Content

Item Types

Cells

Parametric Components

Components Center

Note: Select a link to “jump” to the desired Content tab group.

Figure 1. Content tab

Item Types

Figure 2. Item Types group

Setting	Description
Attach Item	Used to attach an item(s) to an element, file, model, or reference.
Detach Item	Used to detach item(s) from an element.
Picklist	Used to define pick lists.
Import/Export	Used to export and import item type definitions and instance to and from Excel files respectively.
Item Types	Used to create custom item types and add properties to custom item types.

Cells

Figure 3. Cells group

Setting	Description
Place Active Cell	Used to place the Active Cell.
Replace Cells	Used to replace single or multiple cells in a model, or to update cells in a model, with cells of the same name from the active cell library.
Define Cell Origin	Used to define the cell origin (the point about which the cell is placed).
Cells	Used to attach cell libraries and activate different types of cells, if one is attached.

Parametric Components

Figure 4. Parametric Components group

Setting	Description
Named Presentations	Used to manage named presentations.
Perforators	Used to add and remove perforator properties of an element. A Perforator is a parametric solid that acts as a cutting element on a target element.
Placement Points	Used to place multiple placement points on parametric, graphic and shared cells.

Components Center

Figure 5. Components Center group

Setting	Description
Place Component	Used to display the components available in your organization's repository as well as those delivered by Bentley, and place the selected component as a cell.
Upload Component	Used to upload a component to Components Center.