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In the Desktop Client, you can create a variety of objects. You can create objects using a wizard or a dialog box.

SHARED Tip When using integration, engineering objects are created when a document is published.

New [Object] dialog box

Defines properties for creating an object.

Main Details

Name - Type the name of the object you want to create.

Description - Type a description of the object you want to create.

  • The commands available on the File > New submenu vary depending on your role and user access.

  • The options available on the New dialog box vary depending on the type of object you are creating.

Copy dialog box

Defines properties for copying an object.

Main details

Name - Displays the name of the object. When creating a copy of an existing object, replace this value with a new, unique value.

Description - Displays the description of the object.

The options available on the Copy dialog box vary depending on the type of object you are copying.

Update dialog box

Modifies properties for an object.

Main details

Name - Displays the name of the object.

Description - Displays the description of the object.

Details dialog box

Reviews the existing properties for an object.

Main Details

Name - Displays the name of the object.

Description - Displays the description of the object.

General Details

Creation date - Displays the date on which the object was created.

Last updated - Displays the date on which the object was last changed.

History dialog box

Displays the update history of the selected object.

Object details

Name - Displays the name of the object.

Description - Displays a description of the object.

Options

Hide historic data - Removes historical values from the display and displays only the current values. Historical values are property values that have been updated. Historical values are displayed in gray, have a blue icon indicator, and show a termination date and termination user.

Show inconsistencies only - Displays only properties that have inconsistent values between SmartPlant Foundation and authoring tools.

Show tree - Adds a tree view that displays the object’s properties by interfaces and relationships.

Property data

Class Definition - Displays the class definition that provides each property if the object is a complex object, such as a document, that represents more than one class definition. Additionally, this column may indicate the row provides information about a relationship rather than a property.

Object - Displays the name of the object you are viewing or displays "Rel" if the row provides details about a relationship.

Interface - Displays the interface definition related to the object.

Property - Displays the properties for which values can be set or the name of the relationship definition represented by the row.

Value - Displays the values that are set for the object or the name of the object on the other end of a relationship.

Source Domain UID - Displays the unique identifier for the source domain of the relationship.

Creation Date - Displays the date the value was provided or the relationship was created.

Creation User - Displays the user that provided the value or created the relationship.

Termination Date - Displays the date the value was replaced or the relationship was terminated.

Termination User - Displays the user that updated the value or terminated the relationship.

Export to Excel - Exports the information displayed in the Property data table to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Print - Prints the history displayed in the Property data table.

Change Owning Group dialog box

Changes the owning group for an item. The owning group (group of users) specifies the vault where documents or files attached to the object are stored.

[Object] Information

Type - Displays the class definition of which the item is an instance.

Name - Displays the name of the item.

Description - Displays the description of the item.

Owning group - Displays the current owning group for the item.

Owner - Display the current owner for the item.

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