How to Check in and Check out Models and Subsets › How to Perform Automatic Check in and Check out › Example: How to Create and Update a Model › Step 3 Perform initial check in

Step 3 Perform initial check in

The initial check in sends the entire model to the Host Encyclopedia. For the initial check in, you can use Update and Check In Model, Update But Do Not Check In, or Generate New Model. Subsequent updates send only changes unless you use Generate New Model for the update. Generate New Model is discussed later.

To perform the initial check in, you must have created model authorization. (See the chapters “How to Set Up Security” and “How to Control User Access.”) The person performing the initial check in becomes the model's official owner. Any CA Gen user, who has access granted to the model or subset, can perform subsequent check-outs.

When you perform an Update and Check In Model, the copy of the model remaining on the workstation is placed in read‑only status. You cannot work on it until you check it out again.