Site

Common Functionality User Guide

Create : Site

Before the user can create any element. A Site and a Zone must be created. These two elements are a way of grouping items in specific areas to allow greater control of the model.

A SITE is owned by the WORLD and the ZONE is owned by the SITE. Consider the SITE STABILIZER, which is the site for the entire stabilizer site. The SITE can then hold a number of ZONE elements, these can be all the zones within the site, such as ZONE ELECCABLES, this would hold all the electrical cabling items for zone Elec-Cables.

To create a new site, on the Home tab, in the Create group, click Site to display the Create Site window.


Name	To name the new element explicitly, select Name from the drop-down menu and enter a name in the text box. If autonaming rules have been set up by the system administrator, the element can be named automatically using the appropriate naming rules for its type. To do this, select Autoname from the drop-down menu.
Purpose	If purposes have been set up by the system administrator, and the user wants to allocate a purpose to the element, select one from the drop-down menu.
Attributes	To view the current attribute settings, some of which have been cascaded down from the new element's owner, click Attributes to display the Attributes window.

	Click CE to display the current element attributes. Select Track check box, the listed attributes is updated as different elements are selected in the Explorer or in the 3D display. To change any of these settings, click on the corresponding line in the list. Specific settings at the bottom of the window is displayed, from which the user can edit the setting.

Click OK to create the site or Cancel to discard.