Users

In System Admin > Users a system administrator can add and remove users, and edit user details.

Basic user authentication is based on Microsoft Windows user accounts, and the users can be defined in a domain or workgroup. But before a Windows user can log in to eShare, an eShare system administrator must add the Windows user account to eShare and define the user as active. When adding a user to eShare, the user type is defined as system administrator or normal user:

• System administrators can access all views, all projects, and all data. They can perform system-level configuration actions such as add and activate other users, define user groups, and create and delete projects.
• Normal users can only access data that relates to projects to which they have been added.
  When adding a user to a project, the user role is defined as project administrator or user:

  • Project administrators can add and remove other project users, edit project properties, upload and publish 3D models, and configure adapters that enable the project to exchange data with other systems.

  • Project users can access and annotate the 3D model and view project documents.

To further limit users' access to specific data, system administrators can create user groups and assign users to these groups. When a project uses data adapters to exchange data with other systems, a project administrator can specify which user groups are allowed to see project data obtained from a specific data source.

To summarize, a CADMATIC eShare user can be a system administrator with complete administrative rights to everything or a normal user who has either administrative or user rights to specific projects, and user permissions can have additional limitations through use of user groups. For information on managing eShare users, see the following topics.