Connections in import and export

General

During import and export, connections to other objects can be defined.

Connections in import

If an object (e.g., model or drawing) is imported and simultaneously linked to another object (e.g., item), and the import file does not specify the revision, the link will default to the latest revision.

Example:

Link the imported object (e.g., item) to the latest revision of the drawing (10041):

field name: DRAWING.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

field value: 10041 (=Drawing identifier)

Connections in export

If an object is to be linked to a specific revision during import, the keyword must include the extension #EXTVCID, and the field value must include the version number separated by a # symbol.

Example:

Link the imported object (e.g., item) to revision 2 of the drawing (10041):

field name: DRAWING.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE#EXTVCID

field value: 10041#2

Example:

Link the imported object (e.g., item) to revision 0 of the document (D10041):

field name: 0000000001.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE#EXTVCID

field value: D10041#0

Similarly, you can link the object to other object types:

Product name: PRODUCT.DEFAULT.LINK_BYNAME

Product code: PRODUCT.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Project name: PROJECT.DEFAULT.LINK_BYNAME

Project code: PROJECT.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Customer name: CUSTOMER.DEFAULT.LINK_BYNAME

Item code: ITEM.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Model code: MODEL.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Drawing code: DRAWING.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Document code: 0000000001.DEFAULT.LINK_BYCODE

Connections in export By default, Flow does not export information about all related objects.

This is because there can be a significant number of related objects, and not all connections are desired to be exported. However, if the user wants to export information about all related objects, the following keyword should be set: