Detect sharing changes and view the sharing history in Tekla Model Sharing
To see how the model has been changing and who has shared their model changes, use the sharing change detection and sharing history to see what kind of changes the model includes.
Detect changes
After you have either read in the model changes from the sharing service or made changes in the local model, you can view the changes that have been made in more detail. A list of changes is shown at the bottom of the screen. The changes are visualized with colors both in the Changes list and in the model.
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Open the changes list |
Do one of the following:
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View changes in the list |
The changes are divided to the following tabs: Physical objects, Other objects, Drawings, Options, Attribute definitions, Model folder files, and UDA changes. The changes are visualized with colors in the list. Deleted objects are listed in the Changes list but they do not have any information available in the Name column. The UDA changes tab includes user-defined attributes that have a definition included in the environment.db file. Reference objects are detected as changed if there are physical or material changes. Tabs do not exist if there are no items on the tab. If the tab content becomes empty because of filtering, the tab is no longer shown. |
View changes in the model |
The changes are visualized with colors in the model. Deleted objects are not visualized in the model.
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View changes in drawings |
You can list the different versions of the same drawing in conflict situations, show their snapshots, and change the current drawing version. You can also view a modified drawing and its snapshot, or clone drawings from other models. When users modify the same drawing in their local version of the model and one user writes out, the Changes list will show a conflict in other users' local version of the model when they read in. To view the versions of a drawing, do the
following:
The Drawing versions dialog box opens. You can select a drawing version, right-click and open the selected version. You can save the drawing version and write out to make the selected drawing version the current version for all users. To keep the number of drawing files reasonable, use the XS_DELETE_UNNECESSARY_DG_FILES and XS_DELETE_UNNECESSARY_DG_FILES_SAFETY_PERIOD advanced options. The The |
Filter changes in the list |
On each tab, you
can filter the changes in every column.
The name of the selected filter is shown at the bottom left corner of the list. If you right-click the filter icon , you can, for example, sort the columns. |
Edit the filter |
The Filter editor dialog box opens. You can edit the selected filter as needed, or create a new filter. |
Zoom to changed objects in the model |
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Search for specific changes |
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Move the Changes list somewhere else on the screen |
You can:
The list has a button, , in the side pane. If you drag the list to a second screen, click the button to return the list to the main screen. |
Add new columns to the Changes list or bring back hidden columns |
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View the sharing history
After you have read in and written out model changes, you can check the sharing history of the model. The Sharing history dialog box shows:
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All your read in and write out events
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The packets included in each read-in and write out event
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The changes that you have made to the model locally and have not yet shared
You can check the sharing history event-by-event, and see how the model has evolved by the changes made by other users.
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Open the sharing history |
On the File menu, click . |
Check the read in and write out events |
To see all your read in or write out events and their date and time, click the Collapse all button. |
Check the packet information |
To see all the packets in each read in or write out event, click the Expand all button. The packet
information shows:
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View the model changes included in a single event |
Select the event and click the Show changes button. A list of model changes is displayed at the bottom pane of Tekla Structures. |
View the local model changes |
To view the changes that you have made to the model but have not yet written out, select Local non-shared changes and click the Show changes button. A list of local model changes is displayed in the bottom pane of Tekla Structures. |
The Undo history dialog box lists all the commands that you have run and the modifications that you have done in your local version of the model. The Undo history list is cleared when you read in or write out.