If you have the proper environment administrator rights, it is possible to add an environment logo (e.g. your company logo) to your BriefBuilder environment, which will then feature on the cover of the Word reports that are produced from the models in that environment. Add an environment logo by following…
As explained here, every object in BriefBuilder gets a unique ID. These IDs are often used to exchange data with other applications. For every tree in BriefBuilder, it is possible to download these IDs in an Excel format. You only have to do the following: The export gives you the…
This article will explain the concept and practicalities of working with ‘typicals’. The typicals feature allows you to easily manage the requirements of objects that frequently reoccur in the Spaces & locations tree of your project. Think of patient rooms in hospitals, classrooms in schools, or segments in road or…
There are several ways to find out what has happened in the requirements model, distinguishing between changes to requirements and changes to analysis/verification data. Changes to requirements To view all the latest changes in the entire requirements model: 1. Go to the project home 2. Find the history icon in…
BriefBuilder comes in multiple languages. You can choose the language for your model when creating it. It can be, however, that you want to switch the project model’s language (i.e. the language in which the table headers, the menu and action buttons are presented) after you have created the project…
Sometimes, you want to change the type of an object. For example: it can happen that you have just created a nicely specified system, but that you are finding out that it would have been better if it were a spatial element (e.g. because you want to link it to…
You might wish to use documents from a document management system (DMS) in BriefBuilder. The most common reason for this is usually verification. You can support your verification result by connecting your verification to certain demonstration documents (e.g. test reports). These documents are often stored and managed in a DMS….
In the main menu, under Overviews, you can find the Requirements Overview. This is a relatively simple overview that shows all the requirements in your model in a table format. In contrast to a cross table, all objects and requirements are presented in columns. On the selection page, you can…
When working in BriefBuilder, you may have noticed that all objects have an ID. The same goes for all requirements. Both kinds of IDs are automatically generated and they are unique. This makes them very suitable for the purpose of referencing and for the integration or exchange of data with…
Below is a compilation of all our videos explaining several of BriefBuilder’s features. Quick guides are short and succinct explanatory videos without a voiceover. They simply showcase how to perform certain actions in BriefBuilder. Our tutorial series is longer and more in-depth, including plenty of practical examples and tips through…