Element Created outside the Base Product

A member created outside the base product will not have the UUID field set to be an internal reference number. The AVEVA Bocad Steel Interface would therefore know that it was importing a new element and would create it accordingly, whilst recording the external UUID as well.

If AVEVA Bocad Steel Interface detects that there are duplicate external UUIDs as it is preparing to export a model, the internal reference number is used in preference. This should give some chance of identifying the element if it returns from the external package. See the section regarding issues concerning entity comparison.