Inserting Existing Reference and Representation

Once you have established your folder hierarchy, you are ready to start organizing your data. You can add references and representations (CATIA and non-CATIA) to your folder structure using cut, copy, paste, or drag and drop, or the insert command. This task shows you how to insert an existing reference and chapter shortcuts into a non-root folder. References and representations can only be inserted under non-root folders. In the Folder Editor Workbench, you can use the Insert Existing Reference and Insert Existing Representation commands in the 3D representation of the folder structure, or in the folder structure tree. In this example the folder structure tree is used. For more information about Customization, see CAA Encylopedia: References > Business Logic Openness Infrastructure Reference > How to Implement the Relationship Establishment Validation Business Logic?

Related Topics
Inserting an Existing Folder
Using Copy, Cut, Paste in Folders
Deleting and Removing Objects

  1. In the Folder Editor Workbench, select a non-root folder where you want to insert reference.



  2. Right-click and select Insert > Insert Existing Reference from the contextual menu, or click Insert>Insert Existing>Insert Existing Reference .

    The Add Existing Reference dialog box appears.



    Important: To insert representations, instead of references, select Insert Existing > Insert Existing Representation from the Insert menu, or right-click the folder and select Insert > Insert Existing Representation from the contextual menu.

  3. Search for the existing references in the database. Refer to the Using the PLM Chooser document in ENOVIA Infrastructure User Guide for information on how to search for existing objects.

  4. From the search results, select the reference you want to insert into the non-root folder and click OK. The selected reference is inserted into the folder structure, and appears under the selected folder.



    Note:

    • You can insert chapter shortcuts into the folder structure using the Insert Existing Reference command.
    • You can also insert documents into the folder structure using the Insert Existing Representation command.

Tip: To add multiple references at one time, select multiple references from the search results list.