Limited Update command and Limited Save command


The Limited Update and Limited Save commands enable you to control update and save operations while working in QY CAD assembly and while in-place activated. This functionality:

When either Limited Update or Limited Save are enabled, PathFinder indicates the mode is active using an icon on the top level of the assembly.

Limited Update

The Limited Update command confines updates to only those documents that, in the current design session, have been modified by you. If other documents have been modified by someone else, those changes can be viewed and updated by using the Component Tracker. The Component Tracker shows the status of these documents and saves can be made that overrides the limited save command if desired.

When Limited Update is enabled during a design session, the update occurs on the next solve or update.

The Limited Update command:

  • Checks for missing documents and reports them.

  • Does not check for changed documents.

  • Does not prompt for or load changed documents

  • Does not activate or update components with inter-part links, (including XpresRoute tube files).

  • Does not cause an immediate update or solve.

  • Does not activate parts automatically. The assembly components that are activated when a document is opened are determined by the settings on the Open dialog box.

Assemblies are shown with the components in their last saved location. Part components reflect their last saved geometry.

Limited Save

The Limited Save command changes the behavior of Save when you work in the assembly environment. Selecting the Limited Save command confines the save operation to only those documents that you have opened and have write access to. Limited Save acts on documents in the current assembly structure. Processing is from the active level down. Part copies that reside in parent level assemblies are not updated with Limited Save.

Use the Component Tracker to view which documents are out of date. The Component Tracker shows the status of these documents and saves can be made that override the Limited Save command.