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Checking Out a File
This section describes the check out actions available from Arbortext IsoDraw.
In order to modify an object, like an Arbortext IsoDraw .iso or .idr file, you must first check it out. Check Out accomplishes the following:
• Creates a copy of the object in the commonspace on the server and marks it as checked out. This signals other users that the object is being modified, and therefore, they cannot modify it.
• Creates a working copy of the object in your workspace that holds all your changes until you check the object back in.
• Reserves the object in the commonspace, preventing other users from checking in any changes to it until you release it. You release it by checking it back in or undoing the checkout.
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Windchill supports the checking out of non-latest iterations of dynamic documents, and the subsequent checking in of those documents to become the latest iteration. This allows you to revert to an earlier version of an illustration. For more information on checking out non-latest iterations, see the Help topic, “Checking Out Objects from Windchill,” which is available from the WindchillCheck Out page. You can also access this topic from the Help Center.
This example illustrates the checkout workflow for an object that is open upon request from Windchill.
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During a check out operation that uses the option of adding the object content to the workspace, data is transferred from the Windchill database to the server-side workspace. Optionally, if you choose to open the object from the workspace, the data is then transferred from the workspace to your authoring application.
1. In an active Arbortext IsoDraw session, select File > Open File.
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In an active Arbortext IsoDraw session, select File > Open File and click Windchill 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 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 preview.
3. Click Open. The selected illustration opens in the active Arbortext IsoDraw session.
4. Select Check Out in the Windchill toolbar.