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Transcript
00:06
Hi.
00:07
The purpose of this video is to get
00:09
familiar with the property's feature in Autodesk Vault.
00:14
Properties are attributes associated with a file.
00:18
Vault recognizes two types of properties.
00:22
System defined properties and user defined properties,
00:26
which is also called as UDPs.
00:29
System defined properties
00:31
are in the database created by the system which is then assigned to a file.
00:39
User defined properties are in the database created by an administrator.
00:45
The property can be applied to a file when it is added to a vault.
00:51
In the Vault client,
00:52
the property's grid is docked on the right hand side
00:56
by default.
00:58
The property's grid consists of system properties and user defined properties.
01:04
You can select any property in the grid.
01:08
And
01:09
hide it by clicking the icon in the top right corner.
01:15
To
01:16
add the hidden properties back to the view,
01:19
click the plus icon.
01:22
Select the property that you would like to restore
01:25
and click on Restore selected properties.
01:29
And click OK.
01:31
You can see that
01:33
the property has been added back here.
01:35
To access or view property definitions,
01:38
you should be logged in as an administrator.
01:43
Click on tools administration,
01:46
Vault settings.
01:49
In the Vault settings dialogue,
01:51
click on behaviors
01:53
and click on Properties button
01:55
to access the Properties definition dialogue box.
01:59
The available properties are listed in the property definitions dialogue.
02:04
Scroll down to look for the property definitions,
02:08
or use control plus F keys
02:11
to invoke a search.
02:16
Search for a specific property
02:20
if you know the property name.
02:22
We are looking for a property called Vendor here, which is not available.
02:27
We will create that
02:29
property in some time,
02:31
but before that,
02:33
let's understand
02:35
the property definitions dialogue.
02:39
The bottom half of the dialog shows the settings and mappings tab.
02:44
For a selected property and also
02:47
the category specific configurations
02:50
such as whether a property is set to require a value
02:54
to be case sensitive like upper case or lower case,
02:56
minimum maximum length,
02:58
specifications,
02:59
and more.
03:02
Click on the mapping tab
03:04
to see the available mappings for a given property.
03:09
New mappings can be created from here,
03:11
or any existing mappings can be modified or removed by an administrator user.
03:21
Now
03:22
let's create a new property definition for an Inventor iProperty
03:25
and see how we can map and associate it
03:29
with files and Vault.
03:32
To create a new property or user defined property,
03:36
click on New.
03:39
In the new property definition dialog,
03:42
specify a meaningful name.
03:45
Or we use the Inventor iProperty
03:48
name as is.
03:49
In this case,
03:50
I am trying to create an Inventor iProperty
03:53
based user defined property in involved,
03:56
and I have specified the same name here.
03:59
The value field can be text,
04:01
number,
04:01
boolean,
04:02
or date.
04:04
For our purpose,
04:06
text should suffice.
04:10
Let's associate this property with a file category called Inventor.
04:14
You can associate a UDP with file category,
04:17
folder categories,
04:18
or items categories.
04:21
Or you can also associate
04:23
a UDP with links or reference designators.
04:29
Click close.
04:31
Let's create a mapping with Inventor.
04:35
Entity class is file.
04:37
The provider should be
04:39
Inventor
04:40
because we are creating this UDP mapping for an Inventor file.
04:47
The file is in Vault
04:49
so we will import
04:51
the property from the file that is in Vault.
04:56
Browse for the file
04:58
and select it.
05:04
The available property definitions in the Inventor file are listed here.
05:12
I will choose Vendor
05:13
I property definition.
05:15
And click OK.
05:19
The mappings can be bidirectional
05:23
from Vault to file or from file to Vault.
05:26
When
05:27
the definition mapping is set to file from Vault,
05:31
the mappings are read from file and can be written on file only.
05:37
When it is
05:39
set to Vault to file,
05:41
then the property can be edited on the Vault side only.
05:47
When it is set bidirectional,
05:49
the property can be modified either on the
05:52
CAD application
05:54
or
05:55
through Vault.
05:57
The changes will propagate both sides.
05:59
We will use bidirectional mapping in this case
06:02
and click OK.
