Workspace

 

 

 

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This command allows to create areas in a Workspaces manager document in order to decompose a project into several documents (workspaces).

These documents could be managed by different users to include parts or assemblies in it.

An Assemble workspaces command will allow to create a new Assembly document with the content of the representations of the selected workspaces as well as the contexts

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Select the Workspace > Workspace... command from the drop-down menu of a Workspaces manager document type.

 

  1. Give a name to the workspace to create.

  2. Enter the author.

  3. Select contexts to use.

  4. Select entities to add into the workspace.

  5. Select the limitation volume.

  6. Validate.

 

 

 

  • The inclusion of assembly to decompose can be done with standard commands (Assembly > Inclusion or with drag-and-drop).

  • Validate the command will create two new documents:

  • A Workspace background document with selected contexts and occurrences. This document type cannot be modified and can be created by the Workspace command only. It is use as background document in the workspace document.

  • An assembly corresponding to the workspace document. It is inside this document that user will work including new parts or assemblies (relying on background describe above).

  • The entities that can be used in this dialog (assemblies, parts, sketches, shapes, planes, points, frames ...) can also be selected in the graphics area or from the entities tree.

 

  • These documents do not reference the current document (management document). There are not updated automatically if it is modified (see at the end of this page).

  • Export one of these documents will not export neither the management document or the initial assembly (assembly include in the management document).

 

 

 

Available options:

 

 

 

You can select an origin frame that could help your construction in the workspace.

This frame will be available in the workspace even if it is outside the limitation volume.

 

 

 

 

By default the background document of the workspace document is created in the same folder as the workspaces management document.

This option allows to specify another folder. This modification is available creating the workspace, this field will be grayed out editing the workspace.

 

 

 

 

By default the workspace document is created in the same folder as the workspaces management document.

This option allows to specify another folder. This modification is available creating the workspace, this field will be grayed out editing the workspace.

 

 

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

 

 

The Author field lists the users declared in the PDM.

This field is editable allowing to manually enter a user that does not exist in the PDM.

Created documents will have the Author property filled with this value. But these new documents will be visible for the current user only until they have been checked-in.

 

 

 

 

Limitation volume definition is done with shapes commands, from the Shape tab.

Background document will contain all context elements and occurrences that are inside the volume. Elements intersected by the volume will be trimmed.

 

 

 

 

It is possible to edit an existing workspace in order to add/delete contexts and/or occurrences.

Validating the modified workspace, modifications have been saved but not done. The workspace needs to be updated.

Operation icon, Entity icon and Workspaces folder icon have been changed. The Update Workspaces command is available in contextual menu (it updates the background document).