Using Exclusion and Remove Rules in Incremental Packages
An incremental package is designed to be used by companies that share updates of Creo Parametric files from a source to a target PLM system. For example, an incremental package can be used for sharing a quarterly update of a collection of standard library components to different divisions within a company, or with a design or supply chain partner. An incremental package would be shared between companies are that are collaborating closely on a new design and need to share updates with each on a regular basis.
Incremental packages should be used whenever possible to provide optimal productivity. Incremental packages typically export and import in substantially less time than a complete package. Because incremental packages only contain updates or additions, they are typically much smaller, making them easier to handle and send.
Following are guidelines for when to use exclusion rules and remove rules:
• To create an incremental package, you should typically only use the exclusion rule. An incremental package created using an exclusion rule provides the maximum information about the data being shared while including only the minimum amount of necessary content. A package created using an exclusion rule enables Creo Packages to ensure that the identical configuration of iterations is available in both the source and target PLM systems.
• The only time that you should consider using the remove rule to create an incremental package is in a sharing partnership where you are certain that every single package ever created and sent to a target PLM system was both exported and imported in the proper sequence into the target PLM system. Creo Packages incremental package transactions (export and import) created using remove rules will perform slightly faster than those created using exclude rules but do not guarantee that the identical configuration of iterations is available in both the source and target PLM systems.