When you place documents under change to yourself in a workflow as described in Route a Document In a Workflow, the documents are automatically downloaded to your local workspace, ready for editing. In other situations when you want a local copy of documents, you must download them manually. To download the rendition of a document, see Download Renditions.
PowerWeb Procedures
Use these steps for PowerWeb.
Download documents to local workspace
To download documents to the local workspace on your computer:
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In any navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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Choose one of the following options:
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In the Edit ribbon, in the Download group, click Download Document.
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Right-click over your selection, point to Edit, and then click Download Selected.
If your computer is configured to use a site cache, a confirmation dialog box appears if:
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This is the first time that you have used the site cache.
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You are working from a different computer than the last time that you used the site cache.
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From the Thumbnails view:
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Right-click a thumbnail of a folder or document.
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Point to Edit and then select Download Document.
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Click Yes.
The documents download to the local workspace folder on your computer in the background.
Download documents to specific location
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This task requires the ActiveX compatibility mode option be enabled as described in Personal Preferences.
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It is not possible to use this option to download documents with their references.
To download documents to a specific location on your computer:
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In any navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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In the Edit ribbon, in the Download group, click Download to Folder.
The Meridian Upload/Download Control dialog box appears.
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Select the desired options and then click OK.
The documents download to your computer in the background.
Download a batch of documents
To download a batch of documents:
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Select the Search Results heading.
This will apply the command you select to all results in your search, including results on subsequent pages.
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Select the Search Results heading.
This will apply the command you select to all results in your search, including results on subsequent pages.
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Select the Download Document command from the Edit tab.
If your computer is configured to use a site cache, a confirmation dialog box appears if:
- This is the first time that you have used the site cache.
- You are working from a different computer than the last time that you used the site cache.
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Click Yes.
The source files and their CAD references are added to a .zip archive and the download starts. The maximum number of documents per download is 250.
The maximum total size of documents in the .zip archive is 50 MB.
PowerUser Procedures
Use these steps for PowerUser.
To download documents to your computer:
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In a navigation view, select the documents that you want to download.
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Drag and drop the documents onto your desktop or the Windows Explorer location where you want to work with them.
