Proper engineers use version control, drawing1334-334a.dwg, next version drawing1334-334-a.dwg is opened up and saved as drawing1334-334-b.dwg and them mods are done. Increases disk space but reduces user downtime and yours....... clean up old versions as required.
If you have a server with closed projects set to read only, you would only need to backup every tiem you added new closed projects. (Say once a month) So only one backup is added each month.. cheers dean -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Pickens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:55 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Autodesk Discussion List They go to the backups constantly because the projects change constantly. I have had a request for the same project 4 times in less than a week. The client will ask for a major change in the site plan, and they will make it, and then the next morning the client will ask them to change it back to the way it was. Or go a whole different direction based on an even earlier DWG file. They are constantly redoing and changing things based on plans sent out over the lifetime of a project. Not just the last plans sent out. I was thinking about proposing a server that had read only access to closed projects. It is a useful idea. But that brings us back to the backups nightmare again. I guess for some reason they think it is cheaper to have me sit here bored out of my skull than to have it automated. All these suggestions and comments are helping me to form my argument and proposal. Thanks again Rachel ********************************************************************** Northland State of the Environment Report 2002 now online at www.nrc.govt.nz ********************************************************************** NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
