RichieHatch Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Hi We upgraded our server to an XServe G5 a few months ago which ment a new server IP number. One of our Vectoworks projects has about 40 drawings all with Workgrop References to various different drawings. Obviously I will have to reassign the path to each referenced file now that the Ip number of the server has chnaged. The problem is that when I open a file it tries to locate and connect to the previous server IP address and hangs on this for about 60 seconds on every file....! Is there any way to batch convert all files so that they route to the new IP number...? I hope that is clear...? Richie (the pleading rotate view window guy)....! Quote Link to comment
Jason Turley Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 VectorWorks uses the absolute reference to a file. A better and more flexible method would be to use a relative path to a project folder, much like how web design software works. Another way to get around the ip issue is setup local DNS and use the DNS name instead... Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Bruce Ferguson Posted November 5, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 5, 2005 There is no batch process presently, Richie. We're investigating how to improve this for a future version of VW. Quote Link to comment
eric.rktek Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I think Acad has the ability to select how a file is pathed- either relative or absolute. There are times when each option is the better choice. It would be great if VW could give us that option. Quote Link to comment
RichieHatch Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Thanks for the replies guys... much appreciated...! Richie Quote Link to comment
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