Check Out
The Check Out action available from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and also from Windchill.
In order to modify an object, you must first check it out of Windchill. 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 of 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 by undoing the checkout. For more information on Undo Check Out, refer to Undo Check Out.
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Windchill supports the checking out of non-latest iterations of CAD documents, and the subsequent checking in of those CAD documents to become the latest iteration. This allows you to revert to an earlier version of a design. For more information on checking out non-latest iterations, see Checking Out Non-latest Objects.
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When Check Out is performed from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, the top-level object is checked out and a status message displays in Windchill Workgroup Manager. When Check Out is performed from the workspace in Windchill, a status message displays in Windchill.
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• You cannot check out an object that is locked by another user in the commonspace.
• 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 Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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To access Check Out from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling:
• In a Creo Elements/Direct Modeling session, right-click on an element in the Structure Browser and select > from the actions menu as shown in the following figure.
To Check Out objects from Windchill, use one of the following methods:
• Select the object in the Windchill workspace and choose Check Out from the File menu.
 | Only selected objects are checked out. For example, if you select an assembly, only top node assembly object is checked out, the part component objects within the assembly are not. |
• Select the object in the workspace, then click on the check out icon on the workspace Object List table toolbar.