Project Sharing- symbols

[Richard Burgess]

We are finding that while using project sharing 2 users are able to work on the same symbol simultaneously. They do not get the typical warning to say it is checked out by the other person even though the the symbol was specifically checked out before entering.

 

This has caused terrible issues where users are over writing changes made by others and losing work.

 

Its a fundamental flaw for us as we draw flat types as symbols so are constantly inside the symbols making changes.

 

Is this a bug or something we are doing wrong.

[anton5]

We are having major issues with this too, and VectorWorks needs to address this asap, we have tested this in both VW2017 and VW2018 versions, and in both updates several people can adjust symbols without checking them out, they can't move them (outside the editing mode of the individual symbols however, but easily adjust it), this causes conflicts of course when saving and committing back to the project file.

 

Vectorworks please sort this out,

thank you,

 

kind regards anton