Team-based development is the integration of the Model repository with a third-party version control system. The version control system saves multiple versions of assets and assigns each version a version number. You can check assets out and in and undo the checkout of assets.

The Model repository protects assets from being overwritten by other members of the development team. If you open an asset that another user has checked out, you receive a notification that identifies the user who has it checked out. You can open a checked out asset in read-only mode, or you can save it with a different name.

Use the

My Checked Out Assets

view to manage assets that you have checked out. For example, you might want to undo a checkout to delete changes to an asset.

When the connection to the version control system is active, the Model repository has the latest version of each asset.

The Model repository maintains the state of checked-out assets if it loses the connection to the version control system. While the connection with the version control system is down, you can continue to open, edit, save, and close assets. The Model repository tracks and maintains asset states.

When the connection is restored, you can resume version control system-related actions, such as checking in or undoing the checkout of assets. If you opened and edited an asset during the time when the connection was down, the Model repository checks out the asset to you.