Specpoint Help for A/E Users

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Working with UniFormat® Elements

Use the available references to work on UniFormat® elements, such as assemblies and families, for your project specifications.

To manage project elements, you can use the Project Elements pane in the project workspace and the available options on the element form. The following elements are available in UniFormat:

Option Description
Assemblies Add assemblies to your project to document design decisions typically determined by leads from different disciplines. At the assembly grouping, you may develop performance requirements and set Level of Specification (LOS) prioritization. Subassemblies provide organization for the family and product type components to offer design clarity for a given assembly or system.
Families Use family elements to manage family-level properties and section content in your project.
Product Types Specify product types to define your project's product requirements and product type properties.

A product type is a shared element in UniFormat and MasterFormat. For more information, see Managing Product Types.

Specpoint's design automation makes changes to a project's added elements based on the changes that you make to related elements. For example, when you add a family to a project, Specpoint adds the family's parent assemblies to the project (if not already in the project). This ensures that you do not unintentionally create unparented project elements. In addition, this makes it easier for you to add and remove functional elements while maintaining your project's adherence to the content structure of UniFormat.

For more information, see Design Automation for Project Elements.

Permissions

The available actions that you can perform on UniFormat elements depend on the following factors:
  • The status of an assembly, family, or product type relative to the active project
  • Your inclusion in project team
  • Your user permission

In addition, the following permissions apply:

Permission Select/View Add Remove Modify
Administrator
Author
Contributor

Contributors have limited modification privileges.