Locations will effect distributed deployments, resource files, and pipelines. Verify locations are configured correctly before starting on other setup items.
To check locations,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on Locations tab.
Verify all locations listed are listed as OK.
If not OK, click on the respective location and change the URI value to a valid URI.
Categories help organize resources in Catalog Parts. It is easier to configure categories and have pipelines automatically insert resources in the appropriate category rather than performing this manually.
To setup Categories,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on the Categories tab.
Enter new Category names. Categories cannot have the same names.
Once roles are configured, enter in users. If your organization decided to use LDAP, configure LDAP before manually entering users to avoid duplicates. (see LDAP Configuration).
To manually enter users,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on the Users tab.
Click Create new user to create a new user.
Enter the Display Name (name that appears in the user interface).
Enter the Username (name used to login).
Enter the user’s Email address.
Enter a Password (passwords must be at least 7 characters).
Custom project properties can help your users filter and find projects quickly and easily. Set up custom project properties and property sets to associate to your projects to do this. (see Managing Project Custom Properties and Managing Projects).
To setup Project Custom Properties,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on the Project Custom Properties tab.
Click Create Custom Property.
Enter your custom properties.
Click Create.
To setup Project Custom Properties,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on the Project Custom Properties tab.
Click Create Property Set.
Associate the custom properties to the property set.
Click Create.
To associate Property Sets to Projects,
Navigate to the Admin Area.
Click on the Projects tab.
Edit a project.
Select the appropriate property set in the Property Set drop down.
When SpinFire Manage converts CAD files to ACT3D files, it uses a set of importer options. The default set is used unless another is configured and specified in the pipeline.