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You can place an Arbortext IsoDraw file from Windchill into your Arbortext IsoDraw session.
If you want to preview the file before downloading (placing) it into your active
Arbortext IsoDraw session, refer to the
Previewing Before Downloading for additional information.
It is important not to create a circular relationship when using > . For example,
1. Create a source file, CS1.iso on your local machine.
2. Save, upload and check in the file, CS1.iso to Windchill.
3. Create a target file, CT1.iso from > > , and select the source file, CS1.iso.
4. Save, upload and check in the target file, CT1.iso.
5. Checkout the source file, CS1.iso from > > , and select the target file, CT1.iso and check in to Windchill.
This creates a circular relationship between the source and target files. Subsequently, none of the files forming this circular dependency become up-to-date with each other.
Another example of creating a circular relationship between source and target files is where you have the following illustrations: s1.iso, s2.iso, s3.iso. Here, s1.iso is used as the source file for target s2.iso. s2.iso is used as the source for target s3.iso, and again, s3.iso is used as the source for s1.iso. If you update or modify s1.iso, it becomes out-of-date with s2.iso. If you update s3.iso from s2.iso, the former (s1.iso), becomes out-of-date with s1.iso. This creates a circular relationship between the source and target files. Subsequently, none of the files forming this circular dependency become up-to-date with each other.
| Do not create a circular relationship between source and target files, else files become out-of-date. |
Perform the following steps to place an Arbortext IsoDraw file from Windchill into your Arbortext IsoDraw session:
1. In an active Arbortext IsoDraw session, select > .
Or,
In an active
Arbortext IsoDraw session, select > and click the
Windchill
button to open the
Windchill Workgroup Manager client.
2. If the part assembly, illustration or graphic dynamic document to preview is not located here, you can search for it.
a. If you know the file name: Browse to and select the file name from the
Open window. You can also click
Windchill
in the
Open window to browse for the file.
b. If you do not know the file name: Enter the search keyword in the
Search field of the
Open window and click
Enter. You can also click the
Windchill
in the
Open window to browse for the file. From the
Search Results table, browse to and select the file name you want to place in
Arbortext IsoDraw.
3. Click Open. The selected illustration is placed in the active Arbortext IsoDraw session.
| Updating a source in Arbortext IsoDraw fails if an object that was placed in an illustration is renamed in Windchill during an open session. If this happens, synchronize the workspace, close the Arbortext IsoDraw illustration, reopen it, and update the source again. |
, and select the source file, CS1.iso.
, and select the target file, CT1.iso and check in to Windchill.