Adding Documents to ProjectWise from AutoCAD

ProjectWise provides integration with AutoCAD's File > New command, which lets you create and save new DWG documents to ProjectWise, from AutoCAD.

ProjectWise provides integration with AutoCAD's Export command, so you can export the open AutoCAD document to the selected file type, and then save the new document in ProjectWise.

Note: Integration with AutoCAD Mechanical does not currently provide support for the File > Export > IGES or File > Export > STEP commands. Also, when exporting a DWG document in AutoCAD Mechanical, ProjectWise's Save Document As dialog lets you select IGES or IGS as a format, however upon save, no IGES/IGS file is created in ProjectWise.

Create a new ProjectWise document from AutoCAD

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Document > New
- Command: DMSNEW
- ProjectWise Toolbar: New document
The Select Template dialog opens.
Select an AutoCAD document stored in ProjectWise to use as the template document and click Open.
or

Click Open from Disk to select an AutoCAD file from the local file system to use as the template document.

The selected document opens in AutoCAD.
Use Save As to save the new document into ProjectWise.
The new document is created in the specified ProjectWise folder, checked out, and then opened in AutoCAD.

Save a copy of the current document to ProjectWise

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Document > Save As
- Command: DMSSAVEAS
Use the Save Document As dialog or Advanced Document Creation Wizard as needed to create a new document.
(If the Select a Wizard dialog opens, select No Wizard to open the Save Document As dialog, or select Advanced Wizard to open the Advanced Document Creation Wizard.)

The new document is saved to the selected ProjectWise folder and is automatically in a checked out state.

Export objects or blocks from the current document into a new ProjectWise document

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Block > Write
- Command: DMSWBLOCK
Use the Save Document As dialog to create the fill out the new document properties and click Save.
The Write Block dialog opens.
Select whether you want to export objects, blocks, or the entire drawing, then click OK.

Create a new document by saving the current AutoCAD document as another file type

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Document > Export
- Command: DMSEXPORT
- Menu: ProjectWise > Export
Use the Save Document As dialog or Advanced Document Creation Wizard as needed to create a new document under a different file type.
(If the Select a Wizard dialog opens, select No Wizard to open the Save Document As dialog, or select Advanced Wizard to open the Advanced Document Creation Wizard.)
If comments are neither required nor optional for checking in documents, then at this point the exported document is created in the selected folder or work area, and has a status of checked in. You are done.
If comments are either required or optional for checking in documents, then a Comments dialog opens. Enter comments in the Comments tab, or select a previous comment from the list, then click OK.

Create a ZIP package of the current drawing and its dependent files, and store it in ProjectWise

Select File > eTransmit.
Use the Save Document As dialog or Advanced Document Creation Wizard to create the new ZIP document.
(If the Select a Wizard dialog opens first, select No Wizard to open the Save Document As dialog, or select Advanced Wizard to open the Advanced Document Creation Wizard.)
In the Create Transmittal dialog that opens, the current document is automatically added to the ZIP file. If you click OK now, then just the current document and its dependent files will be included in the ZIP document. If necessary, you can add more DWG documents to the ZIP file, or even remove the current document to the ZIP file. When finished in the Create Transmittal dialog, click OK.
The new ZIP document is saved to the selected ProjectWise folder.
Tip: To temporarily disable integration with this feature, at the command line, enter DMSSET, then enter ETRANSMITMODE, then enter a value of 0. To re-enable integration with this feature, set the value of the ETRANSMITMODE variable back to its default value of 1.