Library

This functionality is also available via the Library screen. Here on the Assets screen, you can view all the library items for a particular asset.

Library Items Toolbar

The Library toolbar button allows the user to add, edit and delete Library Items.

  • Add

    The Add menu item allows you to add a new Library item. Depending on what screen is active, the Add drop down menu will provide connection type options. Enter the Name of the Library item and any other relevant document information (Revision, Date, Document Reference etc). If the document is to be uploaded into NEXUS IC, then click on the Attachment button, else enter a Hyperlink location.

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    When adding an item, you can either Import or Link it. If you Import, the item will be brought into the database. If you subsequently change the original on disk, the item in the database will not change to match. If you Link the item, then when you change the original on disk, the next time you view the item within NEXUS IC, you will see the updated item.

    Note that NEXUS IC will still load a copy of a Linked item into the NEXUS database — this is so that if the original is unavailable (for example, because you are away from your network), NEXUS IC can display the cached copy. When you view the item, if the original has been updated, we also update the database cached copy.

    Hint

    You can also add multimedia by dragging image files from Windows Explorer onto the Library Items pane. If you drag/drop one file, you will be given the Add Library dialog, and clicking Cancel will cancel the add. If you drag/drop multiple files, they will be added, and then multi-selected in the grid. You can then click Edit to multi-edit them.

  • Edit

    The Edit menu item allows you to edit the properties of the currently selected Library Item (not the document itself).

  • Delete

    Deletes the currently selected Library Item.

    Note

    Deleting a Library Item will delete all the connections of that Library Item.

  • Launch

    Launches the Library item on the local machine.

    Hint

    Use the Space Bar on your keyboard to launch the currently selected Library item.

    Note

    If the local machine does not have an associated viewer for the document type (eg. AutoCad viewer for DWG type), then the document can not be launched.

  • Email Attachment

    This option will launch a new email message and attach the associated Library Item to it. Note that Email account properties need to be setup for this option to function.

  • Import

    See Import for detailed information on the Import Wizard. The MS Excel Import Template details the required format for importing Library Items.

  • Export

    See Export for information about exporting Library Items. Please note that this option will only export the contents of the grid, not the Library Items themselves.

  • Customise

    See Customise for information about the Customise toolbar option.

  • Connections

    See Connections for information about the Connections toolbar option.

See Library Items for more details.