Creation of Custom Project Elements

Use this reference to learn about the multiple rules that apply and the changes that Specpoint makes to related project elements when you create a custom element for your project.

Rules and Automated Changes

Element Rules and Automated Changes
Custom Product Type Based on the respective original product type (from where you copied the custom product type), the following rules apply:
  • Specpoint adds the custom product type under the family or section of the original product type. The custom product type will have an active and selected state in the project workspace.
  • The custom product type includes all baseline articles and paragraphs, including text edits to the paragraph content
  • The custom product type retains all the user-added articles and paragraphs in the original product type.
  • The custom product type discards all entries in text fields and selections from options sets.