CAD Drawing Properties

CAD drawings are connected to change objects. Any time you click a highlighted CAD drawing name from anywhere in the app, the CAD Drawing Properties page opens.

The CAD Drawing Properties page shows details about the CAD drawing and provides access to related parts, and revisions. It also provides access to the Edit Details page where changes can be made to the CAD drawing properties. To view the page:

  1. Do one of either:
    • Search for and select a CAD drawing. See Predefined Queries.
    • Search for and select a part and select the Part Specs & Documents category.
  2. Click the name of the CAD drawing you want to view.
  3. If you access the CAD drawing from the context of a part, the CAD model properties page opens. Click the name of the CAD drawing to access its properties page.

Use the tabs to view additional information about the CAD drawing. See Opening a Specification.

This page discusses:

See Also
In Other Guides
Creating a CAD Drawing

Fields

Field Description
Type The type of specification.
Title The title of the CAD drawing.
Owner Person who has responsibility for the CAD drawing.
Design Responsibility The title of the organization that has design responsibility for the CAD drawing.
Originated Date when the CAD drawing was created.
Modified Date when any attribute of the CAD drawing was last changed. The Modified date changes automatically when changes are made to the CAD drawing attributes.
Description Details about the CAD drawing.
Model Type The type of drawing.
Collaborative Policy The policy that controls the lifecycle and access for the CAD drawing.
Organization The organization title. The organization is based on your login credentials.
Collaborative Space Collaborative Space is based on the login credentials. To change it, you must change your login:
  1. Click > My Credentials
  2. Change the Collaborative Space
  3. Click OK
  4. Click on this field.

DesignSync

For specifications and reference documents under DesignSync file access control, the following fields are also included:

Field Description
Selector Name of the DesignSync branch where the file is stored.
Server Name of the DesignSync server where the file is stored.
Path Name of the DesignSync folder where the file is stored.
Author Person who checked in the file.
File Name Name of the file.
Version ID Version ID of the file.
Locked Shows True or False to indicate whether the file is locked or not.

The bottom of the page shows attached files. For details, see File List for a Versioning Document.

Action Menu

The CAD drawing Action menu commands are:

Action Description
Edit Details To modify the CAD drawing properties. See Editing Specification Details.
Upload To copy an existing or new file from your local computer and check it into the CAD drawing. If you check in an existing file, a new version of that file is created.
Update Files To copy a new version of a checked-out file from your local computer.
Download Download the current version of the selected file.
Check Out Check out the selected file.
Delete All Versions Deletes all versions of the selected file.
Transfer Ownership Opens slide-in where you transfer ownership of the CAD drawing if it is in the In Work or Frozen state. See Moving Content (Transferring Ownership).