Working offline allows you to take a subset of enterprise industry model data in Edit Set mode and work with it while not being connected to a server. This lets you work on parts of the model while in the field.
When you specify the subset of data you want to edit, the display model defines the list of classes that are copied. The current zoom area further constrain the data spatially by only copying the data within the zoomed area.
When you come back to your office, you can re-connect to the server and merge your changes. More than one person can work cooperatively on content and edit the same set of data at the same time.
When you work offline, you must select an industry model template if one is not already selected for the drawing. The name of the template is stored in the enterprise industry model, and with the drawing that is created for your offline editing session. It ensures that you are working with the same set of data when you open this project from different clients. You can only associate a template with an enterprise industry model that contains a single project.
If you attempt to work offline and your drawing is not associated with an industry model template, you are directed to select one. An industry model template can also be assigned by your administrator from the Infrastructure Administrator. For more information regarding Industry Model Templates, see the AutoCAD Map 3D toolset Administrator Guide.
When you specify the subset of data to work with, you can specify an existing job.
When you re-connect to the server, you can merge your edited content with the source content. The Merge Changes dialog box helps you merge your content to the server.
Both feature locking types (optimistic and pessimistic) of an enterprise industry model are supported by Queued Edit- and Offline mode. Compared to Direct Edit mode, the modification of features do not display any immediate information, such as the insertion, deletion, or update of a feature outside a perimeter, or modify a feature which is locked by another job in Direct Edit mode. This is all managed during the change merging process.
In Queued Edit- and Offline mode, no features are locked. This is true for direct modifications or for locked features which are taken into Queued Edit- and Offline mode. You are notified during the change merging process whenever you check-in a feature which is already locked by another job in Direct Edit mode.