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Checking Out and Adding Family Tables to the Workspace
The following rules apply to the checkout and download of Family Tables:
If you check out an instance, you do not need checkout the generic.
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Default behavior is to check out the generic also, but you can override this by deselecting the generic on the checkout page. However, in the case of an earlier iteration of a Family Table, you must check out the entire Family Table together.
You can check out the generic without checking out any instances.
You can download the generic without downloading any instances.