The availability of these actions depends on the status of the object as well as your access to it. For more information, see Object Status and Understanding Data Accessibility. |
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Save or open the document primary content without editing it. This action is available only if the primary content source is a local file. How the file is downloaded depends on your preference settings. | |||
If the primary content source is a URL link, this action redirects you to the target website. | |||
Check the document back into Windchill. This action is available only to the user to whom the document is currently checked out. The checkin operation saves the modifications you have made to the document in the system. Checking in an object also iterates the version according to the versioning scheme set at your site. For example, from A.1 to A.2. | |||
Reserve the document for editing, preventing other users from making modifications. | |||
Reserve the document and download its primary content file for editing. The file download location is specified in your preference settings. | |||
Reserve the document so that you can change the primary content, edit attributes, and add or change attachments.
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Undo a checkout without saving any changes or creating a new iteration. This releases your hold on the document and makes it available for others to check out. | |||
If the document is already checked out, select this action to change the primary content, edit attributes, and add or change attachments for the document. | |||
Upload a new primary content file without editing any other document attributes. The document is automatically checked out and back in. This action is available only when the document is checked in.
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Administrators might have modified the default tabs that are viewable to you. Additional tabs might appear depending on the solutions deployed at your site. |
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Details | Displays the attributes associated with each document. For a list of attributes commonly available in Windchill, see Object Attributes. If a thumbnail has been generated for the document, a visualization thumbnail is selectable. For more information, see About Visualization. Classification attributes will appear if Windchill Partslink is installed and classification binding attributes are set on the object type. In addition to common attributes, the following might appear: • Status—Indicates whether the document is checked in or checked out. If the document is checked out, the name of the user to whom the document is checked out appears. If the document is checked out to you, the following links appear: ◦ Go to Working Copy—Links to the working copy of the document. ◦ Go to Original Version—Links to the version of the document that was last checked in. For more information, see Object Status. • Primary Content—The primary content of the document. If the primary content is a local file, the filename appears. Otherwise, the content label or No Content appears. ◦ Click the view information icon to view more specific information about the primary content, such as the file size or full URL path. ◦ Click the document format icon to view or download the primary content. The icon that appears depends on the primary content format. For example, a Microsoft Word document icon appears when the file is in .doc or .docx format. If the primary content is a URL link, click the link icon to navigate to the link location.
• Format Name—The type of content used as the primary content of the document. • PDM Checkout Status and Checked out PDM Version—If the object is being shared to a project from a product or another project, these attributes provide information about the source object.
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Structure | View and manage the document structure. A document structure defines parent-child relationships between separate documents. For more information, see Structured Documents. | ||||||
Content | Displays information about the primary content or content that is attached to the document: | ||||||
Related Objects | Displays information about objects directly associated with the document: View documents that are using the current document in a structure. Add, remove, or modify documents that contain related or essential information for the current document. View documents that have added the current document as a reference. Add, remove, or modify parts associated with the document. | ||||||
Changes |
Displays information about existing change objects related to the document in the Associated Changes table. | ||||||
History | Displays information about the history of the document: • Timeline A visual representation of actions taken on the document, including renaming, moving, or setting a new state. • Version History Provides a record of changes made to the document, including links to previous versions of the primary content. A new version is created each time an object is checked in or revised. For more information, see Object Versions. |