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How to Organise your files with 3DEXPERIENCE Collaborative Spaces
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When saving data to 3DEXPERIENCE, your files are stored in something called a Collaborative Space. Collaborative Space is a cloud storage destination managed through the 3DSpace app. They allow us to ensure the correct groups have access to the correct files on the platform. Multiple Collaborative Spaces can be used when working on different projects or isolating data between work groups in your company. It is important to know which Collaborative Space you're working on. In SOLIDWORKS. You can use the MySession window to switch between them, and the title bar if you're using SOLIDWORKS Connected. When you save a file to 3DEXPERIENCE, it'll become listed in the 3DSpace app on the platform. When it comes to opening our files in SOLIDWORKS, we want to be able to find these files quickly. To do this, we’ll first look at a search. We can search directly from the SOLIDWORKS File Open window. Using tags, we can isolate parts depending on what Collaborative Space they reside in, who their author is, when they were last modified, tags, strings, the file type, and so much more. We can also use the file window quick link to see files we have locked for ourselves. Searches can be favorited for quick access going forward or a 3DSearch app can be added to a dashboard. For example, a designer is asked by their manager to go through any unreleased parts for the bench assembly and confirm if they're finished by changing the maturity states. If they set a filter on the project number and only show unreleased items, then the result becomes a to do list. A quality control member of the team could similarly set up a search filter only to show released items. Another method to find files quickly is by using Bookmarks. Collaborative Spaces are the main storage hub for files on the platform, but Bookmarks are for the final organization of the data. Bookmarks allow you to create a folder structure and browse for content. The ‘Save with Options’ process inside the box allows you to assign bookmarks to a file on the fly. We can also create and manage our bookmarks in here or with the Bookmark Editor app on the platform. Files can be added from a Collaborative Space to a Bookmark by dragging between apps. The File Open window in SOLIDWORKS allows us to navigate to the bookmarks for our files, much like we're used to doing in Windows Explorer. Recently visited bookmarks are saved to the home screen for quick access.