Finding Where a CAD Document is Used

There are several methods to determine where a CAD Document is used:

• The Parents accordion tab on the CAD Document
• Parts associated with a CAD Document
• The Where Used browser

The Parents accordion tab of the CAD Document view shows a read-only list of the CAD Document’s direct Parents.

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1. Right-click a Parent CAD Document and click View open the selected Parent.
2. To download the native or viewable files, click on the link in the corresponding cell.

CAD Documents can be attached to a Part, but Parts cannot be attached to a CAD Document.

You can use the Parts accordion tab on the CAD Document to explore which Parts include this CAD Document as an attachment.

If the CAD Document is attached to a single Part, there is a link to this Part but there is no Parts accordion tab.

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If the CAD Document is attached to several Parts, the Part link and the Parts accordion tab appear. Clicking on the Part link opens the Parts accordion tab. Right-click a Part in the Parts grid and click View to open the selected Part.

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If a previous (not the latest) revision of a CAD Document is attached to a Part, the Part link is displayed as broken.

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Aras Innovator offers the Where Used feature to determine where an Item is used by other Items. Refer to section Finding Where an Item is Used for further information. All examples in that section are applicable to CAD Documents.