For users to be able to create renditions from ProjectWise Explorer, the administrator must first create the necessary rendition profile components, then create a rendition profile that contains the rendition profile components.

By default, when a new rendition profile is created, the system includes all the rendition profile components from each component category as valid selections. This means that every rendition profile component will be available to users when the rendition profile is selected in ProjectWise Explorer. Also, any rendition profile components that you create in the future will be available without any additional configuration to the rendition profile. However, you can override this behavior to include only those rendition profile components you want to make available to users when the rendition profile is selected in ProjectWise Explorer. This can be done when you create the rendition profile or afterwards by modifying the properties of the rendition profile.

You can define as many rendition profiles as you want. If there is more than one component for a particular category, you can add some or all of them to your rendition profile and then designate which of those components will be the default choice for the user. A rendition profile must have an output file format component, an output file naming convention component, and an output destination folder component, but the source file presentation settings component is optional.