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 / Autodesk Construction Cloud) environment.

Opening Link Configuration Dialog

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

1. LinkConfiguration.Collection.xml => CHECKED OUT

2. PlantToolsSetup.xml => CHECKED OUT

Closing Link Configuration Dialog

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

Deleting a Link Configuration

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.

Creating a new Link Configuration

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

1. *.lcf file => CHECKED IN

2. Related files => CHECKED IN

Editing an existing Link Configuration

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

1. *.lcf file => CHECKED OUT

Closing Link Configuration Wizard

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

Importing a Link Configuration

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

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

Editing a Link Configuration without using Link Configuration Wizard

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.