Active Workset is changing to a different Active Workset and objects being modeled on the wrong workset.

[Baldwin_4-6-0]

Ok, maybe this has been answered before, but I cannot find a thread on it.

When working alone on a workshared/workset project, all things are fine, I am placing all my model objects on the ex: "Barrcks Exterior Walls Workset" and it stays that way.

Other people start getting involved with the project and some how the Active workset changes magically to the "Shared levels & grids Workset", or worse to the "Structural link Workset" (which is set to not be visible in views) and this makes everything they create disappear automattically.

I know these people are not changing the active workset, but somehow it's being changed and stuff is being modeled on the wrong workset.

What is the deal with this? is there a fix?

[Baldwin_4-6-0]

What, this hasn't happened to anyone?

Please, at least let me know if this has happened to you.

[cliff collins]

The only way that Worksets can be manipulated is by Users.

Someone working on either the Central File or a local copy has to gain permission/borrow
the workset, make it current, and place content on it.

There is no mysterious "workset devil" that I know of !!! ( jokes! )

The Workset Monitor shows all users and which worksets are in use, etc.
If you are not using it--you should give it a try--very handy esp. when more than 2-3
staff are working on a project.

Cheers...........

[Baldwin_4-6-0]

Ok thanks for answering the thread at least, and I'd like to believe that, but I know that some of our users don't even know how to change the Active Workset, and it is still being changed.

So a "Workset Gremlin" there might be.

[cliff collins]

If you find him let us know!!!!

cheers...............

[Scott Womack]

If you find him let us know!!!!

IF someone is changing a workset temporarily, and saves to central, the Central file remembers that "changed workset" Therefore, if some then makes a new local, they have that workset as the active workset.

I have a designer that does not actually work in the model, but once a week or so, opens it, and pans around, looks at views. Then he saves to central and gets out. He usually has a completely different workset active when he saves to central, so the remainder of the teams has to watch out for this.

[Baldwin_4-6-0]

IF someone is changing a workset temporarily, and saves to central, the Central file remembers that "changed workset" Therefore, if some then makes a new local, they have that workset as the active workset.

I have a designer that does not actually work in the model, but once a week or so, opens it, and pans around, looks at views. Then he saves to central and gets out. He usually has a completely different workset active when he saves to central, so the remainder of the teams has to watch out for this.

That seems close to what may be happening.

I have the 3 people working on the project, all of a sudden the Active workset is changed (and they ARE NOT changing it themselves). Then I have all the users change their "Active Workset" to same "Active Workset" as each other, is this the problem?

Does each team member HAVE TO BE doing work on a different "Active Workset" then their other team members?

Maybe I missed something in Worksets 101?

[cliff collins]

Worksets can be Owned or Borrowed.

Owned= only Owner can edit

Borrowed= borrower can edit temporarily.

The active workset is controllable by each user--and can be different
at each user's workstation.

A user can only make active those worksets which are not Owned by another user.

Does this help? (did you find the workset devil? ) jokes............

cheers

[Scott Womack]

Does each team member HAVE TO BE doing work on a different "Active Workset" then their other team members?

Not if they are borrowing items, or just creating new one. If one person checks out that workset, then yes.

[Baldwin_4-6-0]

Worksets can be Owned or Borrowed.

Owned= only Owner can edit

Borrowed= borrower can edit temporarily.

The active workset is controllable by each user--and can be different
at each user's workstation.

A user can only make active those worksets which are not Owned by another user.

Does this help? (did you find the workset devil? ) jokes............

cheers

I had been having the users "borrow" for the same Active Workset.

I am wondering if this is why the Active Workset is magically changing after they are Saving to Central?

When I open the file in the morning the Active Workset has been mysteriously changed to the Shared Levels & Grids Workset. (and they ARE NOT changing it themselves)