The As Stored configuration is created at checkin. When more than one CAD document or a drawing CAD document is checked in from the workspace, the As Stored configuration is created. The As Stored configuration is a snapshot of the workspace at the time of check-in. You can use the As Stored configuration in the following ways:

By default, Create As Stored is set to Yes in the Preference Management utility. Create As Stored specifies to create an As Stored configuration at checkin.

As Stored is particularly useful when working with Drawings and Assemblies. It allows the Workgroup Manager user to retrieve an assembly or drawing using the same related components “as it was stored” at checkin (as opposed to retrieving Latest versions of all related parts which may have been modified independently of the parent drawing or assemblies during design developments). This is useful in order to return to a known configuration of a drawing or assembly.

Baselines also record specific configurations of versions or iterations. However, a baseline is a more formal method of capturing a configuration by creating a separate managed object that captures a configuration of components rather as they were stored. Often the As Stored configuration is used to generate a baseline at a later date. For example, it can be used to create a baseline of a set of drawings or assemblies that need to be reviewed at a design review. You would use the As Stored instead of Latest since Latest may pick up some later versions of the underlying parts that have not yet been detailed in the drawing or that may cause an assembly to fail regeneration.

Note that As Stored only considers data that is in the workspace at the time of checkin. For example, if you are checking in an assembly which has ten components and only five of those components are present in the workspace, then your As Stored configuration will contain only those five parts. The other five parts will be retrieved according to Latest configuration.