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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Checking out an I-deas part to modify</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The process shown here is a summary of checking out an I-deas part using Teamcenter. The process follows the recommended method of starting Teamcenter from within I-deas.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Start Teamcenter from within I-deas.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Teamcenter</b> in the <b class="uiTerm">Library Check-in</b> icon stack.
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                  <p class="para_item">Login to Teamcenter, filling in all required marked input boxes.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select the part in Teamcenter. (If you need to find the part first, follow the procedure <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/03topic_27.html');return(false);">Find I-deas parts</a>.)
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                  <p class="para_item">Expand the <b class="uiTerm">Newstuff</b> folder in Teamcenter. (If that's where your part is located.)
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                  <p class="para_item">Expand the item and the latest item revision.</p>
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                                 <li class="condense">1. Home </li>
                                 <li class="condense">2. Mailbox folder</li>
                                 <li class="condense">3. Newstuff folder</li>
                                 <li class="condense">4. Item</li>
                                 <li class="condense">5. Item Master dataset </li>
                                 <li class="condense">6. Item Revision</li>
                                 <li class="condense">7. DirectModel dataset</li>
                                 <li class="condense">8. Item Revision Master dataset </li>
                                 <li class="condense">9. I-deas part dataset</li>
                                 <li class="condense">10. Assembly view folder</li>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/nxmanager/ideas_part_dataset.gif" border="0"> Select the I-deas part dataset.
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            <p class="para_item">Send the part to I-deas using the <b class="uiTerm">I-DEAS</b> menu in Teamcenter. 
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">I-DEAS</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Send To I-DEAS</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/checkbox-on.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Check out</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">OK</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Save the model file in I-deas</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Examine the Status column in <b class="uiTerm">Manage Bins</b>. The status is now &ldquo;Ck&rdquo; indicating the part is checked out.
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                  <p class="para_note_body">In the <b class="uiTerm">I-deas Model File View</b> window, the version has been incremented to V2, because Teamcenter &ldquo;pre-versions&rdquo; the part checked out to modify.
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      <p class="para_topic">After making a change, to check in the part while keeping the part checked out to modify, follow the this procedure:</p>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Select the part in the <b class="uiTerm">I-DEAS Model File View</b> window.
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               <li>
                  <p class="para_item">Expand the bin containing the part.</p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_item">Select the part.</p>
               </li>
            </ul>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Save the part to Teamcenter.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Save to TCEng</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Save</b></p>
                  <p class="para_item">You can change the <b class="uiTerm">Name</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Item ID</b>.
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                  <p class="para_item">Enter something like &ldquo;-002&rdquo; for the <b class="uiTerm">Revision</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Save </b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To check in the part without keeping it checked out to modify, follow the same procedure, except use:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/mb3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Save to TCEng</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Save &amp; Checkin</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Do not leave I-deas waiting for input or with a dialog box displayed, or Teamcenter cannot communicate with it. If it appears to &ldquo;hang,&rdquo; check to see if a dialog box is open in the I-deas window.</p>
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