Read Data Share

Read Data Share

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Menu:    CSD General > Data Sharing > Read Data Share
Ribbon: General Tab > Data Sharing Panel > Read Data Share

Introduction

The Read Data Share command forms part of the Data Sharing tools inside Civil Site Design.

Using the Data Sharing tools, road type data (eg: road, kerb return, cul-de-sac strings and sections) and pipe network data can be shared between drawings.

The general process is as follows:

Read Data Share: this allows pushing of Roads and Pipes data from the current drawing into a user set location (either on the computer or at a network location) - this becomes a Share Folder

Read Data Share: this allows Roads and/or Pipes data to be read from a Share Folder location - users pick the Share Folder and the drawing/s in the Share Folder from which to reference data

Shared data cannot be edited except in the original drawing.  Viewing and plotting of data is allowed via the receiving drawing.  Surface creation of Road type objects is not supported for referenced data - these should be created in the source drawing.

Alignments and Surfaces are not transferred in the Data Share process - users must ensure that both drawings have matching alignment and surface data, prior to data sharing.

The shared data can be updated at any time by running the Read Data Share command on the source drawing and the Read Data Share command on the receiving drawing.

Users are able to obtain data from multiple drawings - drawing data simply needs to be shared out using the Share Data command.

When pipes are referenced in, CSD gives them a unique pit number.  If branch sequencing and pit labelling has been applied, this will be shown in the referenced pipes and pits when they are read in.

Details

Upon selecting this command the following form is displayed:

Folder list

List of data shares available to add to the drawing.  Options include:

  Shared Folder

Each row lists drawings that have been shared to a Data Share location and are being referenced into the current drawing

  Last Update

Lists when the data was last updated in the folder

  Roads

Tick on to read the Roads data from the Data Share into the current drawing

  Pipes

Tick on to read the Pipe Network data from the Data Share into the current drawing

Add Share

Click to select a folder that has been shared out

Delete Share

Remove the highlighted Data Share from the list - refrenced roads and/or pipe networks will be removed from the current drawing.

OK

Apply and exit

Cancel

Exit without applying changes

Note: Once a folder is selected, the software will create sub-folders to store the drawing data (Road type objects and Pipe Networks).


Folder list	List of data shares available to add to the drawing. Options include:
Shared Folder	Each row lists drawings that have been shared to a Data Share location and are being referenced into the current drawing
Last Update	Lists when the data was last updated in the folder
Roads	Tick on to read the Roads data from the Data Share into the current drawing
Pipes	Tick on to read the Pipe Network data from the Data Share into the current drawing
Add Share	Click to select a folder that has been shared out
Delete Share	Remove the highlighted Data Share from the list - refrenced roads and/or pipe networks will be removed from the current drawing.
OK	Apply and exit
Cancel	Exit without applying changes