
• Continue creating markers as usual

More details on marker alignment workflows:

• How to enable marker extensions in Trimble Connect Web

• How to align a model to site using a single marker

• How to align a model to site using multiple markers

Please reach out to us with any questions, comments, and/or concerns.

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