Synchronizing Data

The Altium tab lets you select classes, and view the differences between local data and data stored in 3DEXPERIENCE. You can choose how you want to synchronize each component.

1. In the task list panel, select Execute Synchronization and click .
2. In the Altium tab, select a class from the ECAD library that you want to synchronize.

   The list of classes that shows is loaded from the default preselection group.

   The Connector for Altium Designer Database Library extracts all components based on the specified mapping files. Select a check box and displays the extracted components in a tab.

   Use the status column to determine if you need to synchronize a component. You could see any of these statuses:

   Status	Description
   	No difference between the component in the ECAD library and in 3DEXPERIENCE
   	Component does not exist in 3DEXPERIENCE
   	Difference detected between the versions of the component in the ECAD library and in 3DEXPERIENCE

3. To synchronize a component, right-click it and choose one of these options:
   Note: Instead of synchronizing individual or groups of components, you can select classes to synchronize as described in Step 4. If you want to do that, skip this step.

   Option	Description
   Update Selection from 3DEPXERIENCE	Update the local components with data from 3DEXPERIENCE
   Synchronize Selection to 3DEXPERIENCE	Upload the local data to update the components in 3DEXPERIENCE

   You can also select components and click one of these icons to execute on all selected components:

   Icon	Description
   	Update the selected components in the Altium library with the 3DEXPERIENCE data
   	Update only the modified components that are selected with the 3DEXPERIENCE data
   	Update all components from the selected class with the 3DEXPERIENCE data
   	Synchronize the selected components to 3DEXPERIENCE
   	Synchronize only the modified components that are selected to 3DEXPERIENCE
   	Synchronize the selected Altium library into 3DEXPERIENCE
   	Reset all filters.
   	Refresh the part information from 3DEXPERIENCE

4. To synchronize all components in the selected classes instead of individual components (step 3), click one of these buttons:

   Command Button	Description
   ECAD to 3DEXPERIENCE	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all components in the selected libraries and synchronizes them to 3DEXPERIENCE according to the rules in the mapping file.
   3DEXPERIENCE to ECAD	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all components in 3DEXPERIENCE and synchronizes them to the local libraries according to the rules in the mapping file.

   Click OK to clear the Info dialog box. You can click to view a summary of the synchronization actions.

The 3DEPXERIENCE Type Classes tab lets you synchronize local data with part data as managed by Engineering BOM Management. You can choose how you want to synchronize each component.

You only see this tab if you selected 3DEXPERIENCE Engineering BOM Management type for the Use Classification based on: setting when setting up synchronization.

1. Select the required classes to be synchronized.
2. Click one of these buttons:

   Command Button	Description
   ECAD to 3DEXPERIENCE	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all parts in the selected libraries and synchronizes them to 3DEXPERIENCE according to the rules in the mapping file.
   3DEXPERIENCE to ECAD	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all parts in 3DEXPERIENCE and synchronizes them to the local libraries according to the rules in the mapping file. This option creates a detailed report in the project folder that lists the materials added, removed, modified attributes, and materials with no changes.

   Click OK to clear the Info dialog box. You can click to view a summary of the synchronization actions.

The 3DEPXERIENCE Type Classes tab lets you synchronize local data with part libraries as managed by IP Classification. You can choose how you want to synchronize each component.

You only see this tab if you selected Part and IP Classification Libraries for the Use Classification based on: setting when setting up synchronization.

1. Select the required classes to be synchronized.
2. Click one of these buttons:

   Command Button	Description
   ECAD to 3DEXPERIENCE	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all parts in the selected libraries and synchronizes them to 3DEXPERIENCE according to the rules in the mapping file.
   3DEXPERIENCE to ECAD	Using the mapping file selected when setting up synchronization, extract all parts in 3DEXPERIENCE and synchronizes them to the local libraries according to the rules in the mapping file. This option creates a detailed report in the project folder that lists the materials added, removed, modified attributes, and materials with no changes.

   Click OK to clear the Info dialog box. You can click to view a summary of the synchronization actions.