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File Menu

This menu governs general functions with regard to database selection, model groups, and printing. The following options are available:

Menu Item

Description

Open

Contains menu items for opening / creating a cloud or on-premise workgroup or standalone database, transportable database or guest database.

Menu Item

Description

Open/Create database

Displays the Open/Create dialog so you can choose which type of database - cloud or on-premise workgroup or standalone - you want to create.

See Create a Database or Open a Database the topic for details.

Open another database

Displays the Open/Create dialog so you can choose which type of database - cloud or on-premise workgroup or standalone - you want to open as a guest database.

See Opening a Database as Guest for details.

Open transportable database

Displays a standard Windows Open dialog. Select the transportable database to open and click Open.

See Transportable Databases for details.

Open new transportable database

Displays a standard Windows Save As dialog. Enter the name of the new transportable database to be created, select a location to save the database to, and the version of the database that is to be used for it, and then click Save.

See Transportable Databases for details.

Open database item

Used to open a database item within a database from a path. Choosing the menu item displays the Open Item dialog. Enter the full path of the item to be opened and click OK.

The full path can be copied from the Object Page of the Properties dialog of a Database Item.

This command is useful for opening an item from a path sent between users.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Recent databases

Allows selection of a database from a list of the last ten databases previously opened. When a database is selected from the list the Local Folders will also be changed to the Local Folders associated with the selected database.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Database management

Contains menu items for database management and settings.

Menu Item

Description

Availability

Cloud database management

Provides access to the Info360 Model Management web portal where you can manage cloud databases and cloud runs and simulations.

Whenever a cloud database is the active database.

Users and permissions

Displays the Users and Permissions dialog. This dialog is used to set editing and viewing permissions for database users.

See User Permissions for details.

Whenever an on-premise database is the active database.

Get database identifier

Allows database identifier (for a database to which user does not have access) to be saved to a text file.

See User Permissions for details.

Whenever an on-premise database is the active database.

Emergency permissions reset

Grants a user administrator access to a database via an emergency reset file.

See User Permissions for details.

Whenever an on-premise database is the active database.

User defined flags

Displays the User Defined Flags dialog.

See Data Flags for more information.

Always

User defined field names

Displays the User Defined Field Names dialog. This dialog is used to edit the field names of User Fields for the current database.

See Editing Global User Defined Field Names.

Always
User custom actions

Displays the User Custom Actions dialog. This dialog is used to set up shortcuts to tasks that are regularly performed.

User custom actions are specific to individual users.

See Custom Actions.

Always
Shared custom actions

Displays the Shared Custom Actions dialog. This dialog is used to set up shortcuts to tasks that are regularly performed.

Shared custom actions are available to all database users.

See Custom Actions.

Always
Default logo

Displays the Default Logo dialog. Select the logo to be applied to printouts for the current database.

See Setting the Default Logo.

Always
Set remote roots

Displays the Set Remote Roots dialog. Enter the paths of directories to be used as remote roots.

See Remote Root for further information.

Whenever an on-premise database is the active database.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Database update

Contains menu items for updating databases and transportable databases from previous versions of InfoWorks ICM to the current or selected version.

Menu Item

Description

Update database

Displays the Open/Create dialog so you can choose which type of database - cloud or on-premise workgroup or standalone - you want to update.

See Update a database for details.

Update transportable database

Displays the Update Transportable Database dialog. Select the transportable database to be updated, and the version number that the database is to be updated to, and click OK.

See Transportable Databases for details.

Update current database to latest version Updates the currently selected database to the latest version of the database.

See Update a database for details.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Save

Saves changes to the data that is currently being edited. Most data in InfoWorks ICM is saved automatically so this option is not often available.

Availability: Whenever the current view is of a type that is not saved automatically.

Toolbar: File

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Print layout

Displays the Print Layout View. The most recently used Print Layout will be opened when the view is displayed.

Availability: Whenever there is an active network window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Print…

Prints the currently active window using the classic printing method. There are a number of special options available when printing the GeoPlan Window that allow customisation of the printed output. See Printing from the GeoPlan for more details.

Availability: Whenever there is an active window.

Toolbar: File

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Print preview

Displays a preview of what will be printed when the print command is used. Click Close to close the preview. The current item will remain open.

Availability: Whenever there is a currently active window.

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Print setup

Enables changes to be made to the printer setup, including which printer to use, paper size and orientation.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Page setup

Enables changes to be made to the page setup for the classic method of printing, including margins and title block options. Choosing this menu item displays a Page Setup dialog. The options on the dialog will vary depending on the type of view that is currently open.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Logout and exit

Only available in the Autodesk InfoWorks ICM Viewer.

Signs out of your Autodesk account and closes the InfoWorks ICM application.

Note: You will have to sign in to your Autodesk account the next time you start InfoWorks ICM.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

Exit

Closes the InfoWorks ICM application.

Availability: Always

Toolbar: None

Keyboard Shortcut: None

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