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(Technology Preview) Components Center Upload Dialog

Used to upload a component to Component Center. Users in a role with Upload permission can upload components to Component Center from Bentley Substation using this dialog.

You can open this dialog from the following:

  • Ribbon: Drawing > Content > Components Center > Upload Component
  • Ribbon: Modeling > Content > Components Center > Upload Component
SettingDescription
Following properties for the selected model, to be uploaded as a component, can be set:
  • Thumbnail Display (Thumbnails are captured from the active view. Following settings are recommended to get a good thumbnail preview:
    • Switch off the camera as well as Markers of the active view from the View Attributes dialog.
    • Use the View Size tool and set the Aspect Ratio as Square 500 x 500.
    • Use Smooth display style with white background.
  • Name
  • Description
  • Category
  • Application
  • Manufacturer
  • Attachments - Lets you attach documents to the component. Attachments can include the following:
    • Thumbnails
    • CAD Files
    • Gallery Images
    • PDFs
    • HTML Files
    • Documents
  • Tags - you can further classify components by adding tags to them which will be available during search.
  • Catalog - lets you group components into Catalogs by selecting a catalog during upload.
Upload Lets you save and upload the component to Components Center.
Note: If you do not have upload permission, you will see the following message in the message center when you select Upload Component in the ribbon: