Tom -
Vanilla 2000i does NOT allow more than 1 user to be in a single drawing file at a time (if it is, there something weird is going
on). I understand that autocad MAP will let multiple users open a single file, but I don't use it and don't know all of the details.
If you have more than 1 user opening a drawing this could definitely be a problem.
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jason martin
frankfurt-short-bruza
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"Tom Del Rosso"
wrote in message news:4E39BCCC173BEF4256F7ABB5BBD7C419@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> We have 8 workstations (mixed Windows versions) using Autocad 2000i with
> all the drawing files on a single NT4 server (Gateway with Raid 5).
> Sometimes users find their files corrupted and they get a message like
> this:
>
> Autocad error - aborting
> Internal error
> U:\global\src\objectdbx\db\imp\src\dbobji:cpp@1331:ewaserased
>
> I'm the IT person, and I'm a little hampered because I've never seen this
> occur with my own eyes, but the lead architect says it seems to happen when
> people work on different layers of the same base drawing. I have some
> questions based on my speculation. If you have any other ideas please
> offer them.
>
> Does Autocad allow more than one user to open the same base drawing file at
> the same time? Can they open different records of the same file in
> read-write mode at the same time?
>
> Does Autodesk have any recommendations about the Windows configuration, in
> particular about opportunistic locking?
>
> I have found some maintenance utilities for fixing corrupted Autocad files,
> but would you recommend any?
>
> Thank you.
>
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