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Menu: Application Menu > Project Utilities>Packup / Check-out
Menu: Application Menu > Project Utilities>Unpack
Menu: Application Menu > Project Utilities>Check In
Default command line shortcut: packup
Default command line shortcut: checkinproject
When moving projects from machine to machine there are external items upon which the project depends. These are referred to as project and drawing dependencies. The main project dependency is the global equipment database. Drawings may have image, Xref, and font dependencies. When we Pack Up a project we are grabbing all of those dependencies (fonts are and exception and are not included) and placing them in the Project folder. We may choose to Check Out the project at the same time. This flags the project as read only until such time as the project is Checked In.
Once Packed Up and/or zipped up you are ready to move the project to another machine. Simply copy the Project folder or the zipped file and move it to the new machine. Then use the Unpack function.
The two functions are practically identical with the exception that the Check In function won't launch without an active project and once unpacked will mark the active project as Checked In.
Whether you Unpack or Check In a project depends on whether you are moving a project to a machine on which that project already resides and whether you have Checked Out the Project.
If you have not Checked Out the project then there is no need to Check In the project.
If you are moving a project to another machine, use the Unpack function.
