Work At Home

[Anonymous]

does anyone have an understanding of employment opportunities with Revit?

are Revit drafters being employed from remote locations?

are any Revit drafters working from home?

do any architectural firms collaborate online with Revit drafters?

are any Revit drafters working away from the office using worksets?

a lot of people have strong feelings about wanting to be a team member working together in an office..

i'm looking for unbiased answers please..

[Anonymous]

I just recently started working remotely for a small firm (5-7 people) so I can give my opinion on what I've experienced so far. Revit employment opportunities are growing fast in my area so I could easily go to work for a local firm with my Revit experience, but I chose to stay with same company and try working from home. Most of my collaboration with the head office is through email and telephone, drawing mark-ups are sent via email and so far not too bad. Worksets are a different matter. It is impossible to use worksets over a standard VPN. Without some type of hardware/software support like Riverbed your on your own for projects. I am trying desperately to find an affordable solution to this, my company does not want to invest the $10K needed to use the better solutions. Working remotely still requires you to work as a team on projects so a solution is needed. I'd have to say that is going to be the biggest problem so far.

[Anonymous]

They only way to work from home on a workset job is to have a computer that is hooked up to the offices network and allows remote desktop or gotomypc.com and a high speed internet access.

[Anonymous]

I work from home; 5 hours from the office. We use remote assist and
application sharing through windows messenger, its free and seems to work
quite well, although slow sometimes. Can be tricky to set up, depending on
the network you are connecting to, but now I'm set up, I can work with any
of the computer terminals in the office.

"sdbrown" wrote in message news:5705350@discussion.autodesk.com...
They only way to work from home on a workset job is to have a computer that
is hooked up to the offices network and allows remote desktop or
gotomypc.com and a high speed internet access.

[Anonymous]

If I'm understanding these last two posts, you are just using a remote desktop application (through windows)? I have my workstation connected to a router which is then connected through a VPN to the server at the main office. I cannot work on files that have been setup with worksets because even the smallest tasks, like adding a dimension or deleting a window, take 5 to 15 minutes to do. I've tried checking out worksets and turning off the ones I'm not using but it still seems to need to keep that connection to the central file on the main server which has to run through the VPN and even with high speed internet takes a really long time. Then there is saving back to the central file, which can eat up almost 45 min on some larger projects. I'm wondering if our IT guy is going about this the wrong way? I'm not network literate enough to have it out with him so if someone can give some specifics to take back to him that would be great.

[Anonymous]

the user file sits on a local machine gigabit cabled to the server that has
the central file. you VPN into the local machine and use revit on that
machine. the VPN only transfers screen shots and your home machine only
runs remote desktop.

--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
wrote in message news:5705552@discussion.autodesk.com...
If I'm understanding these last two posts, you are just using a remote
desktop application (through windows)? I have my workstation connected to a
router which is then connected through a VPN to the server at the main
office. I cannot work on files that have been setup with worksets because
even the smallest tasks, like adding a dimension or deleting a window, take
5 to 15 minutes to do. I've tried checking out worksets and turning off the
ones I'm not using but it still seems to need to keep that connection to the
central file on the main server which has to run through the VPN and even
with high speed internet takes a really long time. Then there is saving
back to the central file, which can eat up almost 45 min on some larger
projects. I'm wondering if our IT guy is going about this the wrong way?
I'm not network literate enough to have it out with him so if someone can
give some specifics to take back to him that would be great.

[Anonymous]

Brian - Do you currently do this? When I was using PCanywhere to transfer
files for remote working, I tried to work a bit on ACAD and found it
impossible with the lag over the internet. Both connections were cable
modems. I can't see it working very well that way. Is there a way to
transfer the file only and work on it on a local machine, where ever you
happend to be, and then copy it back when you are done working? It also
means it frees up a computer at the place where the server/main file is
stored.

Regards Peter.

"Brian" wrote in message
news:5705948@discussion.autodesk.com...
the user file sits on a local machine gigabit cabled to the server that has
the central file. you VPN into the local machine and use revit on that
machine. the VPN only transfers screen shots and your home machine only
runs remote desktop.

--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
wrote in message news:5705552@discussion.autodesk.com...
If I'm understanding these last two posts, you are just using a remote
desktop application (through windows)? I have my workstation connected to a
router which is then connected through a VPN to the server at the main
office. I cannot work on files that have been setup with worksets because
even the smallest tasks, like adding a dimension or deleting a window, take
5 to 15 minutes to do. I've tried checking out worksets and turning off the
ones I'm not using but it still seems to need to keep that connection to the
central file on the main server which has to run through the VPN and even
with high speed internet takes a really long time. Then there is saving
back to the central file, which can eat up almost 45 min on some larger
projects. I'm wondering if our IT guy is going about this the wrong way?
I'm not network literate enough to have it out with him so if someone can
give some specifics to take back to him that would be great.

