Saving Design Variations of Teamwork Projects: Suggested Workflow

Create Backup Copy of Original “Starting Point”

Work as usual in your project. When you reach a point at which several design variations are possible, you can save the current version as your original “starting point”.

1.Do a Send and Receive.

2.Go to Project Settings and click Create to create a manual backup of the current project version; give it a name (e.g. “Original version”).

3.Click OK and exit Project Settings. (This step will create the backup.) Then keep working in the project.

Save Design Variation

When you have created a design variation that you want to keep, save it as a separate, named backup.

1.Do a Send and Receive.

2.Go to Project Settings and click Create to create a manual backup of the current project version; give it a name (e.g. “Variant 1 - Enclosed terrace”).

3.Click OK and exit Project Settings. (This step will create the backup.) Then keep working in the project.

Return to Starting Point; Save Next Design Variation

Now, if you want, you can go back to the original starting point, before you start designing a newer variation. To do this,

1.Go to Project Settings. Select the backup entitled “Original version” and click Rollback.

2.Choose “Overwrite this project.” Your current project will revert to the “starting point” of your design variations.

3.Click OK and exit Project Settings, then keep working in the project.

4.Again, when you create a design variation you want to keep, follow the steps above (under “Save Design Variation”) to create another named manual backup.

Repeat this process as needed to create a named backup for every design variation for which you want to keep a separate record.