Save as New to Archives

General

  • You can use this function when you want to
    • Save a document already in the archive with a new label to the archive.
    • You want to save an unnamed new document to the archive.
    • When you want to save an imported document to the archive.
  • If certain auxiliary programs are in use, you can also save the assembly model and all its link parts and subassemblies as new documents in the active project.
    • However, subassembly parts and local parts are not renamed.
    • This results in similar parts or assemblies being found in the archive with different labels, which is considered to be harmful for inventory management.
    • See the auxiliary programs that you need: Save an Assembly as a New Document.
  • If necessary, the so-called Project Management Tools option available, which allows all parts of the assembly to be saved as new documents with the desired naming convention.
    • This kind of functionality is used in project deliveries, when equipment previously delivered to one customer is used as a basis for designing modified equipment for a new customer.

Save the model or drawing as a new document

  1. Select File > Save as New or
    • Select File > Save as New > Save as New.
    • If the model drawings are open, the program will ask: Close open workdrawings?
  2. If necessary, close the drawings by answering Yes to the question.
  3. Define the data of the new document in the dialog box.
    • Enter a name for the document in the Label field.
    • Fill in the archives data of the document by clicking Arc. Data.
    • Select To Project when you save a document for a specific project.
    • Activate an existing project by clicking the Select button, or create a new project by clicking the New button.
  4. Select OK.
    • The program renames the model.
    • The program opens the model drawings one at a time and updates the new label to their title blocks, saves and closes the drawings.