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AutoCAD based products online option : enable / disable automatic data sync

AutoCAD based products online option : enable / disable automatic data sync

Autocad LT2015 used to have this option to automatically upload our user data / files to the A360 drive which was very useful as a lazy backup and a way of tracking work carried out in Autocad [amoung its other benefits]  This option has now been removed 😞

Please can this be reinstated?  A suggested solution to manually save files to A360 isn't as efficient for us who appreciated the automatic save to A360.

Thank you 🙂

53 Comments
Anonymous
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Please bring back automatic save option, I used this function very often...
chiocchetti_paolo
Participant
I just installed the new (2017) version of Autocad Architecture and with it the new version of A360.
As predicted, the Auodesk developers did not solve any of the many problems that have been affecting several of the latest versions, in particular the automatic 360 drive synchronization cannot be activated, as was requested by many people.

I was asking myself:
1. does it make any sense to pay for a support service that can solve only the problems that already can be solved by reading the manual?
2. what is the purpose of gathering suggestions from the users if these are not taken in consideration?
3. concerning the specific case, I would like to ask that Autodesk report some of the requests of elimination of the aforementioned synchronization service.

It might be an impression of mine, but I am seeing that the development of Autodesk products many more problems than solutions are constantly emerging, especially when one equates the expectancy towardt new features and improvements to the amount of money paid.

Anonymous
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This is absurd. Bring it back already.

Anonymous
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If only one person uses a feature, then that feature is useful for that user. To say it didn't get used much anyway or blah blah blah, is an absurd reason to remove the feature. Clearly the many people that have posted here (and probably the many many more that haven't) use it and need it to be productive.

 

To say it was confusing - Educate! Explain! Make it clear how it works. Another poor excuse for eliminating a feature.

Bud_Schroeder_ADESK
Autodesk Support
Status changed to: Future Consideration
 
kylegoltsch
Enthusiast

Please bring back auto save....  Now I have to save drawings in two places, what a time waster.  I used to save all my drawings before I left at night and could pick up from home after dinner.  BRING IT BACK!!

Anonymous
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I also find this ridiculous. I've just spent 2 hours wondering why my files were not syncing so I could just head home and complete the rest of my work over the weekend.

 

using 'save as' is just another thing to forget when busy

I'm joining the general consensus in wanting it back.

Anonymous
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Just upgraded to 2016 at work and we have to save the files we work on to our server. The drawing I was working on crashed and the file became corrupted so I was unable to get back my work. I thought no problem I will go on A360 and get the latest version from there but DISASTER it no longer saves a copy there automatically. Please bring this feature back with the option to turn it off for those who don't want it.
Anonymous
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It seems that the forum is venting air into the atmosphere. Autodesk are
not even reading our requests let alone acting on them.

Michael
jankee5132
Participant

I have been wating for answer since ‎11-15-2015 10:52 PM.........

mikemcculley5692
Enthusiast

AUTODESK!!!!! ARE YOU NOT LISTENING TO US!! PLEASE BRING BACK THE FEATURE OR AT LEAST RESPOND AND LET US KNOW WHY. WITHOUT THIS FEATURE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF A360?!!Smiley Mad

Anonymous
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Bring it back.  I need it.

I was looking for my back-ups in the cloud and couldn't find the drawings of the last 2 years. I was in the understanding I still had an autocopy feature.

ray.chotkowski
Explorer

It has been over a year (7/1/2015) since I added my request to this thread.

It is still wanted.

Please bring back the automatic save option to A360.

Anonymous
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Agreed. We're not asking for a new feature, just the re-instatement of an existing one.

Anonymous
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Please bring back the AutoSync to the A360 Drive! This was an insanely useful tool when operating more than machine - IE, having a workhorse station in the office and then a travel laptop/tablet. It was a great back-up if anything was ever to happen to our server! The nice feature was that if your file has anything X-refed, it brought those files and subfolders with it! The Save-As tool cannot do that. It's nice to know that all of my drawings that I potentially spend months preparing won't get wiped away due to a bad snow storm....

Cbraunheim
Explorer

Yes, please bring back the Automatic Sync feature!!  So handy and really miss it!

 

Thank you!

Anonymous
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2 years on and still no response, what a company !!!
Anonymous
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Automatic Sync was a useful tool with 360. It needs to be an option. It can and probably should be turned off by default, especially when signing into A360 for the first time on a computer. If bandwidth or background computer use is an issue, allow greater control over what should sync and when (throttling and schedules). There could also be a warning pop-up menu about data being downloaded/uploaded when signing in for the first time, too.

 

This was an extremely useful tool that would maintain an accessible record of my work within the file structure used in my office. I could seamlessly draft in the office then pull the same plan up in the field along with related files (all in the same folder) a few minutes later on a phone or tablet. Requiring that I purposefully put something in A360 drive makes it no better than Dropbox, Google Drive, or another cloud service--any DWG I pull up on a phone or tablet will open using an Autodesk app anyway. As it stands, there is no edge to this service or specific benefit over another. Please return the flexibility to decide if I want to sync automatically or not.

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Bud_Schroeder_ADESK
Autodesk Support
Status changed to: Under Review
 
ray.chotkowski
Explorer

Bud,

 

Since 4/29/2016 I have been hopeful that this "Future Consideration" would be elevated by Autodesk.

Thank you for raising the issue to "Under Review".

 

When the auto-save was an active option, many used the feature.

Since it was removed we've have had to be extra mindful about our files.

While not necessarily a bad thing, it was yet another thing to be mindful about.

 

The technology existed to do this before.

Please re-instate the ability to auto-save to A360.

 

Thank you.

Ray Chotkowski

 

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