Import From Project

Purpose

Use Import From Project to copy existing components within another project to the current project. This can increase efficiency with design time since the component was previously designed in an existing project.

Prerequisites

Before importing components, components must exist within another project.

Imported components must match the same design application as the current project. Therefore, when looking for components to import, only components that match the current project’s design application are visible.

Steps

 

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To import a component:

1.  Select the Components tab for a project.

2.  Click Import From Project.

3.  Select the project from which the components are located.

  1. To display a list of all projects, click Show All Projects.
  2. To search for a specific project, click Find Project.

4.  Select the component(s) to be imported into the current project. The dialog below shows a multiplan project.

  • If Force Overwrite is selected, any component selected for import will overwrite any existing component with the same name. If this checkbox is not selected, you are prompted to rename each selected matching component in a new dialog.

  • Select Quantities offers three options:

    • Import quantity - import the selected components with the quantities defined in the source project; you are also required to select elevations in the target project to add components to.

    • Quantity of 1 - import the selected components with a quantity of one; you are also required to select elevations in the target project to add components to.

    • Only import/update the configuration… - import the selected components without specifying a quantity. Therefore, if a component overwrites an existing component, the quantity remains unchanged. If the component does not overwrite an existing component, the quantity will be zero. When this option is selected, the Target Elevations options are disabled.

  • Select Target Elevations - includes the plan/elevations defined in the target project. The quantity imported for each component is per elevation. For instance, if you import a new component with Quantity of 1 into three elevations, the total quantity displayed in the components tab for that specific component is three: one component in three elevations. This section is disabled when the Only import/update the configuration… option is selected, since quantities are ignored.

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