5-Minute Guide
This 5-minute guide will familiarize you with the main app screens and UI elements. Keep in mind that some UI elements may be unavailable depending on your permissions in a particular project. If you are the project creator, you always have full rights to every object within the project.
Figure 1: Projects Page
The first page you see in the app is a Projects Page, where you can view all projects that you have created or that have been shared with you.
- Click the button to create a new project.
Figure 2: Project Page
Inside a project, you will see all collections that you have created or that have been shared with you.
- Click to edit the project name.
- Click to delete the project.
- Click to view project user and edit their rights.
- Click to add new users to the project
- Click to create a new collection.
- Clicking anywhere on a collection row will take you to the Collection Page. Clicking the pencil icon allows you to edit the collection name and icon.
Figure 3: Collection Page
Inside a collection, you will see all assets belonging to it.
- Click to edit the collection name and icon.
- Click to delete the collection.
- Click to view a list of users who have access to the page. To edit user access for the project and collections, please go back to the Project Page.
- Click to add a new asset to the collection.
- Filter assets by assignee.
- Click to view the list of assets with corresponding status: open, in progress or closed. If the list is too long, pagination controls will appear at the bottom of the page.
- Displays who is assigned to work on the asset. Users must have access to the collection before they can be assigned.
- Shows the creator of the asset object. Creators always have full rights to their assets as long as they have access to the parent collection.
Figure 4: Asset Page
On the Asset Page, you can attach Source/Reference artifacts as well as Result artifacts. Artifacts can be added in 3 ways: uploading a file, pasting an external link, pasting or inputting raw text. Use the Comment Section to discuss and collaborate.
- Click to edit the asset name.
- Click to delete the asset.
- Source and Result Artifact Panels contain lists of attached artifacts. Each list item includes the artifact name (or filename, or truncated artifact content if no name was set) along with up to 5 control buttons:
- download artifact, downloads the artifact to your device (only for uploaded files).
- view artifact, available for uploaded files if the file format supports preview. Anyone with access to the collection can view or download artifacts.
- create public link, available only if you have the "Edit Asset" right.
- edit artifact, available only if you have the necessary right. For artifacts attached as uploaded file, you can only change the name and designation (Source/Reference or Result).
- delete artifact, available only if you have the necessary rights.
Note: If the artifact was uploaded by you, then you can always edit or delete it as long as you have access to the collection. - Edit or delete the comment. Unless you have the right to delete the asset, you can edit or delete only your own comments. If you delete the comment the corresponding log entry will be added to the asset log.
- Add a Source or Reference artifact.
- Add a Result artifact.
- Change the asset status and assignee.
- Here you can add the comment to the asset. You can also add several file attachments. Comment attachments are separate from artifacts. If an attachment will be frequently used in digital asset creation, consider adding it as a Source/Reference artifact instead.
- Move an asset to another collection.
Figure 5: Add New Artifact Dialog
When you click "Add Source Artifact" or "Add Result Artifact", a dialog box will appear.
- Enter basic information: set an artifact name (optional) and choose its designation (Source/Reference or Result).
- Artifacts can be added in 3 ways: uploading a file, pasting an external link, pasting or inputting raw text.
- Depending on the artifact type you choose, you will see different input fields. If you choose to upload the file, you can select the file from your device. If you choose to paste external link or raw text, you will see the corresponding input field.
Figure 6: Video or Audio Viewer
If the video or audio format is supported, you can preview it directly in the browser. Standard player controls will appear.
Figure 7: 3D Viewer
AssetCurrent supports previews for certain 3D file formats. Depending on the file format and particular file content, you may be able to: play baked-in animations, reset the viewer and view the model as a wireframe. Some features may not be available for some file formats even if they are natively supported by the file format itself. We continuously working on adding more controls and features. Over time you may see more controls for interacting with 3D models.
1-2. At the top and bottom of the 3D viewer, you will find interactive controls. The available controls vary depending on the file format and the file content.
Figure 8: Text Viewer
If your uploaded text file has an extension corresponding to a well-known programming language or some other well-known text format AssetCurrent may recognize it and apply syntax highlighting.
More on supported file formats
When you upload an artifact as a file, it may be available for in-browser preview. AssetCurrent may currently preview formats listed below.
- Text formats: txt, c, cpp, csharp, cshtml, css, ejs, go, htm, html, java, js, json, jsx, kotlin, md, perl, php, py, pyw, ruby, rust, sass, scala, scss, sh, sql, ts, tsx, wasm, xml, yaml. For most of the supported text formats the syntax highlighter is available.
- Document formats: doc, docx, dot, dotx, pdf, pot, potx, pps, ppsx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx.
- Image formats: apng, bmp, gif, heic, heif, ico, jpeg, jpg, png, svg, webp.
- Audio formats: mp3, oga, ogg, opus, wav, weba.
- Video formats: mp4, mpeg, ogg, ogv, webm.
- 3D formats: babylon, glb, gltf, obj, splat, stl.
We are constantly working on adding more formats and improving compatibility with currently available formats. The list provided is subject to change.
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