Specpoint Help for A/E Users

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Project-Level Import

Import content into your Specpoint projects to integrate your firm's custom sections and sections from consultants. This enables the project team to work together in a common environment and build better specifications.

Use the available features to import and align content. When you import content from outside the platform, the platform converter reads the imported content based on Specpoint's baseline formatting and content structure. Specpoint converts the eligible content into their respective content items, such as families, product types, parts, articles, paragraphs, and product type properties. The converter enables you to continue working on the imported project content in the same way that you work on content that is native to the platform. Thus, each uploaded file must follow the prescribed file format (DOC or DOCX) and the MasterSpec approved template.

In Specpoint, the following types of imports are available:
  • As a replacement: Import a family or product type to replace an existing family or product type from the MasterSpec library. This enables you to use existing modifications to MasterSpec content.
  • As an addition: Import a family or product type outside the MasterSpec library. This enables you to specify proprietary or custom sections.

In addition, imported content likely contains segments that do not align with Specpoint's formatting and content structure. Available features enable you to resolve conflicts in format and structure to ensure that the imported content aligns with Specpoint's assembly-driven approach.

With the project-level import, Specpoint saves all imported families and product types in the project into which you imported them. Only administrators and authors can import content into a project.