save without active packet?

[Steve]

If I save a 3D data into Work Manager but I don't have an active folder, where do they go?

Is it correct to think of packets as a collection of pointers to data in the database, rather than a collection of the data itself?

In other words, when I put something in a packet, I'm really just putting a pointer in my packet that points to the real data in the database?

Can an item be in more than one packet at a time for read-only?

Steve

[ChrisE]

Originally posted by Steve
If I save a 3D data into Work Manager but I don't have an active folder, where do they go?

Is it correct to think of packets as a collection of pointers to data in the database, rather than a collection of the data itself?

In other words, when I put something in a packet, I'm really just putting a pointer in my packet that points to the real data in the database?

Can an item be in more than one packet at a time for read-only?

Steve

If you don't have an active working packet, it'll go into your private folder. You can locate your private folder using SHOW-My packets within the packet editor.

Yes, this is a pointer (in WM called a link) between the packet and the element.

There can be multiple read-only links (so called references) between a document and several packets.

There can only be one write-link (so called master) between a document and a packet.

So a document can be "referenced" by many packets, but can only be "mastered" in one packet.
If a document is mastered in a packet that belongs to you or to one of the groups you are a member of, then you might have a chance of modifying the element (if the access control list allows you to do so)

[Steve]

Woohoo! Looks like I'm beginning to understand how this thing works.

I have successfully created a 3 component assembly, and saved it as 3D data into Work Manager. I have also made .mi drawings for each component, and the assembly, and put them into WM. And, I have made changes, and watched them propogate through the affected drawings/assembly.

Making progress!

Steve