Define a model hierarchy - Intergraph Smart 3D - Administration & Configuration

After you have created the project databases, you use the New Permission Group Folder Command and New Permission Group Command commands to create the model hierarchy. See Create permission group folders and permission groups.

Create permission group folders

Permission group folders are containers for permission groups. In this way, they serve as the foundation of your permissions hierarchy.

You must have administrator privileges on the model database in order to create a new permission group folder.

1. Select a model, catalog, or permission group folder in the Project Management tree. In the example, the Project1 model is selected.

   

2. Click New Permission Group Folder Command to open the New Permission Group Folder Dialog.

3. Type a logical name for the permission group folder. For example, type Modeling to create a folder to contain different design groups, and then click OK.

   The new permission group folder displays in the hierarchy under the selected object

   

4. Continue creating permission group folders as needed for your project. The model in the example has three permission group folders.

   

• After you create the hierarchy for your model, you can view and change the permission group folder properties. See Properties Command and Define Permission Group Folder Properties Command.

• A folder can nest inside another folder.

• You can nest multiple levels of folders.

• You cannot drag folder to other locations within the hierarchy.

Create permission groups

1. Select the default permission group folder or a permission group folder that you created.

   

2. Click New Permission Group Command to open the New Permission Group Dialog.

3. Type a name for the permission group, and then specify the workshare location where the permission group should be used. You can use logical permission group names that associate the workshare location with a permission group. For example, if you create a permission group for piping users located at the Huntsville location, you can name the group HSV Piping.

4. Click OK.

   The software adds the permission group to the hierarchy under the selected permission group folder.

   

5. Continue adding permission groups as needed to build your model hierarchy. An example is shown below.

   

• By default, the software assigns the permission group creator to the group with Full Control permissions. You assign additional users and permissions to the group by using Permissions Command .

• You cannot create permission groups and permission group folders at the same level.The permission group hierarchy does not display in Smart 3D tasks. Instead, depending on the access rights of an individual user, permission groups display on the toolbar and in Properties dialogs.

• You can define custom properties for the permission group using Database > Define Properties > Permission Group.

• After you create a new permission group, you can edit the properties assigned to it by selecting it and clicking Edit > Properties Command. The properties that you create or modify for a permission group apply to all the permission groups within the given model. The properties do not apply to permission groups in other models.

• Permission groups that you create in Project Management display in the Active Permission Group box on the horizontal toolbar of Smart 3D. When you create an object in Smart 3D, the software associates that object with the active permission group.