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Sharing Scenarios

When SEAMCAT-3 workspace is saved into a file with 'sws' extension, it includes in itself also all scenario information. Therefore any SEAMCAT-3 workspace file by itself constitutes the shareable object, i.e. copies of the workspace file may be shared between SEAMCAT users wishing to discuss a particular scenario. This approach of saving workspaces as separate files is different from SEAMCAT-2 where all workspaces were kept as a part of an internal database, and if user wanted to share scenario with others, this had to be done via 'Scenario export' function, which was saving scenario information into a stand-alone 'txt' file.

Note that when saving a workspace, the user is prompted by the program to ask if also the results should be saved. Since the results information could be sometimes very extensive, saving results could increase the size of 'sws' file significantly. The size of 'sws' file could be reduced to the minimum (ca 20 KB) by choosing not to save simulation results.

Note that it is also possible in SEAMCAT-3 to re-create a scenario based on the scenario file, which was exported from SEAMCAT-2. This may be done through the menu option ?File/Legacy? Import/Import? Legacy Scenario?, then in file selection window browse to the 'txt' file containing scenario exported from SEAMCAT-2. Upon completion of import, SEAMCAT-3 will notify user if any problems were encountered, e.g. specifying the line number, where data transfer action was not possible. However it is important that after importing the SEAMCAT-2 scenario, the user reviews both victim and interfering links to assure that the imported scenario is loaded correctly.