About the Global Configuration Object

You can specify whether the Connector for Altium Designer uses the publishing flow (flow level 1) or the collaboration flow (flow level 3).

Flow level 1, the Publishing Flow, allows a user to manage the entire project, including schematic and layout data, as a single business object. Use this mode if there is a single designer responsible for both the schematic and layout of the design.

Flow level 3, the Collaboration flow, allows users to manage schematic data separately from the layout data. Use this mode would when there are different designers responsible for the schematic design and others for the layouts.

For more information, see Publishing and Collaboration Flows.

For instructions on setting the flow level, see Choosing a Flow Level.

You can group different types of objects so that they can always be checked in at the same time, such as a Project and Variant combination.

All cadTypes with the same GroupId are grouped together. Any CadTypes without this Group ID carry an individual GroupId and do not belong to the group.

During the login process, the attribute ECADInteg-GroupId is received from 3DEXPERIENCE and is used during check in. Object selection in the check in dialog box causes the Connector for Altium Designer to evaluate the selection against the GroupId. Objects that belong to the same GroupId are either selected or cleared based on the value of the Select Children Save option:

• If Select Children is set to false, selecting a Variant object results in the selection of the Project if they belong to the same GroupId.
• If Select Children is set to true, selecting a Variant object results in the selection of the Project and all the objects under the Project if they belong to the same GroupId.

The standard functionality respects the value of the Select Children Save option.

For instructions on setting the Group ID, see Defining Group IDs for Enforcing Related Object Check-ins.

You can use the ECADInteg-CheckinRevisionBehavior attribute configure the check in process.

You can choose any of these values for this attribute:

Value	Description
Allow Revisioning	When checking in an object, users can only select NEXT in the Revision column and cannot create a manual revision level. All available revisions are listed, and the list box cannot be edited. Default.
Disallow Revisioning	When checking in an object, users cannot select any value in the Revision column. All available revisions are listed, and the list box cannot be edited. If the design object does not exist in 3DEXPERIENCE and the user does not have Revisioning access, the user cannot create the object in 3DEXPERIENCE.
Manual Revisioning	When checking in an object, users can select NEXT or manually enter a revision value. That value is used and the revision level for the checked in object. All available revisions are listed.

For instructions on setting the check-in revision behavior, see Specifying Revision Types Available for Check-in.

You can use the ECADInteg-CSEDisabledCommands attribute to change the baseline behavior to specify which access roles are required for a user to be able to execute a command.

During the login process, the attribute ECADInteg-CSEDisabledCommands is received from 3DEXPERIENCE and is used to enable or disable commands for access roles. If a user does not have the required access role for a command, that command is grayed out.

These are the commands you can configure:

Command	Description
createworkspace	Create a workspace
deleteworkspace	Delete a workspace
renameworkspace	Rename a workspace
createproject	Create a project
renameproject	Rename a project
deleteproject	Delete a project
createfolder	Create a folder in a workspace or project
renamefolder	Rename a folder in a workspace or project
deletefolder	Delete a folder from a workspace or project
movefolder	Move a folder to another parent workspace, project, or folder
deletecadobject	Delete a CAD object
lifecycle	Promote or demote a CAD object
assignfolder	Add a CAD object to a folder
removefromfolder	Remove a CAD object from a folder

These are the access roles that you can specify.

Access Role	UI Display
VPLMViewer	Reader
VPLMCreator	Author
VPLMExperimenter	Contributor
VPLMProjectLeader	Leader
VPLMProjectAdministrator	Owner
VPLMAdmin	Administrator

You can also specify enabled to let all access rules execute that command, or disabled to prevent any access role from executing that command.

For instructions on configuring commands for role-based access, see Controlling Access to Commands Based on Access Roles.

You can use the ECADInteg-EnforceFolderOnSave attribute to specify if CAD objects must be assigned to folders before they can be saved in 3DEXPERIENCE.

If you set the value for this attribute to TRUE, users must add all CAD objects to folders before they can be saved. The Save To Browse box lets a user select a folder for the CAD objects being saved.

If you set the value to FALSE, users do not have to select a folder for CAD objects being saved.

For instructions on setting a value for this attribute, see Enforcing That a Folder Is Selected When Saving Objects.

During the login process, the Connector for Altium Designer retrieves several preference values used in various dialog boxes.

If a user changes one of the settings, the 3DEXPERIENCE values overwrite their changes. These attributes set preferences: they do not restrict the user. The user can change these values as required. No user changes to preferences are saved to 3DEXPERIENCE. The next time the user logs in, the 3DEXPERIENCE preferences are again set.

Attribute Name	Setting Name in the Connector for Altium Designer
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-CreateIterationOnCheckin	Create Iteration On Checkin
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-LockObjectOnCheckin	Retain Lock After Checkin
IEF-Pref-IEF-DefaultConfigTables	Default View
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-SelectChildItems	Select Children
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-LockObjectOnCheckout	Lock Objects on Checkout
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-CheckOutDirectory	Checkout Directory
IEF-Pref-IEF-DefaultLateralView	Default Table View
IEF-Pref-IEF-SelectedManualDerivedOutputs	Manual
IEF-Pref-MCADInteg-SelectedDerivedOutputs	Automatic

You can update the values for these attributes the same way as the attributes described above.