Hotpointing Tips and Tricks

In this article, we will review tips and tricks for hotpointing in DocuStudio.

Article Topics

• General Hotpointing Tips & Tricks
• Hotpoint Toolbar Icons
• Hotpointing Best Practices 

General Hotpointing Tips & Tricks

• Select an individual hotpoint by clicking on it when no icons on the Diagram tool bar are selected
• Select multiple hotpoints by dragging your mouse across the hotpoints you would like to select, when no icons on the Diagram tool bar are selected
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• Delete a hotpoint by selecting it, individually or in groups, and clicking ‘Delete’ on your keyboard.

Hotpoint Toolbar Icons

Publishers can access the hotpoint toolbar icons by selecting the 'Hotpoint' Tab in the upper right corner of the Page tab viewer. 

Icon	Name	Description
	Zoom Zoom In Zoom Out	Use the magnifying glass icons to view the diagram at 100% zoom, zoom in or zoom out
	Hotpoint	Select to place a hotpoint in the diagram associated with the part you have highlighted in the BOM list
	Hotpoint Link	Select to add a hotpoint link to the diagram
	Outline Mode	Select to view the outline of all existing hotpoints and the source diagram. This feature is used to verify that applied hotpoints correctly match the appropriate callouts on the source image (i.e. compare the number on the hotpoint to the callout number it is covering in the diagram)
	Auto Hotpoint	Select to auto hotpoint a diagram using the auto hotpoint algorithm options detailed in the ‘Auto Hotpointing a Diagram’ article
	Hotpoint Increase  Hotpoint Descrese	Use to increase or decrease the size of all existing hotpoints in the diagram
	Align Vertically Align Horizontally	Use to vertically or horizontally align a selection of hotpoints

 Hotpointing Best Practices

• Hotpointing is not 100% accurate. Always verify manually hotpointed and auto-hotpointed diagrams. 
  • DocuStudio's Optical Character Recognition ("OCR") algorithms rely on the quality of the callout numbers on the image to map callout numbers to item numbers in the bill of materials 
• Ensure hotpoints to match up with the source image's callouts.
  
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  • Make your hotpoint size close to the size of the callout.
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  • Hold down shift and use the arrow keys to move your hotpoints more precisely.

For detailed descriptions and instructions for using the Docustudio diagram toolbar and functionality, refer to: DocuStudio Settings.