Saving an Area in a Separate Document

This task shows you how to create an area in a project and save it as a separate document.
ainfo.gif (980 bytes) This function is needed if you want to work on a component of a larger project. If you save the component as a separate document you can open it without having to open the entire project. At the same time it remains part of the larger project.
1. Make the parent area active.
2. Click the Area tbarea.gif (586 bytes) button and enter all the information you need to.
3. Check the option Create area in new document. This displays a field asking for a file name.
4. Enter a file name and create your sub-area. Sub-areas that are saved as separate documents are identified by a unique icon in the specifications tree. In the image below, Building1 is not saved as a separate document, whereas newbuilding and anotherbuilding have been saved as separate documents.

5. When you save the document you will be asked if you want to save other documents. Click OK.

6. When you need to work on an area which has been saved in a separate document then use the File-Open function and navigate to the directory where you saved the documents.
ainfo.gif (980 bytes) If you delete one of the sub-areas in a project, then you must also delete the corresponding document from the directory where you saved it. Use the Windows Explorer function for this.