Archive and delete shared models in the Management Console

As an administrator, you can archive and delete shared models to keep the list of your organization's shared models up to date in the Management Console.

Archive completed Tekla Model Sharing projects

When users in your organization have completed a Tekla Model Sharing project, we recommend that you archive your project.

Archiving Tekla Model Sharing projects means that you save a copy of the projects outside of the Tekla Model Sharing service. If you want to keep permanent copies of your shared models, we recommend that you archive your completed projects.

After you archive your completed projects, you can later open your saved copies of the models without signing in to the Tekla Model Sharing service. Keeping saved copies of your models ensures that you are still able to open the models if:

The Tekla Structures version with which you created them has reached end of life.

For technical and security reasons, Tekla Structures versions periodically reach end of life as described in the Tekla Software Lifecycle Policy.

Tekla Structures versions that have reached end of life can no longer connect to Tekla Model Sharing after the end of access date specified in the end of life announcement.
You discontinue your Tekla Model Sharing subscriptions.

If you discontinue your Tekla Model Sharing subscriptions, your data remains available in the Tekla Model Sharing service for 6 months. If you do not renew your Tekla Model Sharing subscriptions during this period, your data is deleted.

To archive your completed Tekla Model Sharing projects:

When you finish working on a project, create a final baseline of the model.

You can open a full model (baseline) created with an older Tekla Structures version in a newer version of Tekla Structures.
Download the final baseline of your model and save the files on a local drive, a network drive, or a cloud storage service.

The download feature in the Management Console for Tekla Model Sharing only allows you to download the latest model baseline (full model). You cannot download change packets for models in the Management Console.
Exclude the model from sharing.

Delete models from the Tekla Model Sharing service

It a best practice to remove obsolete projects and completed projects to keep the list of your organization's shared models up to date in the Management Console. Removing models that are no longer used makes it easier for users in your organization to find the current Tekla Model Sharing projects.

Before you delete shared models, we recommend that you archive your completed Tekla Model Sharing projects if you want to keep permanent copies of the projects.

When you delete a model from the Tekla Model Sharing service, the model is moved to the trash. Models in the trash are permanently deleted after 90 days. You can optionally restore models from the trash if they have not yet been permanently deleted.

In the navigation pane of the Management Console for Tekla Model Sharing, click Models to list all of your organization's shared models.
Select the check box for one or more models, then click Delete model.

The Delete models dialog box opens.
To inform users that the model has been deleted, select Send email to users.
Click Delete selected.

The selected models are moved to the trash.
To close the dialog box, click Close.

Restore models from the trash

If you want to continue using a model that you deleted, you can restore the model from the trash.

Note: Models in the trash are permanently deleted after 90 days. You can no longer restore models after they have been permanently deleted.

In the navigation pane of the Management Console for Tekla Model Sharing, click Trash.
Select the check box for one or more models, then click Restore.

The Restore models dialog box opens.
Click Restore selected.

The selected models are restored from the trash and appear in the Models table.
To close the dialog box, click Close.