Join a shared model in Tekla Model Sharing

Tekla Structures
2018
Tekla Structures
Tekla 模型共享

Join a shared model in Tekla Model Sharing

When someone using Tekla Model Sharing has invited you to join a shared Tekla Structures model, you will receive an invitation e-mail.

The e-mail contains information about the model, the used environment and your user role. The user role is your level of permission to the model. You can join a model at any stage of sharing, and as many times you need.

  1. On the File menu, click Sharing > Shared models.

    The Shared models dialog box opens.

    When you use Tekla Model Sharing for the first time and the on-premises sharing service is enabled, you need to select the service from the Service list. You can set up and use an on-premises service connection, or you can use the Tekla service. Tekla Model Sharing on-premises server requires a separate license and installation.

  2. In Save in , browse for the location where you want to save your local version of the model.

    If you later want to join the same model again, you need to save a new local version of the model on your computer. If you use the same name for the model, the local versions of the model need to be saved in different locations on your computer, because you cannot have two or more models of the same name in the same folder.

  3. From the Shared models list, select the model you have been invited to.

    You find the name of the model in the invitation e-mail.

  4. Click the Join button.

    When you join the model:

    • Tekla Structures checks that the local version of the model does not already exists in the selected folder. A warning message is displayed if the selected folder already contains the model. In that case, you need to browse for a different folder where to save the model.

    • Tekla Structures checks the environment you are using and displays a message if you are using a different environment than the shared model. We recommend that all users within the same shared model use the same environment.

    The Available updates list opens.

  5. From the list of available updates, select an update or a baseline that you want to join.

    You can select any baseline, which is a snapshot of the model state on a certain date, or update to join, not only the latest. Selecting a baseline is beneficial if you join the model when there already are many changes made. Joining a baseline instead of an update is also faster.

    By joining an earlier baseline or update you can go back in the model history, and, for example, check the model state on a certain date.

  6. Start working with the model and share your model changes.

    When you read in, only incremental update packets are fetched from the sharing service.

Next time you open the model, you can open it

  • on the Welcome page when you open Tekla Structures. Either click the Shared models... button on the All models tab, or select the shared model from the list of models. Shared models have the cloud icon.

  • in File > Open.

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