Collaborative Design

 

This task explains how to customize Collaborative Design settings.

 

  
These settings will only concern you if you've installed the Collaborative Design product.

 

  

Accessing Collaborative Design settings

  1. In the menu bar, select Tools  >  Options.
    The Options dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Infrastructure category.

  3. Click the Collaboration Infrastructure sub-category.

  4. Click the Collaborative Design tab, shown below.

 

  
 


 

  
 

The Collaborative Design settings page concerns the:

 

 
 

 Briefcase Merge Settings

   
 

Apply viewpoint

  
  When checked, enables the user to apply the viewpoint when merging the briefcase and to set the Merge viewpoint option status available in the Briefcase window.

By default, this option is unchecked.
 

Graph decoration

  
  When checked, enables the user to assign a color to the features making up the briefcase (Red if the feature is seen as deleted or yellow if the feature is modified.)

By default, this option is unchecked.

 
 

Extended Impact

  
  When checked, enable the highlight of the bodies indirectly affected by the merge in addition to highlighting the objects directly impacted.

By default, this option is checked when Graph Decoration is checked.

If Graph Decoration is unchecked this option is not available.
 

Auto Merge

  
  When checked, the application will check for new briefcases every as many minutes as specified; if new briefcases are found they will be automatically merged in chronological order. 

By default, this option is unchecked.

When checked a value in minutes must be entered in the input filed to specify how often the auto merge should occur.

 
 

 Briefcase Share Settings

  
   
  When checked, the application will check periodically for changes in the document and automatically create and post a briefcase.

By default, this option is unchecked.

When checked a value in minutes must be entered in the input filed to specify how often the auto share should occur.

 
 

Share and Merge Assistants Settings

  
   
 

Use Share Assistant

  
  Check this option to activate the Share Assistant.

By default, this option is unchecked.
 

Use Merge Assistant

  
  Check this option to activate the Merge Assistant.

By default, this option is unchecked.
 

Force Manual Resolution of Conflicts

  
  When this option is checked the Merge Assistant will prevent the merge of a briefcase that contains conflicting changes with the document.

By default, this option is checked when Use Merge Assistant is checked.

If Use Merge Assistant is unchecked this option is not available.

 
 

Confirming chosen options

  
 

  1. When you have finished customizing options, click OK to confirm.