thank you all for the replies! we havent quite finalized our desicion, but i
think this makes it obvious....
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Steven O
San Antonio, Texas
"Jeff Spannbauer" wrote in message
news:8A58D775EE75D2EDE0317754E099B539@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> SEVE-O:
>
> Replies to topics like this can get wordy (something I hate to do is type
> more then I already do) so I'll keep it short.
>
> My company uses a structure almost identical to yours and we too recently
> upgraded. We did what you are talking about doing (using a folder called
> LDD3 under the project folder). My company is about 100+ with about 40 of
> use doing drafting. We used that system for 3 weeks. At that point we
> realized how big of a mistake we had made. Better to realize the mistake
> and fix it though then live with the burden for the next umpteen years.
>
> Something you should think about. Is there any reason you have to have
your
> project related stuff (dtm, cogo, align, etc. folders) in the root project
> folder? It isn't like Microstation is going to use that information (is
it?
> I've never used it). You can still put the drawings for that project in
> your root project folder. Just the softdesk related stuff (dtm, cogo,
> align, etc.) will be somewhere else.
>
> We made a big mistake because we didn't understand the ramifications of
> doing it the way we did it (the way you are going to do it). I hope that
> you really think about what you are doing before you make the decision to
> stick with what your walking into.
>
> If you have any questions, my # is at the bottom, feel free to call me
> (that's how strongly I feel about it).
>
> Jeff
> --
> Jeff Spannbauer
> Civil Engineer II
> Cannon Associates
> www.cannonassoc.com
> 805-544-7407
>
>
>
> "Drew Burgasser" wrote in message
> news:00AEDEFDBF29F689516CD5DD1DAFF01D@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > STEVE-O:
> >
> > You can do what you're doing, but you're not going to get around the
fact
> > that it's going to ask you which "ldd" project you want to use. So I
> guess
> > the answer to your first two original questions is "no."
> >
> > I would probably change your setup to something like this:
> >
> > \28276\
> > Land Projects (or LDD)\
> > 28276-Phase 1
> > 28276-Phase 2
> >
> > Land Projects (or LDD) would then become your "project path" as opposed
to
> > 28276. You can then store your project(s) in Land Projects with a name
> > similar to the project name.
> >
> > Alternatively, instead of naming the project "ldd", name it "28276-ldd".
> But
> > I still don't like the fact that the project path is 28276, because I
know
> > that one of my colleagues would inadvertently choose archdwg, field, or
> > letters as their Land Desktop project. There's nothing more frustrating
> > then finding a project.dfm in the letters folder. (-:
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Drew Burgasser
> > CAD Masters, Inc.
> > www.cadmasters.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "STEVE-O" wrote in message
> > news:090144A3023565B2FDDC069C8DA474CF@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > thanks for the reply Laurie! the problem is that there are 2 guys in
the
> > > office who use acad, the rest use microstation... we are moving our
> server
> > > to a new one, and the microstation guys and the administrator do not
> want
> > a
> > > separate "parent" folder for only LDD projects... we put the following
> > > folders under our project #: archdwg (for architects drawings), design
> > (for
> > > all design drawings), letters (for all letters about the project), and
a
> > > couple others.. we want to add LDD to this project folder... how could
> > this
> > > cause conflicts besides it seeing it as the same name?? we want the
sub
> > > folders to be stored under LDD (align, cogo, cr, dtm, etc....) and not
> > under
> > > the parent project folder... do u know what im asking?? look at the
> > attached
> > > picture of our directory structure that we hop for... thanks again!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steven O
> > > San Antonio, Texas
> > > "Laurie Comerford" wrote in message
> > > news:F57932EDB878A2CEF086B6ED4F179A5B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Hi Steven,
> > > >
> > > > You can do anything you like with respect to the folders where you
> store
> > > > your data. However, life is much easier if you use the way the
> software
> > > is
> > > > designed. For me the thought of naming every project LDD is
horrific.
> > > The
> > > > opportunities it provide for user confusion almost guarantee you
will
> > get
> > > > messed up project data at some time.
> > > >
> > > > At the absolute minimum you will lose one level of project indexing
> and
> > > > hence take longer to find your data. Particularly if you have large
> > > numbers
> > > > of projects this will be an issue.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Laurie Comerford
> > > > CADApps
> > > > www.cadapps.com.au
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "STEVE-O" wrote in message
> > > > news:4754A164C28E1A6894987D06334728B4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > hello! we have recently upgraded to LDD3 and would like to have
the
> > > > projects
> > > > > folder name to be "LDD", which is stored under our project #....
> this
> > > > > becomes a problem, because when we want to access one of these
> > projects,
> > > > it
> > > > > asks which one to use, but they are in different directories! i
> would
> > > > write
> > > > > more, but my question is, is there a setting to overlook same
> project
> > > > names
> > > > > that are sotred in different folders?? or maybe a default setting
of
> > > some
> > > > > sort? thanks....
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Steven O
> > > > > San Antonio, Texas
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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