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

Managing Project Element Contents

Manage project properties, performance requirements, articles, and paragraphs of a project element to determine the contents of your project specifications.

The element form of the project workspace serves as a facility for managing the contents of a project element. The availability and degree of modification vary with each element, property, or paragraph. On the Project Properties tab, you can view and update an element's project properties and access controls for the element form contents.

Specpoint retains the modifications that you make to a project element's properties and content items as long as the element is in the project, whether active or inactive. When you remove an element from a project, you permanently discard all your modifications.

Specpoint's design automation makes changes to a project's articles and paragraphs based on the changes that you make to related element contents. For example, when you inactivate a paragraph, Specpoint inactivates all the paragraph's subparagraphs. This ensures that you do not unintentionally create unparented paragraphs and subparagraphs. This also makes it easier for you to modify content in your project element and maintain its adherence to the content hierarchy and set outline levels.

For more information, see Design Automation for Element Contents.

Permissions

The available actions in working with project element contents depend on the following factors:
  • The status of the element relative to the active project
  • Your inclusion in project team
  • Your user permission

In addition, the following permissions apply:

Element Action Administrator Author Contributor
All View
Project Properties Modify
Performance Requirement Modify
Article Add
Arrange
Modify user-added articles
Remove user-added articles
Paragraph Add *
Arrange, promote, and demote
Modify contents and user-added property titles *
Modify option sets, which includes:
  • Selecting options
  • Entering values
  • Resetting all options
  • Deactivating all options
  • Entering custom values
*
Remove user-added paragraphs
*Contributors cannot modify manufacturer paragraphs and BOD-product paragraphs.