Could someone please explain to me what is best practice for managing a file which will have several DWG imports in - e.g survey, Highway proposals and landscape architects drawing etc from various consultants.
I have found some old threads on this question but nothing that seems to really clarify my question.
As I understand it, it is a bad idea to have your user origin a long way away from the internal origin (0,0) I have read it is best to set all files with a vectorworks internal origin close to the objects within their separate files.
what I don't understand is, how on earth does collaboration work between different consultants if we are amending the user origin to work within our office? At present, whenever I am sending a file of ours to the landscape architect, they are finding it miles out of position.
I come from an autocad background so perhaps I am being a bit of a dinosaur but I am more comfortable with everyone sharing a confirmed reference point (e.g 0,0)
some help would be greatly appreciated on
how do i import the files so they are to world coordinates?
How do i then send my file to others, so that it will align with their document
Many thanks
edit -
I should clarify - it is the collaboration aspect I am having particular difficulty with - i want to be able to send a file back and forth and it always come in the same place for both parties.
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Hello all,
Could someone please explain to me what is best practice for managing a file which will have several DWG imports in - e.g survey, Highway proposals and landscape architects drawing etc from various consultants.
I have found some old threads on this question but nothing that seems to really clarify my question.
As I understand it, it is a bad idea to have your user origin a long way away from the internal origin (0,0) I have read it is best to set all files with a vectorworks internal origin close to the objects within their separate files.
as demonstrated here in this tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWP7_bmOwFE
what I don't understand is, how on earth does collaboration work between different consultants if we are amending the user origin to work within our office? At present, whenever I am sending a file of ours to the landscape architect, they are finding it miles out of position.
I come from an autocad background so perhaps I am being a bit of a dinosaur but I am more comfortable with everyone sharing a confirmed reference point (e.g 0,0)
some help would be greatly appreciated on
how do i import the files so they are to world coordinates?
How do i then send my file to others, so that it will align with their document
Many thanks
edit -
I should clarify - it is the collaboration aspect I am having particular difficulty with - i want to be able to send a file back and forth and it always come in the same place for both parties.
Thanks again
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