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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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