Specpoint Help for A/E Users

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Contents of the New Workspace Editor

When you select a project element, use the contents of this editor to edit the element's content items.

Navigate to the following contents:

Editor Action Bar

When you select a family, section, or product type, the following options on the action bar are available:

Option Description Shortcut
Outdent Click this button to outdent the selected paragraph and promote it to a sibling of its current parent paragraph. SHIFT+TAB
Indent Click this button to indent the selected paragraph demote it to a subparagraph of the paragraph that precedes it on the same paragraph level. TAB
Copy This option is available only if you selected an added product type from the Elements panel.

Click this button to create a copy of the product type as a custom product type.

See Creation of Custom Project Elements.

CTRL+ALT+C
Visibility Settings Click this button to display visibility options for specific content in new workspace editor. The following options are available:
  • Notes to Specifier: Click this option to toggle the visibility of all notes to specifier.
  • Show Inactive Content: Click this option to toggle the visibility of all inactive articles, inactive paragraphs (hidden properties), and inactive option set items. These hidden content items do not display in the section preview and exported files.
  • Track Changes: Click this option to toggle the visibility of all in-line indicators of track changes.

Project Management Properties

When you select an assembly, family, section, and product type, the following options on the top of the editor are available:

Field Description
State Select the state in which the element currently is.
The following states are available:
  • New
  • Active
  • Review Needed
  • In Review
  • Needs Coordination
  • Complete

The default value is New.

Assigned To Select the project team member who is responsible for the workspace element. The available options for this field are the project's team members.

The default value is Unassigned.

Current LOS Select the current level of specification (LOS) for the element for the specific phase. Current LOS is a non-static value intended to be updated as elements are further developed to clarify current progress.

See Level of Specification (LOS).

The default value is 100.

Target LOS Select the target level of specification (LOS) for the element for the specific phase. The target LOS is intended to be determined early in the project to clarify prioritization.

The default value of the target LOS is based on the project's set Level of Specification (LOS) from project creation. A project element's target LOS overrides the project's baseline LOS only for the project element and its child elements. For example, when you set the target LOS of a family, you also set the LOS for all its product types. This includes product types that you add later. In addition, Specpoint activates or inactivates the element's LOS-associated articles and paragraphs based on the element's target LOS.

See LOS-Associated Content.

Editor Contents for Assemblies

When you select a top-level assembly (assembly groups), the following content items in the editor are available:

Item Description
Project Element Name This displays the selected assembly's code and name.
Performance Requirements This is one or multiple performance requirements for which you can enter or select values. The available performance requirements depend on the selected assembly. Each requirement describes the performance of a particular aspect of a given assembly.

See Performance Requirement.

Editor Contents for Families, Sections, and Product Types

When you select a family, section, or product type, the following items in the editor are available:

Item Description
Parts These parts display as tabs at the top of the new workspace editor. The following parts are available:
  • Part 1 - General: Click this tab to display the articles and paragraphs under the General part.

    Typically, this part includes properties, such as submittal requirements, quality assurance properties, and warranty options.

  • Part 2 - Products: Click this tab to display the articles and paragraphs under the Products part.

    Typically, this part includes shared properties.

  • Part 3 - Execution: Click this tab to display the articles and paragraphs under the Execution part.

    Typically, this tab includes quality control property sets and shared properties.

The contents of these tabs vary based on the selected element.

See Element Tabs (Parts).

Project Element Name This displays the selected element's code and name.
Articles This is one or multiple articles which organize paragraphs and property sets under a part in an element. The available articles depend on the selected family, section, or product type.

See Article.

Paragraphs This is one or multiple paragraphs that make up your specification contents and which you can modify based on your project requirements. The available paragraphs depend on the selected family, section, or product type.

Typically, a paragraph represents a property or describes a particular form or function of a project element.

See Paragraph.

Notes to Specifier These notes provide MasterSpec or firm-level guidance that pertains to an article or paragraph in order to aid its review and modification.

See Notes to Specifier.

In the new workspace editor, the content items adhere to the following hierarchy:

  • Part
    • Article
      • Level 1 Paragraph
        • Level 2 Paragraph
          • Level 3 Paragraph
            • Level 4 Paragraph
              • Level 5 Paragraph

Editor Contents for Subassemblies and Divisions

A subassembly group (assembly), subassembly type (assembly), or division element does not have content items specific to the element. Thus, the new workspace editor displays only a placeholder message. For a given subassembly, this message informs you about the performance requirements in the subassembly's parent assembly. For a given division, the message indicates that properties are unavailable on the division level.