Exporting Systems to a New Project

You can reuse systems from a previously created project file by exporting one or more of them to a new project.

Important:  To export systems, Workbench temporarily removes the systems not being exported from the Project Schematic, saves the resulting schematic as a new project, and then restores the original project. These systems are not being deleted, they will be restored after the export project is saved.

Depending on how many systems are contained in the original project, and how many you are exporting, this process can take a long time.

To create the new project:

  1. If you have not saved your current project, from the menu bar, select File > Save.

  2. Select all systems to be exported using one of the following methods:

    • Click the header cell of a single system.

    • Box-select by clicking and dragging the selection box over the required systems.

    • Press Ctrl and click the required systems.

  3. Right-click the header of one of the selected systems.

  4. Select Export System(s) from the context menu.

  5. If you did not save your project in step 1, the Unsaved Project dialog box is displayed:

    1. Click Save and Proceed.

    2. In the File name field, type a name for the current project.

    3. Click Save.

  6. In the Export As dialog box, type the name of the new export project into the File name field.

  7. From the Save as type drop-down list, select .wbpj to save the export project as a new Workbench project, or .wbpz to save the export project as an archive file.

  8. Click Save.

  9. If you are saving the export project as an archive file:

    1. In the Archive Options dialog box, select the optional items to archive.

      • Result/solution and retained design point files

      • Imported files external to project directory

      • Items in the User_files folder

        Note:  If your project contains Imported Boundary Conditions in the Mechanical application, you must include result/solution items so that the necessary upstream files are archived. Failure to archive these files prevents you from importing data or accessing features that involve reading upstream data, when the project is restored.

    2. Click Archive.

The export project can be opened directly, or imported into another project.