Exporting Items
You can export models and auxiliary data files from the database to the file system. Any tag organization you have made can be preserved on the file system by exporting tags as subfolders. Models and auxiliary data files tagged by a specific tag will be exported to the corresponding subfolder.
Click Export () in the Database section of the Home toolbar to open the Export dialog box. The Source Location field shows the location from which versions of items will be exported. Click the link button or Browse button in the Target folder field to select a folder on the file system to which the items will be exported.
The models and files that will be exported are shown in a table with a type column and an Item column with the title of the item. The items in the table depend on the current selection in The Databases Window or The Model Manager Window depending on which window that is focused:
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Selecting a location — that is, a branch, snapshot, or commit — gives the latest versions of all items with respect to the corresponding commit of the location — see also Locations.
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Selecting tags gives the latest versions of all items that are assigned those tags or are assigned a tag with a selected tag as an ancestor in The Tag Tree.
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Selecting models or files gives their latest version with respect to the corresponding commit of the browsed location.
Select table rows and click Exclude () to exclude items in the table from being exported. Click OK to begin the export. You can see a summary of the export in the Messages window in the Model Builder workspace once the export finishes.
Export Options
The export procedure can be configured under Options in the Export dialog box.
Select the Include auxiliary files found in exported models check box to automatically export any referenced files located in the database that are found inside an exported model. The model will be automatically updated so that it references the corresponding file on the file system.
Select the Export tags as subfolders check box to export tags assigned to exported items as subfolders on the file system, with exported files placed inside these subfolders.
If you select Export tags as subfolders, and an exported item version has multiple tags, only one of these tags will be exported as a subfolder (the first one when sorting tag titles alphabetically). This includes items that you have explicitly added to the table in the Export dialog box and any referenced auxiliary files if you have selected Include auxiliary files found in exported models.