Opening and Closing Components

You can open existing components from your collaborative spaces.

  1. From the standard area of the action bar, click Open or while launching the app, click Open in the landing page.
    3DSearch opens.
  2. In the Search box of the Top Bar, type your search terms and press Enter.
  3. Optional: Use the 6WTags to refine your search criteria.
  4. Click to select the search result you want to open.
  5. Click OK.
    The selected component opens in the work area. The component is displayed in the tree. If the component does not have subcomponents, the component displays as .
    Note: When you open a component in your work area, its state is Unlock by default, allowing you to make changes to it. If a system prevents you from making changes, it means that a component is either open by another user or has unsuitable maturity status.
  6. Optional: To prevent other users from making changes to a component that is open in your work area, from the Design Manager, select a component, and click Lock from the context toolbar.
    The component is locked.
    Note: After you make changes, you can unlock your component by doing one of the following:
    • From the Design Manager, select a component and click Unlock from the context toolbar.
    • Close a component from Design Manager.
    • Open or create a new component.
  7. To close the current component, from the standard area of the action bar, click Close .