Exercise 4: Checking In a Project Object

You check in a project object by checking in the checked-out drawing that contains it.

In this exercise, you will check in the source drawing that contains the surface XGND, which you modified in the previous exercise.

This exercise continues from Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object.

Before starting this exercise, ensure that you are logged in to the database as pred, or the same user who checked out the drawing Project-XGND.dwg.

Check in a project object

1. On the Prospector tab, expand the Open Drawings collection.
2. Right-click Project-XGND, and click Check In.
3. In the first Check In Drawing dialog box, verify that Project-XGND.dwg is selected.
4. Click Finish.

   The drawing is checked in and closed.

5. Expand the Projects Tutorial Vault Project DrawingsSource Drawings collection. Select the Surfaces folder to display the list view.

   In the list view, note that the Version for file Project-XGND.dwg has changed from 1 to 2. Version 2 is the drawing containing the project surface with the most recent modifications.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Updating a Project Object.