The Documents API integration offers an easy way to access your cloud-stored content. You can connect to a common data environment (CDE), and download and upload models from/to the server.

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In order to connect your Catenda Hub documents in Solibri go to File -> Integrations and click on connect.

The list of servers you can connect to will now load in.

The list can take some time to load the first time you start up Solibri but will be quick to load after it has been loaded in once.

In the resulting dropdown menu you can select Catenda or Bimsync to connect to the Catenda documents API.

In order to import documents or models with Catenda Hub you can now click on Open.

Solibri will now say Waiting for CDE.
A Solibri tailored page that looks like Catenda Hub will now open as a new page in your default browser.
The page will first ask you for permission the first time you do this.
Click Allow access to continue.
This access can always be revoked in your Catenda Hub account settings.
If you revoke this access and want to reconnect you will have to delete this folder:
C:\Users\<Username>\.solibri
This folder stores your login data as well so you will have to re-login to Solibri next time you open it.
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After granting access you will be redirected to models and documents within Catenda Hub.

Regular Catenda Hub functionality like annotating documents and configuring access to documents/folders does not work here and this page is only meant to configure documents that will be synchronized with Solibri.

Here you can import one or multiple documents or models to Solibri by clicking on Download documents or models.

If a model has been opened in Solibri it is possible to export this model to Catenda Hub by clicking on Upload Model. If changes have been made in Solibri you will first have to save your progress locally as a .smc file and you will have to click on upload model again.

Solibri will now say Waiting for CDE.
A Solibri tailored page that looks like Catenda Hub will now open as a new page in your default browser.
The page will first ask you for permission the first time you do this.
Click Allow access to continue.
This access can always be revoked in your Catenda Hub account settings.
If you revoke this access and want to reconnect you will have to delete this folder:
C:\Users\<Username>\.solibri

This folder stores your login data as well so you will have to re-login to Solibri next time you open it.
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After granting access you will be redirected to models and documents within Catenda Hub.

Regular Catenda Hub functionality like annotating documents and configuring access to documents/folders does not work here and this page is only meant to configure documents that will be synchronized with Solibri.

Here you can export models and documents to Catenda Hub in the following ways:
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If you are uploading a local file you can save the .smc file to the documents section.
This .smc file can later be opened from Catenda Hub using the Solibri Documents API to continue using it.
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If a model was imported from the models section in Catenda Hub you can upload it as a new revision to a model in Catenda Hub.
Select which model from Solibri (left column) you want to upload as a revision to which model in Catenda Hub (top row) and write a comment (mandatory).
After doing this click on submit to upload your model.

After a model has been imported from Catenda Hub a chain icon will be displayed in the third column to show that it is linked.
The Version column will help you keep track of which revision is currently loaded.

The name of the model might take a couple of hours to update but will eventually change to reflect the revision number in the linked revision.

If your organization has set a preference for the download name of your document you might find a different name here. For example the document name without the revision option is possible to request. Note that this has to be requested by the organization for all downloaded files in their projects.

You can see the different download name options for orgainzations here.
You can configure how you want your model to update by clicking on update models.
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In the dialogue that now pops up you will have three options.
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Update: Updates are done manually
​Automatic: When a new revision is available in Catenda Hub the model will automatically update
​Prompt: You will get a prompt when an update is available. Update starts at your convenience.
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