dvmorris

I have been searching around on Google for a discussion about how to manage CAD drawings in a CVS kind of manner, and I haven't found much information. I understand CVS only works for ASCII data, using the diff command, etc... but I haven't seen any info on an alternative solution.

for example, I want to work on a set of CAD drawings while I'm in Spain for the next few months and have someone in Houston help on the same files, and share them over the internet somehow, in a sourceforge like environment. Does such a thing exist for architects?

How do most offices organize multiple people working on the same CAD file?

Thanks for the help,
dave

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Bhanu

Typically CAD files are worked by many people in one office using X-Refs. I am not aware about X-Refing by Internet . If I understood your question correctly, it is possible through project collabrative systems like Buzzsaw, 4 projects, E-Builder to transfer CAD files in more systematic manner. Couple of
projects we worked with 4projects, consultants from Dubai, UK, Australia and everything well.

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dvmorris

yes you understood my question correctly. thank you for recommending those products. I wonder if anyone is working on an open source alternative to this kind of project management.

It would even be nice to jsut be able to use absolute URL's as xref's in a cad file, but I don't think that's possible. I'm interested in testing out a way to collaborate on a building design using all open source software, or maybe just using whatever technology exists today, and documenting the whole process in a wiki format.

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mtutaj

Try Hamachi, its a VPN type of software, create the same shares and you should be up and running

dvmorris

awesome, do people use this for autocad collaboration? this looks like a great tool. thanks so much.

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mtutaj

I have used it for a few remote offices. the only downsides are the speed of your connection and the size of the files. other then that, works very well in windows, but have had some issues with linux file servers.

Mike