Using AutoDesk 360

[Steven_Cunningham]

Is anyone actually using AutoDesk 360?  If so, I'd like some guidance, please.  As an independent draftsman working with several different architects, I'd love to be able to collaborate online, but I can't seem to figure out how to use 360 efficiently.  And if I can't get my head around it, I'll never be able to sell it to my clients.  Specifically, how do you share project sheet files?  You can't simply upload a sheet file because the views and constructs that are x-refed won't be attached.  Do you upload the entire project?  That takes some time and storage space, and is it even possible for a project to function correctly in the cloud?  If I have to save sheets to a separate folder and bind everything before uploading, then that creates a lot more work and coordination and how is that efficient collaboration since I'll have to then make independant changes within my project files on my 'puter if someone else makes an adjustment to a file in 360?

[pendean]

You have to upload the entire project: yes, that may mean you need to purchase more space, ut then, that's the whole point of selling 360 as a service.

[Steven_Cunningham]

Dean,

   I'm having a second look at 360, perhaps because I'm a glutton for punishment.  I am having some mixed results.  I've set it to auto sync my drawings, which usually works well, but for some odd reason not all of the views in all the the sheets appear in the web viewer.  Example: one sheet shows all viewports and everything looks great.  The next several sheets show one viewport but not others.  All xrefs are set to relative path, and all referenced drawing appear in their relative locations.  Seems a bit frustrating.  I've sent you a link in a private message.  If you could give it look and tell me where I've gone wrong, I'd appreciate it.

[pendean]

Without sitting at your desk to examine your entire setup, I'm not sure what may have 'gone wrong' except that I personally never rely on the autosync feature. I upload my files when I'm ready or decide to do so for a specific reason, manually: I don't seem to have such issues. yet.

[Steven_Cunningham]

Thanks for the tip.  That seems to be working better, to upload manually rather than autosync, but there does still seem to be some issues with the viewer.  None of the wall types are showing correctly, they're just single lines that don't break at door or window openings, and the fonts aren't correct (granted I'm using a custom font). Have a look: floor plan

[pendean]

Sounds like the viewer is not ACA friendly (missing an OE/AEC component). You are describing what your file might look like in Plain AutoCAD.

[Steven_Cunningham]

Can we make it ACA friendly (and by extension make ACA users more friendly)?  

And by 'we' I do mean 'Autodesk'.  Unless of course, by some twist of fate, that there might be some small way that the 'I' part of 'we' could actually do something to make my Autodesk experience less frustrating.