The three variations of the Item Properties dialog
Summary
The Item Properties dialog allows designers to create, edit or view properties of an Item within the Vault.
For more information about creating and editing items in a Vault, click
here.
Find the desired dialog in the following list and click on the link to access the information about that variation of the Item Properties dialog.
Create ItemExpandCollapse
Edit ItemExpandCollapse
Edit Item
The Edit Item variation of the Item Properties dialog
Access
The dialog is accessed from the Vaults panel by right-clicking on an Item in the top-right region of the panel in the Planned State then selecting Properties from the context menu.
Options/Controls
- Item ID – the unique ID for this Item. The ID itself is typically a code in accordance with established naming conventions. For example,
D-810-XXXX may be used to reflect a fabricated Blank Board Item, while
D-820-XXXX reflects an Assembled Board Item.
- Content Type – lists the item type. Use the drop-down menu to select a different content type.
- Item Sharing - click to open the Permissions For Folder or Item dialog in which you can specify permissions for this item.
- Revision Naming Scheme – this field determines the scheme employed when assigning Revision IDs. Use the drop-down to choose from the schemes currently defined for the vault. Schemes are defined in the Edit Revision Naming Schemes dialog,
which can be accessed by clicking the
button at the right of the field. As schemes are chosen at the Item-level,
you are free to have different schemes applied to different Items. The chosen Revision Naming Scheme cannot be changed after the Item is released.
- Revision ID – the revision of the Item in accordance with the chosen revision naming scheme. Use the button accessed by hovering over the right of the field to access the Set initial values dialog from where you can manually set the ID for the initial revision of a newly-created Item in an Altium Vault.
Access to the Set initial values dialog is only p ossible provided you have enabled the Allow manual initial revision Id option, on the Data Management – Vaults page of the Preferences dialog.
- Lifecycle Definition – this field determines which lifecycle definition is used to model the state transitions that an Item Revision may undergo over time. Use the drop-down to choose from the definitions currently defined
for the vault. The definitions themselves are defined in the Edit Lifecycle Definitions dialog, which can be accessed by clicking the button at the right of the field. As lifecycle definitions are chosen at the Item-level, you are free to have different definitions applied to different Items. The chosen lifecycle definition cannot
be changed after the Item is released.
- Revision State – the state of the revision of this Item specified in the Revision ID field. This field is read-only.
- Revision Sharing - use this link to open the Permissions For Folder or Item dialog in which you can specify permissions for this item.
- Comment – use this field to enter any further comments regarding this Item.
- Description – use this field to enter a meaningful description of what is represented by this Item.
- Folder – the vault folder in which this item is stored. Click the button to open the Choose Folder dialog and select or create a different folder.
- Ancestor Revision – the preceding revision from which this Item is created/branched. Click the button
to navigate to and select an existing item revision. Click the Clear button to remove the current Ancestor Revision.
View Item PropertiesExpandCollapse
View Item Properties
Access
From the Vaults panel, right-click on a Released or New from Design item and select Properties from the context menu.
Options/Controls
- Item ID – the unique ID for this Item. The ID itself is typically a code in accordance with established naming conventions. For example,
D-810-XXXX may be used to reflect a fabricated Blank Board Item while D-820-XXXX reflects
an Assembled Board Item. The Item ID cannot be changed after the Item is released.
- Content Type – this is the type of Item (for example, a Component or Footprint).
- Item Sharing - click to open the Permissions For Folder or Item dialog in which you can specify permissions for this item.
- Revision Naming Scheme – this field determines the scheme employed when assigning Revision IDs. Use the drop-down to choose from the schemes currently defined for the vault. Schemes are defined in the Edit Revision Naming Schemes dialog,
which can be accessed by clicking the button at the right of the field. As schemes are chosen at the Item-level,
you are free to have different schemes applied to different Items. The chosen Revision Naming Scheme cannot be changed.
- Revision ID – the revision of the Item in accordance with the chosen revision naming scheme. This field is read-only.
- Lifecycle Definition – this field determines which Lifecycle definition is used to model the state transitions that an Item-Revision may undergo over time. Use the drop-down to choose from the definitions currently defined
for the vault. The definitions are defined in the Edit Lifecycle Definitions dialog, which can be accessed by clicking the button at the right of the field. As Lifecycle definitions are chosen at the Item-level, you are free to have different definitions applied to different Items. The chosen Lifecycle definition cannot
be changed after the Item is released.
- Revision State – the state of the revision of this Item specified in the Revision ID field. This field is read-only.
- Revision Sharing - use this link to open the Permissions For Folder or Item dialog in which you can specify permissions for this item.
- Comment – use this field to enter any further comments regarding this Item.
- Description – use this field to enter a meaningful description of what is represented by this Item.
- Folder – the vault folder in which this item is stored.
- Ancestor Revision – the preceding revision from which this Item is created/branched.