06:07
The new property definition vendor has been created.
06:13
Then close to exit.
06:17
Now
06:18
let's switch to Inventor and create a new Inventor file.
06:26
In the iProperties definition,
06:30
let's input a value to the vendor iProperty definition.
06:35
Click apply.
06:37
Close.
06:39
Save this file
06:40
in the local working folder.
06:54
The file is saved.
06:56
Switch to Vault tab
06:58
and check in the file.
07:06
Let's switch to Vault client.
07:11
File is now checked into Vault.
07:15
Let's look at the user defined properties here.
07:18
You can see that
07:19
the vendor property definition with the value is reflecting in the vault.
07:24
Now let's see how to edit this file property
07:28
inside Vault.
07:31
Select the file
07:32
and select the edit properties icon here.
07:35
By default,
07:37
name,
07:37
author,
07:38
description,
07:39
and company property definitions are listed as columns here.
07:44
To add any property that is not shown in the list,
07:47
use the customize Fields option
07:51
and look for the property,
07:53
and add that to show the field here in the property edit dialog.
07:57
Now we can see that the vendor property column is listed here.
08:01
Let's edit the value,
08:04
and click OK.
08:07
A confirmation message will be shown
08:09
that shows that
08:10
the property edit was successful.
08:13
Let's click close here,
08:16
and
08:17
open the file from Vault again.
08:32
We will open the file and read only more,
08:35
because we are not intending to change anything,
08:38
but to
08:39
check the property definition.
08:42
Let's check the iProperties
08:45
to confirm that the value has been reflected
08:48
back from Vault into the file.
08:51
This is how properties can be mapped.
08:53
Property definitions can be created.
08:56
Properties can be linked with the file,
08:58
and those can be used
09:01
for the data management purpose.
00:06
Hi.
00:07
The purpose of this video is to get
00:09
familiar with the property's feature in Autodesk Vault.
00:14
Properties are attributes associated with a file.
00:18
Vault recognizes two types of properties.
00:22
System defined properties and user defined properties,
00:26
which is also called as UDPs.
00:29
System defined properties
00:31
are in the database created by the system which is then assigned to a file.
00:39
User defined properties are in the database created by an administrator.
00:45
The property can be applied to a file when it is added to a vault.
00:51
In the Vault client,
00:52
the property's grid is docked on the right hand side
00:56
by default.
00:58
The property's grid consists of system properties and user defined properties.
01:04
You can select any property in the grid.
01:08
And
01:09
hide it by clicking the icon in the top right corner.
01:15
To
01:16
add the hidden properties back to the view,
01:19
click the plus icon.
01:22
Select the property that you would like to restore
01:25
and click on Restore selected properties.
01:29
And click OK.
01:31
You can see that
01:33
the property has been added back here.
01:35
To access or view property definitions,
01:38
you should be logged in as an administrator.
01:43
Click on tools administration,
01:46
Vault settings.
01:49
In the Vault settings dialogue,
01:51
click on behaviors
01:53
and click on Properties button
01:55
to access the Properties definition dialogue box.
01:59
The available properties are listed in the property definitions dialogue.
02:04
Scroll down to look for the property definitions,
02:08
or use control plus F keys
02:11
to invoke a search.
02:16
Search for a specific property
02:20
if you know the property name.
02:22
We are looking for a property called Vendor here, which is not available.
02:27
We will create that
02:29
property in some time,
02:31
but before that,
02:33
let's understand
02:35
the property definitions dialogue.
02:39
The bottom half of the dialog shows the settings and mappings tab.
02:44
For a selected property and also
02:47
the category specific configurations
02:50
such as whether a property is set to require a value
02:54
to be case sensitive like upper case or lower case,
02:56
minimum maximum length,
02:58
specifications,
02:59
and more.
03:02
Click on the mapping tab
03:04
to see the available mappings for a given property.
03:09
New mappings can be created from here,
03:11
or any existing mappings can be modified or removed by an administrator user.
03:21
Now
03:22
let's create a new property definition for an Inventor iProperty
03:25
and see how we can map and associate it
03:29
with files and Vault.
03:32
To create a new property or user defined property,
03:36
click on New.
