Link a project to Trimble Connect
You can link a Tekla PowerFab project to a related Trimble Connect project.
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On the Project
Settings tab in the Project dialog, click Link.
The Link Project to Trimble Connect dialog opens.
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Do either of the
following:
To
Do this
Link the job to an existing Trimble Connect project Select the desired project, and click Link Project. Create a new Trimble Connect project and link the job to it - Click Add Project to Trimble Connect.
The Add Users to Project dialog opens.
- Click the arrow buttons to move the users that participate in the project to the Included list.
- Click
OK.
Tekla PowerFab creates a Trimble Connect project with the same name and information as the current job.
The Status dialog opens showing the creation process of the Trimble Connect project.
A message appears when the project has been created successfully.
- Click OK to close the message.
- In Trimble Connect for Windows, press the Back button to exit the empty 3D view. In the Explorer side pane on the left, click the Add File button.
- In the Add Files dialog, browse to find the IFC model.
- Select the IFC model and click Open.
The IFC model is imported to Trimble Connect for Windows.
You can access the Trimble Connect project by clicking Open in the <Module> Job Edit dialog.
- Click Add Project to Trimble Connect.
Unlink a project from Trimble Connect
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On the Project
Settings tab in the Project dialog, click Link.
The Link Project to Trimble Connect dialog opens.
- Click Unlink project.
- To close the dialog, click the Close button (X) in the upper-right corner.