Manage Links
- Last UpdatedJan 13, 2026
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You must be a Free user or a General User who is a member of team CUADMIN in order to Manage Links (the same team is used by Compare/Update). Select Bar Menu > Settings > Manage Links to display this form:
This is an administrative dialog used to manage Link Worlds. Before using it, create a separate Design Reference database 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 dialog is shared between Integrator and Compare/Update. Design Reference databases can be written to by 3D, schematic and engineering users.
The list includes all the Design and Design Reference databases available, identifying any that contain links (links created prior to 12.1 reside in Design databases). 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 database. |
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Validate |
Output a list of links and any errors to the command line for the selected database. |
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Validate All |
As for Validate for all databases in the list. 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 databases. |
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Remove invalid references |
Remove invalid references from links in the selected database. Invalid references can occur when elements are deleted and the Link World database cannot be updated. |
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Caution: This operation should be used only when all of the databases holding objects that have been linked are current on the MDB. |
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Properties |
Display the number of links in the selected database. |
The Edit menu provides Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete functions to move Link Worlds between databases. You can also drag and drop from one database to another to move or merge a Link World.