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7 In the Open dialog, select the central file and, under Open Worksets, select Specify.
8 Click Open.
Using selective open allows you to choose which worksets you want to open. Only the worksets
you select and any worksets already editable by you are opened. In addition, any referenced
workset is opened but hidden. This reduces the amount of time required to open very large
project files and increases performance while you work.
9 In the Opening Worksets dialog, select all the User-Created worksets, and click OK.
10 Click File menu ➤ Save As.
11 In the Save As dialog, click Options.
12 In the File Save Options dialog, verify that Make this the Central location after save is not
selected, and click OK.
13 Navigate to your preferred location on the hard drive, name the file Worksets Project_Local-User
2, and click Save.
You now have a local copy of the project. This file is for your use only.
14 Click File menu ➤ Worksets.
15 Select the Foundation workset, and select Yes for Editable.
You are now the owner of that workset.
16 Click OK.
User 1: Check out worksets, modify the structural model, and publish changes
17 User 1 should still have the local file open. If it is not open, open it now.
18 Click File menu ➤ Worksets.
Notice that the Foundation workset is checked out by User 2.
19 Try to change the Editable status for Foundation to Yes.
A warning is displayed informing you that you cannot check out this workset because it is
already checked out by another user.
20 Click OK to return to the Worksets dialog.
21 Select the Beams and Columns workset, and select Yes for Editable.
Notice that you own this workset and the active workset is now Beams and Columns. If you
only have one workset checked out, it becomes the active workset.
22 Click OK.
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23 In the Project Browser, expand 3D Views, and double-click 3D-Atrium.
24 Select any column on the foundation level as shown in the following illustration, and move it.