Close Teamwork Project

Use File > Close to close a Teamwork Project in ARCHICAD.
Your local copy of the project remains intact. If you have unsaved changes, you can opt to save them to the local copy. If you have unsent changes, you can opt to send them.
Close Project Online
When you close a project with unsent changes while online, the program prompts you with several options:
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Discard changes: Any unsaved and unsent changes are discarded. Your reservations remain intact.
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Send & Save: Send changes to the server and also save any unsent changes to your local copy.
Keep or Release Your Reservations with Send & Save
What happens to your reservations when you click Send & Save?
By default, your reservations remain unchanged. The next time you open this project, you will find that the data reserved by you before you closed the project are still yours.
To change this default, you can re-set a Work Environment preference, at Options > Work Environment > Data Safety and Integrity.
Here, check the Release All when closing Teamwork Project with Send Changes box. This means that when you close a Teamwork Project, all your reservations will be released.
Click the arrow button to the right of the Send & Save button for two more variations:
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Save without Send: Save your changes locally, but do not send them to the server
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Save & Send and Release All
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Save & Send without Release
(The command shown - either “without Release” or “Release All” - will be the opposite of your general preference set in Options > Work Environment > Data Safety & Integrity.)
If you will not work on the project for a while after closing it, you are advised to release your reservations - before closing the project - so that other users can access the data they need.
Close a Project vs. Leave a Project
When you finish working each day, do not leave the project; just Close it.
The next day, you will not have to join the project (you are already joined in); just Open it.
As long as you are joined in to a Teamwork Project, you can Open or Close the project as many times as you like, without losing your reservations and without dumping your local copy.
Note: If you change the default setting “Close Teamwork Project” in Options > Work Environment > Data Safety & Integrity, then your reservations will be discarded if you click Save & Send when closing the Teamwork Project.
See Keep or Release Your Reservations with Send & Save.
However, once you Leave the project (as opposed to closing it), you lose your reservations and dump your local copy. It is recommended that you do not leave the project unless you do not plan to work on it any more in the foreseeable future. Typically, you will leave a Teamwork project when you no longer participate in it.
Close Project Offline
If you are offline when you Close the project, you cannot send changes to the server. Your only options are to discard the changes, or else to save them locally.
If you choose “Discard Changes,” then your unsaved changes will be lost, and you will not synchronize your local copy with the server.