Autodesk Buzzsaw

[#1]

We're having a problem in Buzzsaw 4 with the file dates.
It looks as though the file dates and times are changing to the date & time
the file was DOWNLOADED, not the last time the drawing was changed. This is
causing us a lot of grief, as we can't tell if a file was actually changed,
or just downloaded again.

Is there an option that causes this, something we're doing wrong, or a bug?

TIA
Dave Plumb

[#2]

This is a feature. It is the basis for the what's new capability.

"DaveP" wrote in message
news04BDA270A07F684DF1FE2B232D4A326@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> We're having a problem in Buzzsaw 4 with the file dates.
> It looks as though the file dates and times are changing to the date &
time
> the file was DOWNLOADED, not the last time the drawing was changed. This
is
> causing us a lot of grief, as we can't tell if a file was actually
changed,
> or just downloaded again.
>
> Is there an option that causes this, something we're doing wrong, or a
bug?

[#3]

But doesn't that make it MORE difficult to communicate with other offices?
Phone conversation:
Me: "I have a question on drawing A101. Lets both open it in AutoCAD."
You: "OK, got it"
Me: "We made a change to Room 1-203. Do you see it?"
You: "No, we don't have that change."
Me: "What's the date of your drawing?"
You: "Its dated yesterday."
Me: "That's weird, we made the change last week."
You: "Yep, we've got yesterday's drawing, but I don't see any changes."
Me: "Oh, wait a minute, we never uploaded it!"

The long and short of it is, I want to see when the file was last changed.
I don't care when it got downloaded. Note that I'm talking about
DOWNloading. I might see the point if the file time changed on the UPload,
but if it changes when the file is DOWNloaded, what does that have to do
with "what's new"?



"Scott Sheppard" wrote in message
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> This is a feature. It is the basis for the what's new capability.
>
> "DaveP" wrote in message
> news04BDA270A07F684DF1FE2B232D4A326@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > We're having a problem in Buzzsaw 4 with the file dates.
> > It looks as though the file dates and times are changing to the date &
> time
> > the file was DOWNLOADED, not the last time the drawing was changed.
This
> is
> > causing us a lot of grief, as we can't tell if a file was actually
> changed,
> > or just downloaded again.
> >
> > Is there an option that causes this, something we're doing wrong, or a
> bug?
>
>
>

[#4]

What's New is computed as showing you files you have not seen yet. When
ProjectPoint first started, the Mechanical division of Autodesk asked for
the behavior you are describing. Their product was doing extra calculations
on assemblies, because their product thought that the files were newer
simply because they had been downloaded later. They too wanted the date/time
on the file to be the date/time that it was uploaded to ProjectPoint. I had
the programmer, Phil Ford, make this change. Suddenly the "what's new
capability of ProjectPoint" stopped working. ProjectPoint was computing what
you had seen and not seen using the dates on the files. So Phil backed that
change out.

I understand the request for the feature. I am just trying to explain that a
Buzzsaw site does not work this way. The information as to what the latest
date on the file is is available buy looking at the Buzzsaw site itself. If
you do a refresh and download, the ProjectPoint application will only
download what has changed from the site. That is the best it has to offer
for now.

"DaveP" wrote in message
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> But doesn't that make it MORE difficult to communicate with other offices?
> Phone conversation:
> Me: "I have a question on drawing A101. Lets both open it in AutoCAD."
> You: "OK, got it"
> Me: "We made a change to Room 1-203. Do you see it?"
> You: "No, we don't have that change."
> Me: "What's the date of your drawing?"
> You: "Its dated yesterday."
> Me: "That's weird, we made the change last week."
> You: "Yep, we've got yesterday's drawing, but I don't see any changes."
> Me: "Oh, wait a minute, we never uploaded it!"
>
> The long and short of it is, I want to see when the file was last changed.
> I don't care when it got downloaded. Note that I'm talking about
> DOWNloading. I might see the point if the file time changed on the
UPload,
> but if it changes when the file is DOWNloaded, what does that have to do
> with "what's new"?
>
>
>
> "Scott Sheppard" wrote in message
> news:BCC8222542B900648EF9C72366D3C3B3@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > This is a feature. It is the basis for the what's new capability.
> >
> > "DaveP" wrote in message
> > news04BDA270A07F684DF1FE2B232D4A326@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > We're having a problem in Buzzsaw 4 with the file dates.
> > > It looks as though the file dates and times are changing to the date &
> > time
> > > the file was DOWNLOADED, not the last time the drawing was changed.
> This
> > is
> > > causing us a lot of grief, as we can't tell if a file was actually
> > changed,
> > > or just downloaded again.
> > >
> > > Is there an option that causes this, something we're doing wrong, or a
> > bug?
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[#5]

If you are downloading by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting, you are using a Windows function which will change the time stamp on the downloaded file to the present date and time. If you right click the file and choose the Download option from the menu, you are using a Buzzsaw function and the original time stamp will be preserved.

Hope this helps!

[#6]

Thanks! The "What's New" functionality was redone
as part of ProjectPoint 3.0. The date restriction no longer exists on the
downloaded files.

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If
you are downloading by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting, you are
using a Windows function which will change the time stamp on the downloaded
file to the present date and time. If you right click the file and choose the
Download option from the menu, you are using a Buzzsaw function and the
original time stamp will be preserved.

Hope this helps!

[#7]

We got a similar problem and our users are seriously complaining there are a lot of documents in the "What's New", even though they have read the documents before. They keep on showing as New Items for them but, in fact, they are merely downloaded by somebody. Please advise how it can be resolved; otherwise, it is contradictory to call it as "What's New"?! Right?