Retrieve Building Group Projects from the DesignStream System

You can add only building group projects in a local project archive to the main project. If you wish to use a building group project in the DesignStream system, you can retrieve a copy of the project from the server into the local project archive. You can retrieve a copy of one or more building group projects without checking the projects out from the server as follows:

1. Select File > Project Archive > Get Building Groups from DesignStream.
2. Select the building groups to be retrieved from the list.

   Selecting from a List

3. Confirm by clicking OK.

The selected building group projects are copied into the local project archive at the BLDG_GROUPS saving location. You can now add the building group project to the main project.

Note

• The building group project retrieved with this function is just a copy of a project on the server. Another user may check out the building group project from the server and make changes to it. Such changes will not be automatically updated in a project in a local archive. If you wish to update a building group project added to a main project, you must delete the building group project from the local archive. When you open the main project next time, the building group project will be recopied from the server.
• If you open the building group project you copied before adding it to the main project, the building group project will be checked out with your username from the DesignStream system. Other users cannot then check out the project for editing.