Add Portals and Update Versions

The Portals page, found under Menu > preferences > Plugins > Portals, lists all the defined Portals and provides options to Add or Update new versions

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The list below the options shows which Portal binding belongs to which Portal.

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The groups are collapsed by clicking on the group header.

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A Portal binding consists of a connection status (online/offline/testing), the binding name, the binding path and the options to search for usages and to delete such a Portal binding. You can only delete a Portal binding if it is not currently in use.

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You can check where a Portal binding is used by clicking the Search usages button. By double clicking such a usage, the Model that uses the binding will be opened.

Miscellaneous

  • The portal assembly to add must be in .dll format. Otherwise an error message will be shown.
  • When you try to update an existing Portal to a newer version, you will encounter an error message if the version is the same or older than the one currently installed.
  • An error message is also shown if a wrong portal is selected.