Publication

The Publication options let you configure the different publication options for Product Structure Design.

This page discusses:

Publication Display

Display publication in tree
Hides the publication information in the tree.

By default, this check box is selected.

Note: If you hide all the publications, the settings for Hide publication node when pointed instance is not loaded in session and Group publications by pointed element are not available.
Hide publication node when pointed instance is not loaded in session
Hides in the tree the publications pointing elements in instances that are not loaded.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Grouping node for tree

Important: For those attributes to be used for grouping, your administrator must have defined a security mask with a Read access authorization. For more information, your administrator can see People & Organizations and Content Guide: Security Mask Concepts.
Enable tree grouping by criteria
Groups objects with the same attribute under a specific node in the tree.

By default, this check box is cleared.

The grouping can be customized with maximum three criteria, defined in this order:

  • Group by
  • Then by
  • Finally by
Notes:
  • To be candidate for grouping, the attributes must be integer, string, enum.
  • The attributes proposed for grouping are those related to the type, the type extension and the type derivation.
  • Attributes can have one or multiple values. If they have multiple values:
    • One grouping node is created per value
    • The product appears under every relevant node.

Selection

Allow publication of faces, edges, vertices, and axes extremities
Enables you to publish faces, edges, vertices, and axes extremities.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Publish by default the Axis of a curved surface
Enables you to publish axis of the curved surface by default.
Important: If the Allow publication of faces, edges, vertices and axes extremities option is not selected, the Publish by default the Axis of a curved surface option is not available.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Enable to publish a feature of a body
Enables you to publish the features of a body.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Automatic update of product level publications
Activates the automatic update of product level publications when a pointed object is modified (hiding and showing an object, modifying graphical properties...).
Important:
  • Only the publications in session are updated.
  • Publications must be editable to be updated.
  • Changes made to publications are not propagated automatically.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Creation preferences

Always display interaction dialog to publish element
Displays dialog boxes when using publication commands.