Integration With ProjectWise

RAM Structural System
V8i (SELECTseries 6)
Integration with ProjectWise

Last Updated: January 15, 2014
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................ 9
Chapter 2: Integration Basics ............................................................................................. 11
2.1
2.2
2.3
Prerequisites for Using Integration ..................................................................................................................................11

Integration Commands .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Add File to ProjectWise ...................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1
Open File stored in ProjectWise ..................................................................................................................... 13
2.2.2
Update ProjectWise Server Copy ................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.3
ProjectWise Properties .......................................................................................................................................15
2.2.4
Affected RAM Structural System functionality ............................................................................................................ 16
Closing a model opened from ProjectWise ................................................................................................. 17
2.3.1
Introduction
Integration with ProjectWise is a RAM Structural System feature that allows working with documents
stored in the ProjectWise V8i data management system from within RAM Structural System V8i Release
13.0.
For the sake of brevity, V8i integration with ProjectWise will be referred to as Integration throughout
the rest of this manual.
This manual is only intended to serve as a guideline for the Integration functionality. It is assumed that
the reader is already familiar with the set of ProjectWise Explorer applications and the RAM Structural
System.
Introduction
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This section covers the prerequisites for using the Integration functionality, the new Integration
commands available in the RAM Structural System and the RAM Structural System functionality that is
affected by Integration.
2.1 Prerequisites for Using Integration

To use the Integration functionality, both the ProjectWise Explorer V8i and the RAM Structural System
must be installed. The order in which the ProjectWise Explorer V8i and the RAM Structural System V8i
are installed is not important.
2.2 Integration Commands

When ProjectWise has been installed, four specific Integration commands are available in RAM
Manager.
Add
Open
Update Server Copy
Properties
These commands are accessible through the File ProjectWise menu and the ProjectWise toolbar.
2.2.1 Add File to ProjectWise

Toolbar icon
Menu command
Add
When enabled?
A RAM Structural System model has been opened on the local computer using
the File Open or File New command.
Purpose
Add the current RAM Structural System model to a ProjectWise repository.
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Integration Commands
Description
When invoked for the first time, the ProjectWise Log in dialog is displayed,
allowing the user to log into the ProjectWise datasource (see the ProjectWise
Explorer V8i help files for more details).
Log in by supplying the required information and clicking the Log in button
After clicking the Log in button, the ProjectWise Save Document As dialog is displayed, allowing the user
to enter ProjectWise document information such as Folder, Document Name, Description, File Name, etc.
(see ProjectWise Explorer V8i help files for more details). All Document section fields in the dialog are
automatically filled with default values based on the local file name.
Entering all required information and clicking the Save button will result in the creation of a new empty
document in the ProjectWise datasource. This document is updated with the RAM Structural System
model contents.
If the ProjectWise datasource settings require the user to enter comments for each document, the
ProjectWise Update Server Copy dialog is displayed, allowing the user to enter comment. If comments are
not required, the dialog is not displayed.
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A Progress bar is displayed during the data transfer indicating the file content transfer status.
The newly created ProjectWise document is then checked out from the ProjectWise datasource. The
RAM Structural System recognizes that the current model is linked to ProjectWise and allows the File
ProjectWise Update Server Copy and the File - ProjectWise - Properties commands to be invoked.
2.2.2 Open File stored in ProjectWise

Toolbar icon
Menu command
Open
When enabled?
Always (when ProjectWise Explorer V8i is installed).
Purpose
Open a RAM Structural System file stored in aProjectWise repository.
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Description
When invoked for the first time, the ProjectWise Log in dialog is displayed,
allowing the user to log into a ProjectWise datasource (see Add File to
ProjectWise for details). After logging in to the datasource, the ProjectWise
Open Document dialog is displayed, allowing the user to browse/search the
datasource contents and select the document to open (see ProjectWise
Explorer V8i help files for more details).
Once a document has been selected and the Open button has been clicked, the ProjectWise document is
checked out from the ProjectWise datasource, copied to local disk and opened by the RAM Structural
System.
The RAM Structural System recognizes that the current model was opened from aProjectWise
repository and allows the File ProjectWise Update Server Copy and the File ProjectWise
Properties commands to be invoked.
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2.2.3 Update ProjectWise Server Copy

Toolbar icon
Menu command
Update Server Copy
When enabled?
RAM model has been opened from a ProjectWise repository by using File
ProjectWise Open command (or added to a ProjectWise repository using
the File ProjectWise Add command).
Purpose
Description
Update the ProjectWise server copy of the file with the latest changes that
have been made to the local copy of the file.
When this command is invoked, the model that is currently open in the RAM
Structural System is checked for changes. If the model has been edited since
the last save, a message is displayed asking if these changes should be saved
before updating the file server copy.
Depending on the ProjectWise datasource settings, the ProjectWise Update Server Copy dialog is
displayed when the Yes button is selected (see Add File to ProjectWise on page 11 for more details).
A Progress bar is displayed during the data transfer indicating file content transfer status.
2.2.4 ProjectWise Properties

Toolbar icon
Menu command
Properties
When enabled?
RAM model has been opened from ProjectWise repository by using File
ProjectWise Open command (or added to a ProjectWise repository using
the File ProjectWise Add command).
Purpose
Review and edit ProjectWise document properties of the currently opened file.
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Affected RAM Structural System functionality
Description
When invoked, the ProjectWise Document Properties dialog is opened, allowing

the user to review and edit the ProjectWise document properties and
metadata (see ProjectWise Explorer V8i help files for more details).
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2.3 Affected RAM Structural System functionality

This section will discuss additional RAM Structural System functionality that is affected by Integration.
The most important affected items are:
Closing a model opened from ProjectWise repository, and
Opening a model from within the ProjectWise Explorer application.
2.3.1 Closing a model opened from ProjectWise

When closing a model in the RAM Structural System that was opened from a ProjectWise repository, the
user is given three options for file management: check in, update server copy or free file server copy.
This occurs in any of the following cases:
Close Model command is explicitly called;

New model is being opened (either from local disk or from ProjectWise);
Save As command is invoked;
RAM Manager is closed.
When one of the above actions occur, the ProjectWise Check in dialog is displayed, from which the
above mentioned file management choices are available (see ProjectWise Explorer V8i help files for
more details).
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Index
B
basics 11
ProjectWise Check in dialog 17

ProjectWise Document
Properties dialog 15
ProjectWise Log in dialog 11
Integration Commands 11
Integration Prerequisites 11
introduction 9
19
ProjectWise Open Document

dialog 13
ProjectWise Save Document As
dialog 11
ProjectWise server copy
updating 14
ProjectWise Update Server Copy
dialog 11
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