Importing a design Option from a related project
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Neara provides features to import and compare alternative Options prepared by each team or contractor.
If you have a large design worked on by multiple teams or contractors, it can be useful to organize it into separate Neara Projects.
In this section we show you how to load design Options from related sub-projects and visualise them.
If you do not see the features shown here in your Neara projects, or need assistance creating and managing design Options in your projects, contact our Customer Success team using the Contact Us option at the top of this screen.
Alternatively if you are logged into the Neara web app use the chat button in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Open the Layers panel
Click the (+) to the right of the Properties panel:
and place a checkmark next to the Layers item on the popup:
Import a design Option from a related project
In this example we're starting from a completely blank design in our Main project with no existing related projects.
On the Layers panel, there will be an empty section called Sources under Engineering Model:
Click the (+) to the right of the Sources section and choose Import from project:
On the popup, if you know the URL of the project you're importing a design from enter it into the space provided. Neara will validate the URL before import. Alternatively you can also use the Cloud picker to browse all projects that you have access to:
Click Next, and when prompted place a checkmark next to the design Options you'd like to import from that project:
You can also change the Name of the Option before you import it, so that it's meaningful when listed in your main project. For example, you might add a version number or status text to the Option name.
Click Import when ready; the design Option will be imported and displayed.
If this is the first time you have imported an Option from a related project, the Sources section of the Layers panel will be updated with that project's name, and the imported Option will be listed underneath it.
To show or hide an Option, click the eye icon next to its name in the Sources section.
You can relate multiple projects as Sources in your main project by repeating these steps for different Projects.