Downloading a Structure

You can download a CAD structure saved in the database to your computer using the Download Structure command. This process downloads only the files in the structure, and does not maintain any of the associated relationships and the attribute data.

The downloaded structure is not locked and the files can be viewed offline.

You can perform the Download Structure operation on an iteration of a design or on the revision of the design. If download structure operation is initiated from the iteration of a design, then you are allowed to retrieve only the "As Built" structure of that iteration. Thus, the only "Document iteration" view available on the "Download Structure" page of an iteration object is the "As Built" view.

The "As Built" structure of an iteration of a design gives all the child designs that are connected to the iteration when this iteration was created during check in (Save).

Using Download Structure operation you can download the "As Built" structure of old iterations and also of the latest iteration.

You can also download the structure of the revision by initiating download structure operation from the revision object.

On the download structure page of the revision, you can apply different "Document Iteration" views.

  1. Search for the object or access the object's Summary tab.
  2. From the page Actions menu, select Download Structure, or in the Actions column/row of the file, click .

    Note: The download structure command is also available in the file's Summary page, Navigate page, Where Used page, XCAD Design powerview page.

    The windows Save dialog box appears. You can select the Save File option and select the directory to place the download structure zip file.

    The file is downloaded to the selected location in your computer. The downloaded files are not locked and can be viewed offline. If some of the files in the structure are modified, these changes are not reflected when you download the structure. A warning message informing you about the modifications appears.

    Tip: To download structure with all the latest modifications, you have to lock the file, open it in the CAD Connector app and save it to ENOVIA. This synchronizes the latest changes with the files in the structure and will reflect in the structure after downloading.

    Refer below table for the details about Related Document and Document Iteration filters:

    Table 1. Download Structure Filters
    Filter Description
    Related Documents

    To include a related document, do necessary settings in LCO or GCO. Following are the options for Related Documents list:

    • None - Displays the stored structure.
    • Related Drawings - Adds the associated drawing objects to the structure.
    If Related Drawing is applied on a node, the children of this node also appear below the node along with its Related Drawing (as per the selected expand level). Related Drawing node is the one with the direction as bottom up that is from side of the arrow starts from the drawing. Actual child node is the one with the direction as top down that is to side of the arrow points to the child node.

    For example:

    • - pointing to the child node.
    • - pointing from the Related Drawing node.
    Document Iteration To apply Document Iteration view on structure, do necessary settings in LCO or GCO. Following are the options for document iterations.

    Table 2. Options for Document Iteration
    Options Description
    As Built

    This view shows the physically connected structure. It is used to display all the objects that are connected at the time of check in. This view works within the same revision of all items in the given structure. Thus, it displays the latest iteration within the selected revision. Check in and modification by all users results in As-Built view.

    Latest Revision This view displays the latest revision for all the items in the given structure irrespective of the maturity state. This will work across revisions only.
    Latest In Work Revision To display all the objects in the latest In Work state.
    Latest Frozen Revision To display the latest frozen revision of the selected nodes and its underlying structure. If no revision in or beyond Frozen state is found for a particular node, then the node retrieved by applying the As-Built view to the parent node is displayed.
    Latest Released Revision To display the latest released revision of the selected nodes and its underlying structure. If no released revision is found for a particular node, then the node retrieved by applying the As-Built view to the parent node is displayed.