How to Transfer Global Templates Between SIMIT V10.2 Engineering Stations
To hand over SIMIT V10.2 global templates, either include the selected templates under Project Templates before archiving the project or distribute a dedicated template folder and open it as a library on the receiving station. Siemens documents both the library-opening mechanism and project-template inclusion in its V10.2 example. Verify a representative template on the receiving station, because transferring files does not prove that component dependencies and project-specific substitutions are complete.
Table of Contents
- Choose a Transfer Method
- Method 1 — Include Templates in the Project
- Method 2 — Open a Separate Template Folder
- Verification
- Limitations and Operational Precautions
- Engineer FAQ
- Technical References
- Related Articles
- Related Tags
Choose a Transfer Method
Use a project-contained handover when a colleague needs the templates together with a reproducible project context. Use a separate template folder when the objective is a reusable library rather than a particular simulation project.
The reported V10.2 handover succeeded using shared templates. Avoid assuming that a default storage path containing an older version number is the required V10.2 transfer location. A deliberately selected library folder is easier to identify and preserve.
Method 1 — Include Templates in the Project
Siemens' V10.2 application example, section 2.4, documents dragging templates into Project Templates when they must be archived with a project.
- Open the intended project and its Templates task card.
- Locate the custom templates to be handed over.
- Drag them into Project Templates.
- Inspect the resulting project template collection before creating the handover archive.
- Archive the project using the installed V10.2 project-archive facility, then have the recipient restore it to a separate location.
Steps 4–5 are handover and acceptance practice; the opened example establishes template inclusion but does not provide the exact archive-dialog sequence. Check the installed archive command rather than substituting a file-copy operation for an archive.
Method 2 — Open a Separate Template Folder
The same application example documents opening an extracted template library through the Open Library icon.
- Prepare a dedicated folder containing the custom template files to be handed over. The reported custom-library transfer used
*.simtplfiles. - On the receiving station, open Templates > User Templates.
- Click Open Library, select that folder and confirm with Open.
- Inspect the displayed template names before using them in a project.
Using this documented folder-opening mechanism for your own collection is a project-specific adaptation of Siemens' supplied-template example. The file-extension detail is reported experience, not a promise that copying arbitrary files includes every dependency.
Verification
On the receiving V10.2 station, open a transferred template and instantiate a representative example in a disposable project. The operating manual, section 5.1.2, documents dragging a template into the project and supplying placeholder replacements.
Compare the resulting chart with the intended structure. Inspect component references, coupling names, placeholder substitutions and any required custom libraries. Record missing dependencies before declaring the handover complete. Visibility in the library task card alone is not a functional acceptance test.
Limitations and Operational Precautions
A template handover does not establish that the recipient has every required component library, license or coupling configuration. Preserve the original library and existing recipient templates; do not overwrite a shared directory indiscriminately.
The reported direct copy into a system-wide patterns directory is not required by the documented library-opening method and is not established here as a universal V10.2 procedure. Work in an isolated simulation project and review couplings before starting a transferred model.
Engineer FAQ
Must global templates be distributed by copying a system directory?
No. A separate opened library folder or project-contained handover avoids relying on that location.
Which method is better for a project-specific handover?
Project Templates keeps the selected templates associated with that project archive.
Does appearing in the library prove that a template will instantiate correctly?
No. Verify a representative instance and its dependencies.
Technical References
- Siemens: Creating a template-based device simulation in a few clicks with PCS 7 and SIMIT, V10.2 example — section 2.4, page 10; internal edition V1.0, June 2021, Entry 109795244.
- Siemens: SIMIT Simulation Platform V10.2 Operating Manual, A5E44876249-AB — section 5.1, especially 5.1.2, template instantiation. Read from the manufacturer PDF downloaded for this review.