Exporting and Importing Simulation Processes

You can export and import a simulation process using a 3D XML file format. Exporting and importing using a 3D XML file allows you to move a simulation process across 3DEXPERIENCE platforms; for example, between a company and a contractor.

For more information, see Exchange Management User's Guide: Export to 3D XML and Exchange Management User's Guide: Import 3D XML.

This task shows you how to:

Export a Simulation Process

You can export a simulation process to a 3D XML file.

Before you begin: Save your simulation process before you can export it to a 3D XML file.
  1. From the top bar, select Share > Export to export the current simulation process to a 3D XML file.
  2. From the Export dialog box that appears, enter the File Name and the Location of the 3D XML file to create.
  3. Click OK.
    Optimization Process Composer creates the 3D XML file and displays an Operation report dialog box listing the objects that were exported.
  4. Review the objects that were exported, and click OK.

    Optimization Process Composer does not export the following items from a simulation process to a 3D XML file, and they will be missing when you then use the 3D XML file to import the simulation process:

    • Attribute groups
    • Attributes and the data stored in the attributes
    • Jobs that ran for the simulation process
    • Connector objects (predefined applications) used in the OS Command adapter

Import a Simulation Process

You can create a new simulation process by importing a 3D XML file.

Before you begin: You can import a simulation process only to the same release of Optimization Process Composer from which it was exported.
  1. From the top bar, click Add > Import > 3DXML.
  2. From the Import 3DXML dialog box that appears, select the Path and the Name of the file to import.
  3. From the Import Options, select Import as New to create a simulation process that is a local copy of the original.

    You become the owner of the new simulation process, and new internal identifiers, business rules, and lifecycles are applied to the new process. There is no connection between the new simulation process and the 3D XML file; changes to the 3D XML file will not be propagated to the new process.

    Warning: The Import as Reference option is not supported.

  4. Enter a Duplication String that Optimization Process Composer uses to name the new simulation process. (Optimization Process Composer prepends the original name of the process with the text string that you enter.)
  5. Click OK.
    The imported simulation process appears in Simulation Finder in an Explore window.
  6. From the Explore window, select Open In > Open in Process Composer from the context menu to open the simulation process. You cannot open the process from the action bar.