Export package

Export all major revisions: During export, the last minor revision of the last major revision is exported. By checking this option, all major revisions will be exported.

Export only the visualization: By checking this option, the generated file will only contain the visualization and it will only be possible to open it with TopSolid'Viewer.The file size is very small..

Create a self-executing package: The export generates an visualization executable file (.exe) which can be open by double-click without installing TopSolid'Viewer.This kind of files can be blocked by some antivirus or some mail software. When opening, it might be a warning Windows message..

Forbid to analyze geometry and to create graphical cuts in TopSolid'Viewer: By checking this option, the measurement and graphical cuts will be forbidden on the document, if the receiver uses TopSolid'Viewer.

• You can export multiple files from the same project in the same package file by using multiple selection (holding the CTRL key down while selecting).

• You can export a selection of projects from the project manager window (right click on the selection). This command creates as many packages as selected projects.

• The documents do not have to be in the vault. However, if they are not in the vault, you cannot use the Import as Replication command and a new project will be created.

• If exporting for visualization (or auto-extractible) from a document, referenced documents by the selected document aren't exported to preserve the data confidentiality.

• During export, the database information required for the selection, as well as the associated files, is included in the package (except in case of export for visualization).For example, exporting a package for an assembly should include all the required files, as well as the project name and the different folders if the documents used were in those folders. All other documents from this project which are not necessary to the assembly will not be exported, of course.

• By checking Create a self-extracting package or forbid to analyze geometry and create graphical cuts, the Export only the visualization option is automatically checked.

• The extension of the package export file is .TopPkg if the export file must be imported in TopSolid, it is .exe if the option "Create a self-extracting package" is checked and is .TopPkgViw if the package is for TopSolid'Viewer and only contains the visualization.

This option allows to create a package whose elements will not be modifiable after import on another site (subcontractor's site).

To use these documents, it is necessary to copy or derive them, which allows :

• On the subcontractor's side, not to modify the originals.

• On the purchaser's side, to continue the modifications.

This same mechanism must be used by the subcontractor to send his project back to his purchaser.

Package name:

• Packages created with this option are indexed. The first generated package will be named Myproject.1.TopPkg and the index will be incremented for the following deliveries (Myproject.2.TopPkg, etc...).

Complete or incremental package:

• After exporting a first package, TopSolid will propose to create an incremental package for the next export (the user can accept or refuse, in which case a new complete package will be created). This incremental package will then be named with the suffix (inc) (e.g. My Project (inc).2.TopPkg). An incremental package is lighter than the package because it contains only the last major revisions that have never been delivered since since the previous export. But this implies that for this incremental package can be imported into the destination PDM database, this one must already have the previous packages (complete or incremental). If this is not the case, the purchaser will have to add to the incremental package all the previous packages not available at the subcontractor's (it is not necessary to go beyond the last complete package).

• A complete package cancels and replaces all previous packages (complete or incremental). It is therefore not necessary to send the previous packages to the subcontractor even if they have never been imported