Specpoint Help for A/E Users

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Contents of the Import Page

Use the contents of this page to upload and import project content, manage uploaded and imported files, and set associations for uploaded content.

Navigate to the following contents:

Import Page Action Bar

On this action bar, the following options are available:

Option Description
Add Files for Import Click Add Files to select and upload files for import.
Start Import Click Start Import to import all uploaded and prepared families and product types into the active project.

This button is not available if you have uploaded families that have errors or needs attention items.

Close or Show Click this button to show or hide the options on the action bar.
Guide Click this tab to display the contents of the Guide tab.
Preview Click this tab to display the contents of the Preview tab.

Uploaded Elements Pane

In this pane, the following columns are available:

Column Description
Element Name This displays the element number and name of the uploaded or imported family.

For an uploaded or imported family with child product types, this column displays the product types nested under the parent family. You can click the family to show or hide its available product types. For each parent family, the following icons are available:
  • : This indicates that you collapsed the family and hid its child product types.
  • : This indicates that you expanded the family and displayed its child product types.
Product Types This displays the number of product types under the family, if any.
Date This displays the date when you or another project team member uploaded or imported the family.
Caution For each uploaded family, this displays the number of articles that contain caution items detected by the platform's converter. These caution items are minor issues with the uploaded content against Specpoint's baseline content format, such as:
  • Duplicate property titles/keys that the converter renamed

    See Contents of a Paragraph.

  • Removal of text boxes
  • Removal of highlights
  • Removal of hyperlinks

If caution items are available (if the caution count is 1 or greater), click the count to view the list of caution items in the Caution window. This window provides you with a list of articles recommended for revision and re-upload in your external content.

See Caution Window.

Needs Attention For each uploaded family, this displays the number of articles that contain errors that need immediate attention. These errors are major issues in the uploaded content against Specpoint's baseline content format, such as:
  • Duplicate instance of a product type or product type property
  • Styles outside the MasterSpec library
  • Deviations from the MasterSpec content structure

If error items are available (if the error count is 1 or greater), click the count to view the list of errors in the Needs Attention window. This window provides you with a list of articles to revise in your external content before your re-upload the file to Specpoint.

See Needs Attention Window.

Set Associations Click or Set Association to set associations with an assembly and select a target position for the uploaded family or product type.

See Set Associations Window.

Remove Click (delete icon) to discard or remove the uploaded or imported family and its product types.
Warning: This deletes the imported file, which includes all modifications that you made to the imported family and its product types within the platform.

Guide Tab

This tab provides you with guidance in processing your uploaded family prior to project-level import. This ensures that your imported content is compatible with Specpoint's prescribed formatting and content structure.

See Import Guide Tab.

Preview Tab

This tab displays the contents of the uploaded or imported family or product type that you selected.

See Import Preview Tab.