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# Link Configurations

This chapter lists the workflows and how the files of Link Configuration (shared with PlantLink) are handled within PlantDataManager in a Collaboration (BIM360 / **A**utodesk **C**onstruction **C**loud) environment.

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<summary>Opening Link Configuration Dialog</summary>

If you open the Link Configuration Dialog the following files are handled:

1. LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml => CHECKED OUT
2. PlantToolsSetup.xml => CHECKED OUT

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<summary>Closing Link Configuration Dialog</summary>

If you close the Link Configuration Dialog the following files are handled:

1. LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml => CHECKED IN Deleted \*.lcf files will be removed from the LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml. Added or imported \*.lcf files will be added to the LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml.
2. PlantToolsSetup.xml => CHECKED IN

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<summary>Deleting a Link Configuration</summary>

If you delete a Link Configuration the following files are handled:

1. \*.lcf file => DELETED This includes the removal of the \*.lcf file from the work folder as well as the removal on BIM360.

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<summary>Creating a new Link Configuration</summary>

If you add a new Link Configuration the following files are handled:

1. \*.lcf file => CHECKED IN
2. Related files => CHECKED IN

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<summary>Editing an existing Link Configuration</summary>

If you edit a Link Configuration the following files are handled:

1. \*.lcf file => CHECKED OUT

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<summary>Closing Link Configuration Wizard</summary>

If you edit a Link Configuration the following files are handled:

1. If Link Configuration was renamed then Old \*.lcf => DELETED New \*.lcf => CHECKED IN Rename file name in LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml
2. The LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml will later be checked in when closing the Link Configuration Dialog

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<summary>Importing a Link Configuration</summary>

If you import a Link Configuration the following files are handled:

1. \*.calc => Copied to the project => CHECKED IN

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<summary>Editing a Link Configuration without using Link Configuration Wizard</summary>

Sometimes it is more convenient to adapt the configuration directly in the \*lcf file without using the Wizard.

This is how you do this:

1. Open your collaboration project in PlantDataManager
2. Open the Link Configuration Dialog
3. Select the configuration you want to modify
4. Click on the **Edit** button to open the Wizard This checks out the \*.lcf file.
5. Click on **Cancel** to close the Wizard The \*.lcf file will still be checked out. Do not close the Link Configuration Dialog yet.
6. Open the \*.lcf file under \[PROJECTFOLDER]\ACPlantTools\PlantLink in a text editor
7. Make your modifications in the file and save and close it
8. Click on **Refresh** in the Link Configuration Dialog This will read the \*.lcf file again so you see if there are any error in the file.
9. Close the Link Configuration Dialog This checks in the \*.lcf file.

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