[Anonymous]

yes - works fine for Revit not for Autocad/ADT/ACA where quicker response
times are expected.(T-1(1.5mps) on office side/cable 7-8mps on my side) i do
not use PC anywhere - get a Cisco PIX
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ and use remote
desktop.
for ACAD - copy DWG files to home pc revised and copy back to office. all
projects require communication with team of course.

i will not bill you for this:)

best wishes...
--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
"Peter" wrote in message
news:5705915@discussion.autodesk.com...
Brian - Do you currently do this? When I was using PCanywhere to transfer
files for remote working, I tried to work a bit on ACAD and found it
impossible with the lag over the internet. Both connections were cable
modems. I can't see it working very well that way. Is there a way to
transfer the file only and work on it on a local machine, where ever you
happend to be, and then copy it back when you are done working? It also
means it frees up a computer at the place where the server/main file is
stored.

Regards Peter.

"Brian" wrote in message
news:5705948@discussion.autodesk.com...
the user file sits on a local machine gigabit cabled to the server that has
the central file. you VPN into the local machine and use revit on that
machine. the VPN only transfers screen shots and your home machine only
runs remote desktop.

--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
wrote in message news:5705552@discussion.autodesk.com...
If I'm understanding these last two posts, you are just using a remote
desktop application (through windows)? I have my workstation connected to a
router which is then connected through a VPN to the server at the main
office. I cannot work on files that have been setup with worksets because
even the smallest tasks, like adding a dimension or deleting a window, take
5 to 15 minutes to do. I've tried checking out worksets and turning off the
ones I'm not using but it still seems to need to keep that connection to the
central file on the main server which has to run through the VPN and even
with high speed internet takes a really long time. Then there is saving
back to the central file, which can eat up almost 45 min on some larger
projects. I'm wondering if our IT guy is going about this the wrong way?
I'm not network literate enough to have it out with him so if someone can
give some specifics to take back to him that would be great.

[Anonymous]

Thanks - I was wondering about that with REVIT. I know it is unuseable with
ACAD.

"i will not bill you for this:)" - you can try! ;-}

I will look into the Cisco PIX. Thanks again.

Cheers Peter,

"Brian" wrote in message
news:5705969@discussion.autodesk.com...
yes - works fine for Revit not for Autocad/ADT/ACA where quicker response
times are expected.(T-1(1.5mps) on office side/cable 7-8mps on my side) i do
not use PC anywhere - get a Cisco PIX
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ and use remote
desktop.
for ACAD - copy DWG files to home pc revised and copy back to office. all
projects require communication with team of course.

i will not bill you for this:)

best wishes...
--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
"Peter" wrote in message
news:5705915@discussion.autodesk.com...
Brian - Do you currently do this? When I was using PCanywhere to transfer
files for remote working, I tried to work a bit on ACAD and found it
impossible with the lag over the internet. Both connections were cable
modems. I can't see it working very well that way. Is there a way to
transfer the file only and work on it on a local machine, where ever you
happend to be, and then copy it back when you are done working? It also
means it frees up a computer at the place where the server/main file is
stored.

Regards Peter.

"Brian" wrote in message
news:5705948@discussion.autodesk.com...
the user file sits on a local machine gigabit cabled to the server that has
the central file. you VPN into the local machine and use revit on that
machine. the VPN only transfers screen shots and your home machine only
runs remote desktop.

--
Brian Earsley
www.arete3.com
18645 South West Creek Drive
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
708.342.1250 x.225
wrote in message news:5705552@discussion.autodesk.com...
If I'm understanding these last two posts, you are just using a remote
desktop application (through windows)? I have my workstation connected to a
router which is then connected through a VPN to the server at the main
office. I cannot work on files that have been setup with worksets because
even the smallest tasks, like adding a dimension or deleting a window, take
5 to 15 minutes to do. I've tried checking out worksets and turning off the
ones I'm not using but it still seems to need to keep that connection to the
central file on the main server which has to run through the VPN and even
with high speed internet takes a really long time. Then there is saving
back to the central file, which can eat up almost 45 min on some larger
projects. I'm wondering if our IT guy is going about this the wrong way?
I'm not network literate enough to have it out with him so if someone can
give some specifics to take back to him that would be great.