Manage Links
- Last UpdatedFeb 05, 2024
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Users who are members of team CUADMIN can click on Manage Links to display this window:
This is an administrative window used to manage Link Worlds. Before using it, create a separate Design Reference DB in Admin, and ensure it is current on all MDBs where linking will occur, and all Users who need to link can write to it.
Note:
The Manage Links window is shared between Integrator and Compare/Update. Design Reference DBs can
be written to by 3D, schematic and engineering Users.
The list includes all the Design and Design Reference DBs available, identifying any that contain links (links created prior to 12.1 reside in Design DBs). The following functions are available from the File menu, or on a right-click context menu.
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Create |
Create a new Link World in the selected DB. |
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Valid |
Output a list of links and any errors to the command line for the selected DB. This action will also merge partially populated links, for example: 3D object "A" is linked to schematic object "A" by one link and schematic object "A" is linked to engineering object "A" by another link, as can occur when links are created in separate extract DBs. |
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Validate All |
As for Validate for all DBs in the list. |
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Remove invalid references |
Remove invalid references from links in the selected DB. Invalid references can occur when elements are deleted and the Link World DB cannot be updated. |
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Caution: |
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Properties |
Display the number of links in the selected DB. |
The Edit menu provides Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete functions to move Link Worlds between DBs. You can also drag-and-drop from one DB to another to move or merge a Link World.
Restrict Link Option to Admin Users
Use the Restrict link option to admin Users functionality to control whether general Users can change the Update Engineering Database settings for linking, updating attributes, and unlinking. If the option is checked, these settings are disabled, so that End-Users must use the default settings for link and update, and are not able to unlink.
