Specifications

You can view specifications for a selected part. The Specifications tab is described below.

To access specifications:

  1. Open a part.
  2. Click the Part Specs & Documents category, then click the Specifications tab.

This page discusses:

See Also
About Sharing Specifications

Columns

This page contains the following columns. For details, see Documents and Content

Column Description
Name Name of the specification. This column contains highlighted links. Click any name in this column to navigate to the properties page of the specification.
Title The title given to the file when it was created.
Revision The revision number or code of the document.
Version The version number of the document. A version of 0 represents the first time the file was added. Version number 1 means a person checked out the original file for editing and then checked in a new version. Version number 2 means a person checked in a second version and so on.
State The current state of the specification in its lifecycle.
Type The specification type or subtype.
Description An overview of the document's content
Actions This column contains icons representing actions that you can perform for the document, for example, check in, check out, download, and subscribe. Move your pointer over the icon to see its function.
(Locked Files) Number of files locked / number of files checked into this document. For example, 2/4 indicates 2 files of the 4 files checked into this object are locked.
(Route) If the icon shows in the row, the document is included in an active route. See Routes.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

To manage specifications, select one or more specifications and choose from the page Actions menu or toolbar commands listed below.

Command Description
Create New To create a specification. See Creating a Part Specification. (For Component Engineers, this selection is available only for a Manufacturer Equivalent Part.)
Note: A specification cannot be created for a part that is past the In Work lifecycle state.
Add Existing To add a related item to the list. The Search page opens, where you can define criteria to search for items that exist in the database. See Predefined Queries for details.
Note: You cannot add a specification to a part that is past the In Work lifecycle state.
Create CADStructure

Use an existing EBOM structure to create a parallel CAD structure from the Part Specification.
Download To download a file checked into the specification.
Checkout To view a file checked into the specification in your local browser.
Remove To remove checked specifications from the list. This removes the relationship between the specification and the part, but does not delete the specification from the database. (For Component Engineers, this selection is available only for a Manufacturer Equivalent Part.)

If the part or parent object has passed the In Work state in its lifecycle, specifications cannot be removed from the list.

Collaborate with Physical Synchronized the specification with ENOVIA Product Finder or the Native app.