General:






  • By checking the " Prohibit characters..." option, you can specify the characters that are not allowed.
  • "Locations of parameter files". by clicking on it is possible to specify common folders (network use, internal use) rather than using the default installed directories.
  • When processing is complete and the project (or part of it) has been duplicated, it can be deleted in the selection window of the . This box is unchecked by default.
  • "Deselect the current project after duplication": If this box is checked, the previously duplicated project will no longer appear in the selection window when selecting a new project.
  • "Automatically retrieve drawings from the assembly folder": If this box is checked, the drawings from the selected project are imported if they are in the assembly folder.
  • "Search for drawings in the components folder": If this box is checked, the system searches for drawings in the components folder of the top-level assembly.
  • "Automatically apply the new naming rules when adding an assembly": If this checkbox is selected, the renaming rules will be applied to the assemblies included in the list (see Renaming the Project). If this box is not checked, the names of assemblies added to the list will not be taken into account.
  • "Do not repeatedly display identical components with the same parent assembly". If components in the project are identical, they will be marked with the icon and the name will appear grayed out in the tree.
  • "If a file already exists in the destination directory, do not overwrite it": When a document already exists in the destination directory (for example, after a copy has already been made), it may not be necessary to copy that document again and overwrite it. If this is not the case, you should uncheck this box.
  • "Ignore broken components": When loading the project assemblies, if any components are in the "Broken" state, checking this option will cause them to be ignored during processing.



Properties:





These options allow you to specify how properties will be created and populated in the documents of the duplicated project.

By checking the " Prohibit characters..." option, you can specify the characters that are not allowed.


When properties are created, you can specify whether they are added:

  • In the document
  • Regarding the document and configurations when processing is performed within the context of a PDM repository (using data sheets).


You can either use the system's default date format or choose the date format you want to use by following these syntax rules:


Characters

Description

d

Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (example 1). Use %d if this is the only character in the user-defined numeric format

dd

Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (e.g., 01)

ddd

Displays the day as an abbreviation (e.g., Mon.)

dddd

Displays the day as an abbreviation (e.g., Monday)

M

Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (for example, January is represented as 1). Use %M if it is the only character in the user-defined numeric format.

MM

Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (for example, January is displayed as 01)

MMM

Displays the month as an abbreviation (for example, January is displayed as Jan.)

MMMM

Displays the month as a full month name (e.g., January)

y

Displays the year in a numeric format without leading zeros (e.g., 0–9). Use %Y if this is the only character in the user-defined numeric format.

yy

Displays the year in a two-digit numeric format with a leading zero if necessary (for example, January is displayed as 01)

yyy

Not available

yyyy

Displays the year in a four-digit numeric format


Please use the correct case (upper/lowercase) and specify the separators of your choice.

Here are a few examples of user-defined date formats for Thursday, March 28, 2013.


Format

Poster

dd-MM-yy

March 28, 2013

dd/MM/yy

March 28, 2013

M/d/yy

03/28/13

d MMM yy

March 28, 2013

d MMMM yyyy

March 28, 2013


A tooltip containing certain property-related information may appear when you hover over documents in the project list.

In this example, we ask the program to display three properties; here is the result:


 


Check the " Do not show" box if you do not want a tooltip to appear.