Manage assets

An asset is a file you uploaded to a project. You work with assets on the Asset screen in the left menu.

Assets are managed per project and can be used from any model in that project. When you choose one from an item that has an asset field, that asset is linked to the item.

Owner and Maintainer can upload, download, and delete every asset. Writer can upload assets and delete the assets they uploaded themselves. Reader can view and download assets.

Upload a file from your machine

Turns a file on your computer into an asset.

1. On the Asset screen, click Upload Asset.
2. The Asset Uploader screen opens. It opens with the Local tab selected, so go straight on.
3. Drag and drop files onto the Asset Uploader screen, or click the screen and select files. You can select more than one file at once.
4. The files you selected line up. To take a file out, click the trash icon for that file.
5. Click Upload.

When the upload finishes, the screen closes and the assets appear in the list. For zip and 7z files, the contents are decompressed by default. How decompression is handled is in Decompress a zip or 7z asset.

Upload from a URL

Turns a file on the internet into an asset by specifying its location.

1. On the Asset screen, click Upload Asset.
2. On the Asset Uploader screen, open the URL tab.
3. Enter the file’s URL in URL. You can specify only one URL.
4. Click Upload.

Download an asset

Saves an asset’s file to your machine.

1. In the list on the Asset screen, check the checkbox in the row of the asset you are downloading. You can select more than one asset.
2. Click Download.

Download from the detail screen

1. In the list on the Asset screen, click the edit icon in the row of the asset you are downloading. The detail screen opens.
2. Click the download icon.

Get an asset’s URL

For a zip or 7z asset, this URL is the URL of the zip or 7z file; the URLs of the files inside are in Decompress a zip or 7z asset.

1. In the list on the Asset screen, click the edit icon in the row of the asset whose URL you are getting. The detail screen opens.
2. Click the Copy URL icon next to the file name. The asset’s URL is copied to your machine.

Delete an asset

Deletion cannot be undone

Clicking Delete deletes the asset without bringing up a confirmation screen. A deleted asset cannot be restored.

Deletes an asset you no longer need.

1. In the list on the Asset screen, look at the Linked to column of the asset you are deleting and confirm that no item references it.
2. Check the checkbox in the row of the asset you are deleting. You can select more than one asset.
3. Click Delete.

Find an asset

Narrows down the assets by file name.

1. Enter part of the file name in the search box and click the magnifying-glass icon.

Sort the assets

Determines the order the assets appear in, according to the values of the column you choose. The columns you can sort by are File, Size, and Created At.

1. Click the heading of the column you are sorting by. It becomes ascending.