Join a Quadri Model

When you join a Connected Project in Quadri for Windows, a corresponding workset is generated. This workset serves as a locally cached copy of the project, stored on your machine. This cache seamlessly synchronizes with the shared object model, ensuring that any changes you share or receive are promptly updated.

As long as your association with the project persists, feel free to open or close this workset at your convenience. Doing so will not compromise reservations or erase your local cache. Additionally, the flexibility extends to offline work, allowing you to seamlessly collaborate even when not connected to a network.

Connected Projects

This page lists all Trimble Connect projects extended for Civil Design and Construction Collaboration that the signed-in user can access.

By default, this list will only show projects in progress, meaning that today's date falls within the project's defined start and end date. 

Check the Include ended and not started projects box to display all projects, whether ongoing or not. Start and end dates are part of the project details in Trimble Connect.

The page provides information for each project necessary to navigate among the projects and eventually join them. 

• Star - Click this to categorize a project as a favorite.

• Name - Displays the name of the project as specified in Trimble Connect.

• Description - Displays a description of the project as specified in Trimble Connect.

• Extension Ownership - Displays the ownership of the shared object model as specified in the configuration of the Civil Design and Construction Collaboration extension. Note that this organization may differ from the one indicated as the project owner.

• Join - Click this to join the project and generate a corresponding workset.

• View Online - Click this to open the Project Data tab in the Trimble Connect for Browser application.

For the projects you have previously joined, you will find your worksets listed directly below each project. These projects have a > on the far left; click this to view all your work sets for one project.

For worksets, the page provides information for each workset necessary to navigate among them and eventually open one of them.

• Name - Displays the workset name as specified by you when joining the project.

• Description -  Displays the time you joined the project and thereby this workset was initially generated

Tip:  If you have access to numerous projects, you're likely actively focused on only a handful at any given time. In such cases, it might be beneficial to designate specific projects as your favorites by simply clicking on the star symbol next to the project name. You can then use the possibility of sorting and filtering located at the top of the page, making accessing your preferred projects easy.

Join a Connected Project

1. Open Quadri for Windows and select Join in the left pane.

2. Consider checking the Include ended and not started projects to list all projects box, whether in progress or not. 

3. Find the project under Connected Projects. 

It might be convenient to use the sorting and filtering located at the top of the page if you have access to many projects. 

4. Consider clicking View Online to open the project in Trimble Connect. 

This might be convenient if you want to know more details about the project than what appears on this page.

5. Click Join on the project. You will be prompted to create a workset to work on the project in Quadri for Windows.

6. Enter a name for the workset in Enter Workset Name.

By default, the system proposes the same name as the project name, and in many situations, it makes sense to use this as the workset name. However, when you have multiple worksets for one project, you should use a name that helps you and any project manager to identify a workset uniquely.

7. Click OK.

The project tasks, appurtenant features, and net elements are fetched from the shared object  model and delivered into local Quadri cache files - a workset - on your disk. Depending on the size of the project, this may take some time.

The application will incorporate the new workset into the currently open binder. 

It will create a new empty binder and add the workset if no binder is open.

The folder for local Quadri cache files is specified in the application options for Quadri.

Open a Connected Project workset

1. Find the project under Connected Projects.

If you have access to many projects, it might be convenient to use the sorting and filtering located at the top of the page. 

2. Click > to expand the row and see all your worksets associated with the chosen project.

If there is no > symbol preceding the project name, it indicates that you currently have no active workset associated with the selected project. To work with the chosen project, you must first initiate Join. 

3. Click the workset you want to open and work on.

The application will incorporate the chosen workset into the currently open binder. 

It will create a new empty binder and add the workset if no binder is open.

2. Enter the URL of the project you want to join.

A project manager can easily provide you with a complete URL by copy-and-pasting from the Model Manager where projects are defined.

If you do not know the URL for the project (see comment 1 below), you can use the … More button in the upper right corner to access the Project Explorer and browse to the wanted project.

3. Enter a name for the workset. 

By default, the system proposes the same name as the name of the project and, in many situations, it makes sense to use this as a workset name. However, when you have multiple worksets for one project, you should use a name that helps you and any system or project manager to uniquely identify a workset.

4. Click OK at the dialogue's lower right corner.

The project tasks and the appurtenant features and net elements are fetched from the shared model and delivered into local Quadri cache files (a workset on your disk; see comment 2 below). This may take some time.

Comment 1 - URL syntax

Valid URL for a project is: [protocol] :\\

[Host name or IP-address] \ [Model name] \ [Project name]

E.g., https:\\test.quadri.no\testmodel\testproject

Comment 2 - Folder for local Quadri cache files

The folder for local Quadri cache files is specified in the application options for Quadri.

Using the Project Explorer

1. Browse Project Explorer for Quadri (see comment 1 below).

If not already signed in, you will be forced to enter your credentials.

2. Browse to the project and click it.

The dialog's map area should now zoom to the selected project's area of interest (see comment 2 below).

3. Confirm the assigned Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for the workset (see comment 3 below).

By default, the CRS for the workset will be assigned with the same CRS as assigned to the shared model, of which the selected project is a part. If you want to assign another CRS, you may select that from the list provided below the map.

4. Click OK in the dialog's lower right corner.

A URL will be generated based on your selections in the explorer.

3 Levels of the Project Explorer

Comment 1 - Explorer Levels

• Quadri services - This can be across company Levels. Each may thus have a different sign-in username and password. If your company only has one server, you will see it here. If you don't see it, you might need to set up a connection.

• Models - For each Quadri service, you may have a list of models.

• Projects - In each model, you may have a list of projects.

Comment 2 - Mapping area zoom

In some rare situations, the mapping area may not zoom to the area of interest of the project if there is no available coordinate operation that can convert the project CRS to lat-long WGS84 values.

Comment 3 - Coordinate operations

Be aware that coordinate operations may decrease the quality of the data and for some advanced geometry types, they are even impossible to perform. Most likely the project manager has defined the project so that you are not able to select any other CRS than the one assigned to the shared model.