Creating a New Release

When a document has the Released status it can only be taken out of the vault by clicking the New Release command. This command automatically creates a new revision of the document, thereby saving the previously Released revision.

SmarTeam also enables you to copy a file to your desktop without checking it out of the vault. This is useful when another user is working with the part (and has checked it out of the vault), but you wish to view the Part at your desktop.

SmarTeam provides two methods for creating a New Release for a released document.

Creating a New Release from CATIA

If the part is currently displayed at your desktop (in read-only mode), you can perform the New Release operation from the SmarTeam menu.

Creating a New Release from a SmarTeam menu

  1. If the part is not currently displayed in your CATIA session, you must find the part by running a search.

  2. From the displayed search results window, double-click the Part.

  3. Since the part is currently checked in, a message is displayed prompting you to check out the document. Click Yes to display the New Release window.

  4. Check out the document.
    The part is immediately launched into CATIA.