Specpoint Help for A/E Users

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

Element Content Items

For each applicable project element, use various content items to define the element's properties and characteristics and build out your project specifications.

In Specpoint, element content items provide the structure and detail needed to accurately describe assemblies, families/sections, and product types. Use these items to specify, organize, and manage the technical content of your project, ensuring clarity, consistency, and support for intelligent product selection.

The following content items are available for the following element types:

Element Type Content Item
Assemblies
Subassemblies and Divisions
  • None
Families, Sections, and Product Types

You specify most of your projects' contents under families, sections, and product types. You can modify, organize, show, and hide content items, such as paragraphs and articles. You can also add new articles and paragraphs to create more specialized project content. This enables you to create properties and build out project requirements based on Specpoint's baseline content or any of your preferred document master.

A project element and its content items are based on one of the following sources:

Actions that you perform on content items affect other content items. When you make specific changes to your articles and paragraphs, Specpoint makes automated changes to related content items, as well as limit your actions, to preserve the structure and hierarchy of contents.

Workspace Availability

You can work on most element content items in both the new workspace and the classic workspace. These include standard performance requirements, articles, and paragraphs as well as special paragraphs, options sets, and notes to specifier. Although there may be differences in how you can work on a content item between workspaces, both workspaces provide you with the necessary tools to specify content at any level.