Changing the Level of Development

You can expose, synchronize and upgrade the view of the component specifications by processing either the feature-based design (user feature) or the product-based design (engineering template or reference) or both objects.

Before you begin:
  • Select Keep link with selected object under External References in Me > Preferences > 3D Shape Infrastructure > General.
  • To be exposed in the database, a component specification must be published by its containing representation. This publication must be a specialized publication, such as those created by the Capture Component Specification command. For more information, see Civil Engineering 3D Design: Defining Component Specification Features .
  1. In the dialog box, filter the type of objects to process:
    • Feature: Only features are updated or exposed.
    • Product: Only products are updated or exposed.
  2. To add or remove a specification from the list of objects, select or clear the specification check box.
  3. To filter the number of objects to process, enter a string in the Search field.
  4. To display the selected lines only, click next to the list.
  5. To filter the list of objects by status, click Filter and choose from the status options.
  6. Select the required actions to perform from the following:
    • Expose: To create the feature or product that implements the specifications.
    • Synchronize: To start an update operation of a feature or a product on the objects that implement the specifications.
    • Upgrade: If you have an Object Type with a different revision, you can reference this new revision for your specification. Then you will need to click Synchronize so that the features and PLM objects are updated.
    • Clean: Deletes the exposition feature or the PLM exposition with associated rules, engineering connections and impacts. This command is exclusive, that is if it is checked, the other buttons are unchecked. If Expose, Synchronize or Upgrade are checked, then Clean is unchecked.

      The deleted specifications can be identified through their remaining publications that are displayed in the Specification column. A red symbol replaces the specification icon, and the name of the publication replaces the one of the deleted specification. When you hover over it, there is a tooltip giving you more details about the Object Type.

      The yellow symbol in the Object Type column means that the Object Type assigned to the specification is not the latest possible revision. Using the latest revision is not compulsory; if you want to use it, you need to select Upgrade.

      Note: You can also launch the Upgrade command at the feature level in the Capture Component Specifications window.
  7. Click Process to launch the selected actions.
    The defined scope of specifications displayed in the list are processed.

 

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