Locking open files

So that data integrity is ensured, drawing files, layouts and filesets that have been opened by a user are locked and cannot be opened by another user at the same time. A file with locking information is created for each open document.

The Services application provides a tool the Allplan administrator can use to display the files with locking information for each project and delete them manually. This ensures that documents do not remain locked unnecessarily just because an Internet connection failed.

You can open this tool using the Services application - Workgroup Manager - Administrate locking information.

Documents that are locked for more than 24 or 48 hours are highlighted in color.