Today, Inventor shows different notifications and gives us different options if one or more sub-components have changed.
IAM | We’ll get informed about the change (message box) | We can accept or deny an update | Yellow flash (local update and / or global update) is available | Yellow flash beneath the changed object is shown | File is getting dirty (without changing something) |
When opening | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
When already open and now activated, but a sub-component has changed in the meantime | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
IDW | We’ll get informed about the change (message box) | We can accept or deny an update | Yellow flash (local update and / or global update) is available | Yellow flash beneath the changed object is shown | File is getting dirty (without changing something) |
When opening | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
When already open and now activated, but a sub-component has changed in the meantime | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
IPN | We’ll get informed about the change (message box) | We can accept or deny an update | Yellow flash (local update and / or global update) is available | Yellow flash beneath the changed object is shown | File is getting dirty (without changing something) |
When opening | No | No | No | No | Yes |
When already open and now activated, but a sub-component has changed in the meantime | No | No | No | No | Yes |
IPT | We’ll get informed about the change (message box) | We can accept or deny an update | Yellow flash (local update and / or global update) is available | Yellow flash beneath the changed object is shown | File is getting dirty (without changing something) |
When opening | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
When already open and now activated, but a sub-component has changed in the meantime | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Please harmonize the update behaviour for all document types:
IAM, IDW, IPN, IPT | We’ll get informed about the change (message box) | We can accept or deny an update | Yellow flash (local update and / or global update) is available | Yellow flash beneath the changed object is shown | File is getting dirty (without changing something) |
When opening | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
When already open and now activated, but a sub-component has changed in the meantime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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