Read-Only Assistant


The Read-Only Assistant is an informational and interactive menu comprised of several sections related to your open document. You can use the Read-Only Assistant to access commands that are available to you based on your current document status. Pressing Esc hides the Read-Only Assistant, or you can close the Assistant by clicking the X.

Note:

The Read-Only Assistant is not available while you are within a command environment such as Edit Profile. It becomes available if you click the Read-Only Status Indicator after you complete the command.

Section

Description

Document Status

OR

Release Status

Displays the current document status for unmanaged documents, or the release status for managed documents.

Legend

Working

In Work

In Review

Released

Baselined

Obsolete

Driven reference

Documents managed with Teamcenter display the Teamcenter release status.

Update

Queries the document status and displays the time and date of the last refresh. The time and date format uses the Windows Regional and Language Options.

Change ID, Comment

Displays a 32-character field for Change ID and a 240-character field for comments.

Request Check Out

Changes the access to the document to writable as soon as the document is available.

Commands

Displays commands available to you. This section updates upon refresh.

  • Notify Me When Available

    The read-only document is polled every 30 seconds to determine when it is available for write access. Once available, you must close your read-only document and reopen it with write access.

  • Save As

    Saves the active document to a new name, folder, or format.

  • Save Copy As

    Saves a copy of the document with a new name, folder, or format.

  • Revise

    Creates or displays revisions of the active document.

  • Take Ownership

    Removes the driven reference status from the non-QY CAD CAD document and enables the addition of geometric value to the item revision.

Disable automatic display of Read-Only Assistant

Prevents the Read-Only Assistant from automatically opening under specific conditions such as when you open a document that is Released. Selecting the check box causes the Assistant to display only when you select the Read-Only Status Indicator .

For more information, see Working with read-only documents.

Working with read-only documents Read Only dialog box (Direct Document)

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