User Settings

The Settings panel for a selected User:

Click Edit to modify the fields in any of the sections of User Settings.

Note: You cannot edit certain parameters of users that originate from an LDAP directory service. These parameters are marked with an LDAP tag.

Licenses Section

Each user working on the BIMcloud requires one BIMcloud User License, regardless of how many projects the user is joined into. The license is automatically reserved for each user when he/she opens a Teamwork project in ARCHICAD.

A BIMcloud User License remains automatically reserved until the user closes ARCHICAD, or goes offline for any reason.

Alternatively, an administrator can manually assign a license to the user: click Assign. A manually assigned BIMcloud User License remains assigned to the user even after the user closes all projects on the BIMcloud or goes offline.

An Administrator can revoke this manually assigned license with the Revoke button. If available, an automatic license is then reserved for this user.

For general information, see BIMcloud User License.

The icon indicates the license type:

Required permissions:

•Simplified management: Server administrator

•Detailed management: Manage licenses for the selected user

Personal Settings Section

•Photo: Click to browse for an image-format file to use as a user photo, with a maximum file size of 2MB.

•Color: Click the color picker to assign a user color.

•Full Name: Full name of the user. This name will appear in the header, and will be the name seen by other users in ARCHICAD. This field cannot be left empty.

•Login Name: Enter the login name of the User. Do not use spaces or special characters (e.g.,–/”…) This field cannot be left empty.

•Email address: Email address of the user. This field cannot be left empty.

•Management role: If the Simplified management mode is used, then you can assign the Management role for the user from this pop-up.

See Permission Management: Simplified and Detailed.

•Default Role: Choose a role from the pop-up. If you do not wish to assign a Default Role, then select “Not set” from the pop-up.

•If custom fields have been defined, they will also appear in the personal settings section. (Optional custom fields are defined by the Server Administrator on the Servers page, at BIMcloud Manager Settings.)

•Fields imported from LDAP servers are marked with an LDAP tag. Those parameters cannot be modified here.

Required permissions:

•Users do not require permission to modify their own Photo, Color, Full name and Email address, and password (unless those are imported from an LDAP server)

•Simplified management: Server administrator

•Detailed management: Modify details for the user

Parent Groups Section

Displays the parent group(s) to which the user belongs.

Click Edit to modify the user or group’s parent group(s).

Add User or Group to Parent Group

To add the currently selected item (user or group) as a member to another group, start typing the desired group name in the Add group field, and choose the group name when it appears.

You can only select groups for which you have Modify details permission.

Delete Parent Group

If a current parent group can be deleted for the currently selected item (user/group), that parent group is shown with an X button. Click the X to delete a parent group. (The selected item is no longer a member in that group.)

You can only delete groups for which you have Modify details permission.

Note: If the parent group membership stems from an LDAP database, this is indicated with a label. You cannot modify a user's parent group(s) if it comes from an LDAP database.

Required permissions to add or delete parent groups:

•Simplified management: Server administrator

•Detailed management:

-Modify details for the currently selected user

-Modify details for the selected parent group

BIMcloud Projects and Teams Section

Lists the BIMcloud Projects and associated Teams to which this user belongs.

See BIMcloud Project Teams for more information.

System Notifications Section

Notifications are informational or warning messages that automatically appear in the BIMcloud Manager.

In this section, click Edit to set Notifications preferences for the selected User.

Display in BIMcloud Manager

A User will see only those System Notifications that are relevant, based on his/her User Role.

•On: All System Notifications (Info as well as Warning messages) will pop up as needed in the relevant locations of the BIMcloud Manager.

•Off: System Notifications will not pop up anywhere in the BIMcloud Manager interface.

•Only Warnings: Only Warning-type notifications will pop up.

See System Notifications for more information.

Receive in email

Choose Daily Summary to automatically receive an email every morning, listing all current Notifications.

Note: To use this feature, you need a configured SMTP server. (This is done on the Servers page, under the BIMcloud Manager’s Settings panel, at Email preferences.)

See Email Preferences.

Password Section

For your own account: click Change Password.

For another user (if you are the Server Administrator): click Request password change.

The user will receive an email asking him/her to change the password, with a link to the password change page. The user then changes the password and returns to the BIMcloud Login page.

If the BIMcloud Manager is not able to send the email, then it will display a link where the password can be changed. Send this link to the user to have him/her reset the password.

 Required permissions to request password change from other user(s):

•Simplified management: Server administrator

•Detailed management:

-Modify details

This function is not available for users imported from an LDAP server.

Required permissions:

•Each user is able to change his/her own password

•Simplified management: Server administrator

•Detailed management: Modify details for the project