I had a few questions regarding the Speckle Viewer, namely regarding the viewing of changes between versions.
Is it currently possible to categorize the changes based on what they were? For example, as far as I have been able to use it, the changes will show everything in the same color, be it a parameter changed or a dimension changed. Is it currently possible to split those two?
Is it possible to show a gradient of change at the moment? If more things changed in one area for example, would it be possible to make that evident currently? If not, I will move over to the features and ideas.
Finally, in the case of apps like Parameter Panther, how can we access and add it to the viewer? Would it be within the code or is there a different way to do so?
Thanks for the ideas, none of these is currently implemented, but they are all good suggestions which we’ll keep in mind as we continue to develop the diffing feature!
Unfortunately my answer isn’t very different from @teocomi’s answer 3 months ago. I agree they are all good ideas but currently none of them are on the immediate roadmap.
We do know though that we will be spending a lot of time next year improving both existing features around the viewer and adding new. An improved diffing tool is on the list of things we want to get to, but right now I can’t tell you when it will be a priority.
Questions: How and when do you use the version diffing feature? And is it an integral part of your current Speckle usage?
On Parameter Panther: What exactly are you trying to do? Do you want access to the tool inside the Speckle web viewer so you can edit Revit parameters directly from there?
In terms of version diffing, I would say we intend to use it to filter what was changed. For example, if we changed a property within the object and pushed it back into Speckle, it would be different from if we changed the size of the object, from the location, etc. I
Parameter Panther is no longer a priority but I believe my question then was in terms of what is the extent of what it can edit.