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Swapping

Out Shared Objects for a Compatible Revision

You can swap out (replace) a shared object revision in designs for a compatible revision.

Procedure

Right-click the shared object revision in the Shared Objects Browser and select Swap Out Revision.The Swap Out Revision Dialog Box [1] is displayed.
Select the shared object revision to replace the revision currently used in designs and click OK.The Swap Out Revision Dialog Box [2] is displayed.
Select the design revisions:Update: Swap the shared object revisions within that design revision for the revision you selected in the Swap Out Revision [1] dialog box.

Up-Revision: Create a new design revision based on that design revision and swap the shared object revisions in the new design revision.

Note You cannot swap out shared object revisions on design revisions that have been released to a release level that has the Frozen Shared Objects release level behavior. See “Release Level Behaviors” in the Capital Project Manager User Guide.

If you have selected Up-Revision for any design revisions, specify the New Revision.
Click OK.

Results

New design revisions are created as specified and the shared object revisions are swapped in the appropriate design revisions.
If the swapping out is prevented for some reason, the Error Display Dialog Box lists the errors preventing it.

Tip

To swap out a shared object revision on one design revision only, right‑click an instance of a shared object in the design revision and select Swap Out Revision, and then select the shared object revision in the Swap Out Revision Dialog Box [1]. This will swap out the design revision on all instances of the shared object in the design revision.

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Shared Objects