Export a Building to the DesignStream system

DesignStream Interface

You can only transfer buildings to the DesignStream system if they already have a label in the DesignStream system. Once you have designed a building, export it to the DesignStream system as follows:

  1. Save the building in either of the following ways:
    • Select > Save Building.
    • Press Ctrl+S.
  2. Select > Close Building. The Close Building dialog box opens.
  3. Select the radiobutton Check-In to DesignStream. The Check-in to DesignStream dialog box opens.
  4. Select the check-in method of the building and the publishing method of the documents in the dialog box.
    • Select Create a new version as the check-in mode.
    • Type a description in the Check-In comment field.

    Check-In to DesignStream

  5. Confirm by clicking OK.
  6. Click the Close button.
  7. If you selected the interactive publishing of documents (the Publisher add-on option), you can select which documents of the building you want to publish in the DesignStream system in the Publisher dialog box.

    Publisher

    Click Publish to close the dialog box.

Note:
  • The building is compressed into a ZIP file and exported to the DesignStream system. The building will be removed from the local building archive. If the building export is not successful for some reason (for example the network connection is down), the building will not be removed from the local archive.
  • The information on the building data card is saved in the DesignStream system as the meta data of the product or building. In addition, a description text saved in the building folder can be saved in the DesignStream system. Transferring information from one system to another has been defined with keywords in the PDM keyword group.
    • Saving building data card information as the meta data in the DesignStream system:

      field_alias_proj= "VERTEXBD_FIELDNAME1" "DS_FIELDNAME1"

      For example: field_alias_proj= "NUM_BEDROOMS" "BEDROOM"

    • Saving a text file as the meta data in the DesignStream system:

      field_alias_proj= "FILE.NameOfFile" "DS_FIELDNAME1"

      NameOfFile is the text file in the building folder. For example: field_alias_proj= "FILE.proj_descr" "DESCR".

  • When you want to modify the building, check out the building from the DesignStream system to your own workspace.
  • When implementing the DesignStream system, the existing buildings can be batch-transferred to the system, see Batch Transfer of Buildings to the DesignStream System.