Checking In a File
This topic describes the Check In actions available from Arbortext IsoDraw.
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Check In is not an available action if there is no primary server and primary workspace. You must register a server from > in Windchill and activate a workspace.
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When you are finished making changes to an object, like an Arbortext IsoDraw .iso or .idr file, and you are ready to publish the changes to the shared area on the server, you must check in your objects. The following graphic illustrates the information flow during check in.
| Check in transfers data from the server-side workspace to the commonspace. If you check in an object directly from the authoring application, the data is transferred from Arbortext IsoDraw to the server-side workspace, and then to the Windchill server. |
Check In accomplishes the following:
• Copies the working copy of your object from your workspace to the shared area of the server.
• Creates a new iteration of the checked-out object in the shared area.
• If this object was checked out by you, releases the lock on the object in the shared area, so that others can access it.
When you initiate check in, you can choose from two options in Arbortext IsoDraw in the Windchill toolbar:
• Auto Check In 
When you select Auto Check In, your object is directly copied to the commonspace. The process follows the defaults you or your administrator has set up, and checks in what has changed in modified objects.
• Custom Check In 
When you select Custom Check In, you check in objects with changed settings using the Windchill HTML user interface. When you select Custom, you can specify certain options that are applied to the object you are checking in. Custom takes you through two pages where you can specify the following options.
For example, use
Checkin / Custom when you want to associate an illustration with an
Illustration Holder during first time check in.
1. Collect Objects
The Collect Objects page allows you to select the objects you want to check in. Select the check boxes next to the objects you don't want to be visible to others on the Windchill server. Go to Edit menu and select Set For Check in to deselect the selected items for check in. Select Next.
On the
File menu, select
Check Out
. The object can be checked out using the
Check in option.
On the Edit menu you can select Set Location, Keep Check out, or Set For Check in.
| During check in you have the option of picking a folder location, or browsing to a product ASPS location. You can also provide an optional check in comment. |
2. Set Options
The Set Options page allows you to specify certain options for the objects you are checking in. Select the check box next to the options you want to set. You can choose to do the following.
▪ Create a baseline.
▪ Undo check out of unmodified objects.
▪ Remove objects from the workspace.
▪ Auto-resolve incomplete objects, either:
▪ Update with objects on the server, then ignore.
▪ Always ignore.
3. Press Finish to check in the file.
