Sending links through outlook and desktop connector

[Nathan_Tigner]

Hello everyone,

My company is currently testing ACC to see if it is a viable solution for us to use long term and I was wondering if anyone know of a way to share links via email to different drawings?

This is a workflow that my Engineers and Architects are used to and while it isn't the end of the world if they can't do it, I was hoping to find some sort of work around.

If you try to link to a drawing in file explorer using the desktop connector, the link will have the users username in the link.

C:\Users\username\DC\ACCDocs\Rest_of_Link

Obviously, all users don't have the same username, so links don't work.

I know that if I replace username in the link with %username% or if I replace C:\Users\username with %userlogin%, that the link will work if pasted into file explorer. The link will not work with either options in linked via outlook though.

I was just curious if anyone has any kind of workaround to sending direct links to drawings or folders though email.

Thanks!

[david.scharlau73UKH]

I believe the system variable you are looking for is %userprofile%

Example:

%userprofile%\DC\ACCDocs\Rest_of_Link

Good luck,

Dave S.

[omushahwar]

Some of this will also depend if you have changed the location of your Desktop Connector folder. 

I have seen a couple companies change it to the Root of C:\DC etc so everyone has the same and it isnt a user folder (assuming not shared machines) to make things more universal. 

However it always depends on them having the project added to desktop connector. 

[Cadguru42]

From ACC on the web you can right-click a file and select Share. From that dialog you click on Links then the Copy button. That puts a URL path to the file in the clipboard where you can paste it into an email. 

The links are very long, so I usually edit the link in Outlook to display a portion of the path and filename. 

As for Desktop Connector, I don't really know of a way. Right-clicking a file and selecting Share is a Windows thing that doesn't provide a useful link. And the Desktop Connector right-click menu doesn't have anything with sharing.

[masadSDNRX]

You may try to replace the link contents as follows:

From C:\Users\(username)\DC\ACCDocs\*****

To  Autodesk Docs\******

Regards,

Muhammad Asad

[Mohamed_Hassan-Abohussain]

Hello Nathan,

You can change the Path to be universal for each member of your company to be something like D:/DC

This way you can shorten the path, and also have the possibility of referencing files easier (if you are working through Mutiple excel sheets or pbix for example)

or even if you are using shared Revit model instead of using cloud work-sharing

Here is the link from Desktop connector help section: CONNECT Help | Admin Change Workspace Guide | Autodesk

Also, there is a guide for IT Specialists to automate the process through Mutiple devices at once 

Hope I Helped!