03:39
In the new property definition dialog,
03:42
specify a meaningful name.
03:45
Or we use the Inventor iProperty
03:48
name as is.
03:49
In this case,
03:50
I am trying to create an Inventor iProperty
03:53
based user defined property in involved,
03:56
and I have specified the same name here.
03:59
The value field can be text,
04:01
number,
04:01
boolean,
04:02
or date.
04:04
For our purpose,
04:06
text should suffice.
04:10
Let's associate this property with a file category called Inventor.
04:14
You can associate a UDP with file category,
04:17
folder categories,
04:18
or items categories.
04:21
Or you can also associate
04:23
a UDP with links or reference designators.
04:29
Click close.
04:31
Let's create a mapping with Inventor.
04:35
Entity class is file.
04:37
The provider should be
04:39
Inventor
04:40
because we are creating this UDP mapping for an Inventor file.
04:47
The file is in Vault
04:49
so we will import
04:51
the property from the file that is in Vault.
04:56
Browse for the file
04:58
and select it.
05:04
The available property definitions in the Inventor file are listed here.
05:12
I will choose Vendor
05:13
I property definition.
05:15
And click OK.
05:19
The mappings can be bidirectional
05:23
from Vault to file or from file to Vault.
05:26
When
05:27
the definition mapping is set to file from Vault,
05:31
the mappings are read from file and can be written on file only.
05:37
When it is
05:39
set to Vault to file,
05:41
then the property can be edited on the Vault side only.
05:47
When it is set bidirectional,
05:49
the property can be modified either on the
05:52
CAD application
05:54
or
05:55
through Vault.
05:57
The changes will propagate both sides.
05:59
We will use bidirectional mapping in this case
06:02
and click OK.
06:07
The new property definition vendor has been created.
06:13
Then close to exit.
06:17
Now
06:18
let's switch to Inventor and create a new Inventor file.
06:26
In the iProperties definition,
06:30
let's input a value to the vendor iProperty definition.
06:35
Click apply.
06:37
Close.
06:39
Save this file
06:40
in the local working folder.
06:54
The file is saved.
06:56
Switch to Vault tab
06:58
and check in the file.
07:06
Let's switch to Vault client.
07:11
File is now checked into Vault.
07:15
Let's look at the user defined properties here.
07:18
You can see that
07:19
the vendor property definition with the value is reflecting in the vault.
07:24
Now let's see how to edit this file property
07:28
inside Vault.
07:31
Select the file
07:32
and select the edit properties icon here.
07:35
By default,
07:37
name,
07:37
author,
07:38
description,
07:39
and company property definitions are listed as columns here.
07:44
To add any property that is not shown in the list,
07:47
use the customize Fields option
07:51
and look for the property,
07:53
and add that to show the field here in the property edit dialog.
07:57
Now we can see that the vendor property column is listed here.
08:01
Let's edit the value,
08:04
and click OK.
08:07
A confirmation message will be shown
08:09
that shows that
08:10
the property edit was successful.
08:13
Let's click close here,
08:16
and
08:17
open the file from Vault again.
08:32
We will open the file and read only more,
08:35
because we are not intending to change anything,
08:38
but to
08:39
check the property definition.
08:42
Let's check the iProperties
08:45
to confirm that the value has been reflected
08:48
back from Vault into the file.
08:51
This is how properties can be mapped.
08:53
Property definitions can be created.
08:56
Properties can be linked with the file,
08:58
and those can be used
09:01
for the data management purpose.
Create, edit, and delete user-defined properties (UDPs) on the Properties Definition dialog.
Create new user-defined properties (UDP) to help customize property mapping and write back preferences.
Note: You must have administrative access to perform these tasks.
On the Settings tab, some property settings are populated with values determined by the Name and Type entries from the previous steps.
On the Settings tab, select the Initial Value row. Depending on the type of the property, the cell on the right becomes a modifiable field, a drop-down list with existing values, or a drop-down list with values you can add.
Note:
Edit file properties from the main view of the Vault Client.
Note: You must be assigned the role of either Editor or Administrator to perform this action. Contact your Vault administrator to verify your role.
