Changing the State of a Representation

You can promote or demote representations when they are finalized. When 3D models are generated by Pack Manager or uploaded manually, you can promote representations to make them usable.

Required access roles: Author, Leader

This task shows you how to:

Promote a Representation

You can promote a representation.

  1. From the Representations tab, click a representation.
    The Properties page appears.
  2. Click Lifecycle in the navigation pane.
    The Lifecycle page appears.
  3. Click Promote.

    Tip: You can also click Promote in the Quick Launch column of the Representations tab.

    The representation is promoted to its first published state.

Demote a Representation

You can demote a representation.

  1. From the Representations tab, click a representation.
    The Properties page appears.
  2. Click Lifecycle in the navigation pane.
    The Lifecycle page appears.
  3. Click Demote.

    Tip: You can also click Demote in the Quick Launch column of the Representations tab.

    The representation is demoted.

Revise a Representation

You can revise a representation.

  1. From the Representations tab, click a representation.
    The Properties page appears.
  2. Optional: Click Revise .

    Tip: You can also click Revise in the Quick Launch column of the Representations tab.

    The representation is revised, and its state changes.

Tip: To see the number of revised representations, click Revisions.