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Is There a Way To Copy a Work Space To a New Doc and Preserve Version History?

larry_haweslarry_hawes Member Posts: 478 PRO
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I get messed up with too many versions sometimes and a new copy of the current doc allows a fresh start, kind of a 'save as'  but reveals only the 'main' version. The other versions must be there in some form but I'd like to access them in the new doc copy. Is there a way to do so? Also realize this is pretty weak sauce and a bad method for doc management and perhaps should just manage versions better?

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    NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,399
    No, there’s no way to carry the history over. Each entry in the version graph is a version in itself (internally called a microversion to distinguish it from a user saved version). When you copy a doc it is copying the selected microversion into a new doc so you lose all previous versions and branches. 
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
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    NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,399
    Adding lots of versions does not affect the document at all other than perhaps finding the version you’re looking for. You can also rename older versions if you created one too early by mistake. 
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
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    larry_haweslarry_hawes Member Posts: 478 PRO
    Thank You as always Neil. I think the answer to my question is in the question itself. The option is 'Copy Workspace' so I can choose any current version, create a specific work space from that version, then copy that work space. Pretty flexible as I can create a version/workspace from any where in the current doc and create a new doc from there. Is that accurate?
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    larry_haweslarry_hawes Member Posts: 478 PRO
    EXCELLENT Neil - worked a treat.
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