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In Fifth Edition, “internal” Newforma Project Center users and “external” Info Exchange users can easily share, revise and coordinate their referenced CAD or BIM drawing sets using Info Exchange Folders. Here is how it works: 1) An Info Exchange Folder is created in Newforma Project Center by an “internal” project team member. Simply select the project folder or document set, right click and select the “Publish as New Info Exchange Folder” task: 2) You’ll be asked to identify recipients – these are the individual project team members you want to notify and provide with access to the published Info Exchange folder. You also need to specify whether external members are allowed to upload files to the Info Exchange Folder. You can add additional recipients after the folder is initially published, so its not too important to construct a comprehensive list of recipients at the outset: 3) Just like Info Exchange file transfers in Fourth Edition, you can easily restrict access and schedule the published folders to be automatically removed from the Info Exchange site after a pre-determined period. So much easier than FTP! 4) Each recipient will get a notification with links to simply download the contents of the shared folder or to login to view the Info Exchange Folder contents first: 5) If they select the link to login to the Info Exchange site, they can choose to only download selected files and also upload their own files. Any time they log into your Info Exchange site, they will be able to quickly view and upload to any Info Exchange Folders that they are a party to: 6) When external members upload files to the Info Exchange Folder, you receive an email notification with a link to the pending Info Exchange Folder Upload inside Newforma Project Center. From here you can receive the pending upload: 7) If you choose, you can immediately merge the uploaded files into the Info Exchange Folder as well as the source file folder on your internal network. Importantly, you can also play the “gate-keeper” role, if necessary, and review the uploaded files first before merging them: 8) Once you integrate the updated files, all of the other external Info Exchange recipients receive an email with a handy link to download just the updated file(s) 9) And importantly, Info Exchange transparently logs everything in its History, ensuring you have a log of each team member’s design transactions throughout the course of your project. 10) And, as work progresses internally, re-publishing and merging your company’s latest revisions with those of the rest of the team is as easy as selecting the folder within Newforma Project Center, right clicking and selecting the “Re-Publish” task. http://www.newformant.com/index.php/72/