Proposing Incremental Changes from ECAD
The collaboration scenario from ECAD is as follows:
• The ECAD user receives the IDX file from the Creo+ user.
• The ECAD user views the contents of the IDX file and the design changes proposed by the Creo+ user in the Creo View ECAD Validate. These data differences are only the proposed changes.
• The ECAD user verifies the proposed design changes and other data by cross-selecting or cross-previewing changes from Creo View ECAD Compare into Creo+.
• The ECAD user accepts or rejects the proposed design changes and uses Creo View ECAD Compare to propose additional changes to the Creo+ user.
• The ECAD user updates the ECAD assembly database and the IDX file with the selective and incremental changes that are accepted.
• The ECAD user transfers the updated IDX file to the Creo+ user.
The Creo+ user can view the contents of the updated XML file in Creo View ECAD Validate. The Creo+ user selects the changed design objects and the additionally proposed changes of the ECAD user, highlights, previews, and zooms them into focus in Creo+ and cross-selects and cross-previews in Creo View ECAD Compare. The Creo+ user accepts or rejects the verified changes, updates the assembly in Creo+ and the IDX file, and transfers the IDX file with the design changes to the ECAD user.
The Creo+ and ECAD user achieve design synchronization through several iterative proposals and design changes.