Preparation

Before making a project Global, the following stages must have been completed (refer to Administrator User Guide for further information):

1. A standard project should already exist at the location which will become the project Hub, and its project environment variables should be set. The project may be created using E3DMAKE or similar. The folders abc000, abcmac, abcpic and abciso must exist, plus any folders required by specific applications (such as abcdia, abcste, abctpl for Schematics; abcmar, abcdrg for Marine etc)

   These foldernames are mentioned in more detail in Using the admind command.

2. The project environment variables must be set.

3. In the example standard (non-Global) project, the Teams, Users, DBs and MDBs have already been created.

4. Setting up a Global project is very efficient and straightforward and the user can carry out the entire process locally on a LAN before distributing it to the Hub and Satellite locations. Before sending the project to the satellite location, the satellite’s RHOST attribute needs to be modified. The user must copy this change to the Global database manually.

   You can make a project Global without having created any Teams, Users, DBs or MDBs.