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Import to Workspace (Creo Elements/Direct Modeling)
The Import to Workspace action enables you to import objects to your active workspace. For example, you can import CAD documents and all dependent files. Import is only supported for the Windchill Workgroup Manager embedded browser, and from an active workspace that has access to cache. Importing objects from a non-active workspace is not supported.
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• Initiating Import to Workspace and Save to Workspace concurrently will cause error messages to appear. Creo Elements/Direct Modeling does not allow multiple operations to run simultaneously.
• Creo Elements/Direct Modeling does not import or load model assemblies unless all child component models are present and located in the same directory.
You import objects by using the Import to Workspace wizard, which asks you to specify the following information:
• Files to import
• Import options
The wizard allows you to navigate to the following step by clicking Next, or to the preceding step by clicking Back. You can also return to a step previously completed by clicking its corresponding numeral.
Select Files to Import
To launch the Import to Workspace wizard:
1. From Windchill Workgroup Manager, select Tools > Import to Workspace.
The Import to Workspace wizard opens at the Select files to import phase.
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The Target Workspace field indicates the active workspace where the imported objects will be placed.
2. In the Add Dependencies field, set a rule for the collection of dependent objects for any selected objects; either All (default), Required, or None.
3. Click the add object icon to navigate and select objects that you would like to import from your local file system. When you have selected an object, click Open to add it to the Files panel.
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• In order to create the dependency between drawings and owning models, you must multi-select drawings along with the owning models for import. Otherwise, dependencies are not created in Windchill.
• In order to create the dependency between drawings and frames, you must multi-select drawings along with the frames for import. Otherwise, a missing CAD object for the frame is created in the workspace.
The Files panel lists all the files that you have collected for import and is described in the following table:
Column
Description
Row selection
To apply toolbar actions to individual rows, click (check) its box to select. Clicking the top check box selects or deselects all rows.
Object type
Displays object type icons.
File Name
Displays object file name.
Size
Displays the file size of the object.
Last Modified
Displays date and time of last modification of the file.
File Path
Displays the directory path to the file to be imported.
4. Optionally, select an object and click the remove object icon to remove the object from theObject List panel.
5. Click Next to go on to the Specify Options phase.
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Click Finish to initiate the import without specifying options.
Specify Options
The options available in this phase can help resolve conflicts with objects in the target workspace or in the commonspace.
To specify import options:
1. Examine the objects you selected in the Select files to import phase which are listed in the Object List panel described in the following table.
Column
Description
Rows selection
To apply toolbar actions to individual rows, click (check) its box to select. Clicking the top check box selects or deselects all rows.
Workspace content status
Displays the object’s local workspace status icon (if applicable).
Action status
Indicates if the object is set for check out.
General status
Displays the object’s general status icon (if applicable).
Status messages
Displays a status message icon and the text message in a tooltip (if applicable).
Object type indicator
Displays the object type icon.
File Name
Displays the object filename.
Size
Displays the file size of the object.
Last Modified
Displays the date and time of the last object modification.
Location
Displays the storage location for the object.
File Path
Displays the file path and shows the temporary import directory (%temp%/TempImportDir) for the objects being imported.
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If there are name or SysID conflicts detected, model objects are renamed with their new names shown in the File Path. This check does not include drawing objects.
2. Optionally, use the View menu to select an alternate view of the Object List table.
3. Flag the collected set of import objects for further action. You do this by selecting an object and clicking on the toolbar controls as described in the following table.
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Clicking the reset icon resets the Object List to its initial state.
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You can also click Back at any time to return to the Select files to import phase.
Control Icon
Action
Invoke the Set Location window to select a database location for the selected object.
Add the imported object as a new object.
Add the imported object as a modified object.
Reuse an existing workspace or commonspace object of the same name, rather than importing the selected object.
Check out the selected object upon import.
Revise the selected object upon import.
Excludes selected object from the import. Clicking again (while the same object is selected) re-includes the object.
4. Click Finish to commit to the import of the collected objects.
The import objects appear in the target (active) workspace.
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