Applying

Scopes to a Project or Design

Component Scoping is a code based method for controlling access to component data across Capital. Scope codes are applied to components, sub-components, designs and projects. They restrict the use of components within projects and designs. Whenever the system or a user selects a component, only those components within the scopes applied to the project or design are available

If scopes are defined at project level and there are no design-level scope definitions, then the project-level scopes are used for the designs.

If scopes are defined both at project and design level, the design-level scopes are used within a design.

Only one customer or manufacturing site scope code is allowed per design or project.

Note

You can use extensibility (a plugin) to manage component scoping. If a plugin is available then it overrides the default rules, and determines part suitability based on project, design and library scoping but using the business logic defined within the plugin. For more information about developing and using extensibility plugins, see the PluginDevelopment.pdf file that is located in the doc\plugin folder of your Capital installation.

Prerequisites

You must have created the required scopes in Capital Component Manager.

Procedure

1. Right-click the project name or design in the Project Browser Window and choose Edit; the Edit Project Information dialog box or Edit Design dialog box displays.

2. Click Properties; an Edit Properties dialog box displays.

3. Click the Scopes tab; the scope codes that you have created in Capital Component Manager display in the Available window.

4. Select the scopes that you want to apply to the project or design and click Add; the selected scopes are added to the Selected window.

5. Click OK.

Results

• The selected scopes are applied to the project or design.

• If a library component has had scopes applied to it, these dictate whether it is available for selection within the project or design.

• For a design, if you hold your mouse cursor over the design name in the Project Browser Tree, the applied scopes display.

Parent Topic:

Projects

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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