Create or open a design

Load a new or existing design

To get started, either create a new design or open an existing one. Feel free to create or open another at any time! If the current design has any unsaved changes, you'll be prompted to save before continuing.

There's no limit to the number of designs you can create!

Create a design

On the start screen, select Create design. If you already have one open, select + Create design in the top-right corner instead.

Choose a type

First, choose the type of design you want to create. This will determine the new design's initial configuration and attributes:

• Asset - the design represents a type of physical asset.
  e.g. Street Lights, Gullies, Benches

• Component - the design represents a type of component, typically installed within a parent asset (or another component).
  e.g. Bulb, Lamp Housing, Bin Sensor

• Defect - the design represents a type of defect.
  e.g. Playground Defects, Traffic Signal Faults, Potholes

• Inspection - the design represents a type of inspection.
  e.g. Highway Inspections, Service Enquiries, Electric Safety Tests.

• Item lookup - the design represents a set of multiple choices, which can be presented when populating a Link Attribute.
  e.g. Task Priorities, Material Types

• Job - the design represents a type of job.
  e.g. Street Lamp Replacement, Grass Cutting Jobs, Pothole Repairs

• Network - the design represents a network of geometries with links to related assets. e.g. Road Networks, Rail Networks, Pipe Networks

• Custom - a blank design with no initial configuration.

Enter details

Next, complete the following fields as needed:

• Name * - enter a distinct name for the design.

• Icon - use the icon picker to change the design's icon. If left blank, it may be inherited from an implemented interface, or default to .

• Colour - use the colour picker to change the canvas view's colour. If left blank, it may be inherited from an implemented interface, or default to .

Select Create design to finish. You can then edit the design to manage its attributes, links and other properties.

Note

If you're unable to create a design, your user account may lack the required permissions.

Open a design

To open an existing design in the current customer project, select Designs on the start screen. If you already have one open, select Open Design in the top-left corner, or select Search in the top app bar.

By default, the Search window displays all the designs available to you. Depending on your last search, you may need to select the button beside the search box and choose the Designs category to see them. To search the available designs, enter one or more terms into the search box, and then press the Enter key.

Browse the search tabs to see:

• Results - the designs that match your search terms and settings.

• Recent - the things you've recently viewed across all the Alloy Apps, including designs, items and other features.

Select a result to open it. To open it in a new browser tab, use middle-click or Ctrl-click.

Note

To learn more about searching for designs and other things, see Search in Alloy Home.

Filter results

To refine your search results, select Advanced search on the right. You can use these settings to filter the resulting designs in various ways.

Only show designs which:

• Child design or interface - have a Link attribute that points to the selected design, or a design that implements the selected interface.

• Implements interface - implement the selected interface.

• User group - are accessible to the selected group.

Select Apply to filter the results according to your settings. To clear these settings (but not the search box), select Reset.