Exercise 3: Checking Out and Modifying a Project Object

You check out a project object by checking out the drawing that contains the object.

In this exercise, you will check out and modify the drawing that contains the surface object XGND.

This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Creating a Reference to a Project Object.

Check out a reference object

1. On the Prospector tab, expand the Projects Tutorial Vault Project Drawings collection.
2. Select the Source DrawingsSurfaces folder to display the list view for the collection.

   In the list view, note that the Version for Project-XGND.dwg is 1.

   The icon next to Project-XGND.dwg indicates that the drawing is checked in.

3. Right-click Project-XGND.dwg and click Check Out.
4. In the Check Out Drawing dialog box, verify that Project-XGND.dwg is selected.
5. Click OK.

   The drawing is checked out and opened. The icon next to Project-XGND.dwg in the Open Drawings collection indicates that the drawing is checked out to you. In the next few steps, you will modify the surface by adding a breakline.

Modify the source object

1. With the surface clearly visible, click (the Polyline tool) and draw a polyline anywhere on the surface.
2. Expand Open Drawings Project-XGND Surfaces XGND Definition.
3. In the surface Definition, right-click the Breaklines collection. Click Add.
4. In the Add Breaklines dialog box, optionally give the breakline a name. Click OK. In the drawing window, click the polyline to convert it to a breakline.
5. Click Save to save the changes to the surface.

Further exploration: If you want to see how the drawing icon appears to another database user, complete the following steps:

• On the Prospector tab, Master View, right-click the Projects collection and click Log Out.
• Right-click the Projects collection, click Log In, then log in as user kgreen.
• In the Tutorial Vault Project, note the ‘checked out’ icon next to Project-XGND.dwg.
• Hover the cursor over the ‘checked out’ icon to see a tooltip that indicates which user has checked out the drawing.
• Log out as kgreen, then log in as pred.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Checking In a Project Object.