Use drawings to create and access project data.
There is a tight association between a project object, such as a surface, and its source drawing, which is the drawing that contains the object. To create a project object, add the object’s source drawing to a project and specify that you want to share the object with others. You can edit a project object by checking out the source drawing, making the change, and checking the source drawing back in.
You can store any project drawing in the project database. You will find it easier to keep your project organized if you use more than one folder to store your project drawings. For more information, see Project Folders.
The Drawings collection in the Prospector tree is not a folder and does not map to a folder in either the project database or the working folder. However, the folders under the Drawings collection map directly to folders in the project database and the working folder.
Tutorial: Creating, Referencing, and Modifying Project Object Data
Topics in this section
- Adding a Drawing to a Project
You can add a drawing to a project to make the drawing available to others, to place it under version control, and to create project objects from objects in the drawing.
- Managing Ownership of Project Drawings
When working in a multiple-site environment, ownership determines which site's users have the ability to check out a drawing.
- Checking a Drawing out from a Project
You can check out a project drawing to edit it.
- Checking a Drawing in to a Project
After you check out a project drawing and change it, check in the drawing to make it available to others and to update the version in the project database.
- Opening a Project Drawing
After a drawing has been added to a project, open it from the Projects collection in the Prospector tree.
- Getting the Latest Version of a Drawing
You can obtain a read-only copy of the latest version of any project drawing.
- Resetting a Checked out Drawing
If you have a project drawing checked out, you can reset it to a checked-in state without making any changes to it.
- Synchronizing Drawing Data with Project Data
You can update an open drawing with the latest versions of all project objects and point data.
- Detaching a Drawing from a Project
You can detach a drawing from a project to sever the connection between the drawing and all project data.