Exchange Management

Exchange Management helps you import and export content to and from the 3DEXPERIENCE in various formats. You can also manage the site ownership of objects to specify which site can edit objects, and repair conflicts.

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What's New
Exchange Management Basics
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3DEXPERIENCE Platform
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With Exchange Management you can:

  • Export content to any format (3D XML, CATIA, CATIA Composer, IGES, STEP, and SOLIDWORKS files).
  • Import 3D XML, STEP, and IGES files.
  • See the origin of the components in the database.
  • Use all Coexistence and Migration tools. Depending on your granted roles, it may be required to select the Optional Installation - Exchange Management optional component during the installation.
  • Manage conflicts by repairing the site ownership. You can select the local data or the incoming data while importing as Ref. This conflict also appears when you perform repair site ownership and import the same 3D XML data.

    Consider two sites S1 (OEM) and S2 (Supplier). In the first step, you can export product structure using the Delegate operation at S2. At the S2 site, the product structure is imported as a reference.

    In the next step, you can revoke the delegation at S1 and export. When you import this 3D XML as reference at S2, a conflict message appears.

    Case Description
    Export of 3D XML files At export time, when exporting for the first time same objects in two different processes. This is due to the internal objects managed by the system created for ensuring the proper data exchange.
    Import of 3D XML files At import time, when importing several 3D XML with authoring files which contains same objects.

    Depending on the progress of the two processes in concurrence, the error message can differ (name, identifier, or revision conflict).