grant_PD Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I often work out of the office on site. I have a variety of custom libraries and tools, in my custom workspace. What are people's methods for keeping computers synched up so that these custom settings are consistent from computer to computer? Quote Link to comment
Dieter @ DWorks Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Well, I use an external hard drive that's small and portable that my pc automaticly syncs to when I shut it off. I can then take that with me on my laptop. I just set the user folder and library files in VW on my laptop to that hard drive. You just need a way to story or sync your data so that all your devices can find it. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Dropbox will also do this for you but you will need to be online to sync. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I use dropbox also. All of my current projects are kept in there as well as any linked files, and my collections of VW resources. So at home or at work, I'm accessing the same file. I'll have to try keeping my workspace files in there. I've noticed my workspaces are slightly different at home and at work. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) presumably if you're a vss subscriber you could also store them on the vw cloud. http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=172391#Post172391 Edited July 20, 2012 by bcd Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Thanks guys. I have to say I'm probably more in favor of the hard drive. More reliable. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I tried the hard drive and in some ways it wasn't more reliable. (Or should I say "I" wasn't reliable). I would have to remember to take it from place to place. As soon as I got home, I would have to update my computer with the hard drive. Same when I got to work the next day. VW Cloud is probably the best, but I use Dropbox because its free. These programs update the files on your computer. The actual files are still on your computer. But there is also a copy of them online which then updates your other computers with the most recent version of your file. Try sending a 100mb drawing file and renderings to someone via email. It's much easier to put it in a separate folder on dropbox and email them the link to that folder. Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 I see. So in my instance I would be putting my preference files on the dropbox....I'll try that. Quote Link to comment
PeterT Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Also, you might want to consider a flash drive. Prices have really dropped, I just saw a 32 GB USB flash drive on MacMall for $18.99. If you set up User Folders on the flash drive via Vectorworks Preferences/User Folders, you can direct Vectorworks to use those User Folders for preferences, workspaces, libraries, etc. whenever it launches. All you have to remember is to plug in the USB drive before you launch Vectorworks. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I'm not able to keep my custom workspaces on Dropbox. The workspaces must be kept in the same folder as the application. I have to physically copy the workspace files from one computer and put them on my other computers. Since my workspaces don't change that often, I guess its not a problem. Quote Link to comment
Jeffrey W Ouellette Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Custom workspaces don;t go in the application folder. They go in the ~User/~/Application Support/Vectorworks folder. Or, as Peter suggested, redirect your User folder to Dropbox. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Thanks! I didn't realize I could select where my folder is kept. Awesome. Quote Link to comment
jamesmise Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I noticed that Windows Skydrive is a free program with 7GB of storage. Quote Link to comment
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