Sketch, markup, and comment

Motif includes markup tools and a comment system for leaving feedback directly on the canvas. You can draw on 2D content, on 3D geometry faces, or on work planes positioned anywhere in the scene.

Markup tools

Motif's markup tools are available in the toolbar:

• Line — draw straight lines

• Sketch — draw freehand

• Arrows — draw a filled or open arrowhead, or a dot, and add it to one end of the line or both

• Rectangle — draw rectangular shapes (single click for a default size; click and drag to set dimensions)

• Text — place a text label

Use a markup tool

1. Select a tool from the toolbar.

2. Click or click-and-drag on the canvas or an asset to place your markup.

3. You can change the color, line weight, line style, or fill (on rectangles) of your markups by selecting the markup tool and changing the setting in the properties panel. To edit after placing: select the markup first, then change the settings

💡 Hover over a geometry face or image and press Space to orient your view to that surface before marking up.

💡Markups you add to a sheet or frame stay attached to it: move, rotate, or scale the sheet and the markup travels with it.

⚠ Text objects do not display transform properties (scale, rotate, etc.) in the Properties panel.

Comments

Comments let you and your team leave feedback directly on the canvas, either floating freely or attached to a specific asset or markup.

To add a comment:

1. Click the Comments button in the toolbar.

2. Click anywhere on the canvas to place a free-floating comment, or click directly on a 2D or 3D asset to anchor it to that object.

3. View all comments in the expanded Comments panel. Clicking a comment in the panel navigates to it on the canvas.

   

💡 Toggle comment visibility on/off via Logo menu > Show/Hide > Comments.

💡Comments attached to an asset will move with it if the asset is repositioned.

💡 If a 3D asset was streamed from Revit or Rhino, comments placed on it in Motif will also appear at the same location in the source application.