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passing derived design to other people

picadilly
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passing derived design to other people

picadilly
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Hi,

 

if I use derive, I have at least to related files. A single file I can export and send it to somebody else. How do I do that in case of a design, that uses derive?

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jhackney1972
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You will have to open the Assembly file that contains the Derived Components.  When you select File, Export, the process will create a F3Z file, containing a copy of the assembly file and all derived components.  This is similar to exporting an assembly composed of Linked components.  The person you send the F3Z file to will have to Upload it to the Cloud in order to open it.  They will have the assembly and a copy of all Derived components.  NOTE: The exported derived files WILL NOT be linked to the original they were exported from but will be to the exported assembly.

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picadilly
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Hi John,

 

thanks a lot for your precise answer.

 

However, I would need, that the person I give the data to has an exakt identical copy.

 

So, is there a way to pass on the two files and install them elsewhere exactly identical to what it looks at my computer?

 

Thanks a lot.

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jhackney1972
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The F3Z export would be an exact copy of the original until you, or the person receiving it edits either the original or the exported files, never said they would not be.  What I mentioned  was the exported file’s link with the original files would be broken.

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davebYYPCU
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Can be done with one set of files and permissions for more than one user to edit them.

Personal Licences do not have that ability.

 

Might help....

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picadilly
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I misunderstood your answers badly. After playing around for a while, I found out, how it works. For those who come after me, I will try an explanation:

 

If you export a file, that derives from other files, instead of a f3d-file a f3z-file will be created. f3z is a zip-archive of the file you selected for export plus all files it derives from.

 

To import a f3z-Archive into F360 again, you have to start F360 and select "open" and "open from my computer". A window titled "Upload" will open and you have to specify a target directory in the cloud. The files will be extracted into the destination folder.

 

Works all fine.

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picadilly
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HOWEVER: Every answer leads to more questions:

 

In the meantime I have one masterFile and several clientFiles. All clientfiles derive from the masterFile. All files form an unit. Now, how do I export this group of files together, so that someone else can import them again and use them?!

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davebYYPCU
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First - Personal Licence holders are restricted from this collaboration, in that if they author the design, others can’t edit the file.  I see this with the participation within this forum’s members and their data.

 

In message 5 above, the group of files can be worked on by a group of people.  The group owner invited the others to the Project.

 

I expect that derived files may be the stumbling block, 

 

There is a Forum dedicated to Collaboration, I have not been into it, but the regulars should get you going....

@CGBenner can you move this one over there, Please.... 

 

Might help....

 

 

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picadilly
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Guys, I cannot be the first one, who has this problem. Even if you have a full license: how do you give the files to your customer, if you do contract work?

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TrippyLighting
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I don't think there are currently any mechanisms implemented that allow you to transfer such a structure as a whole per file export of any form.

 

With a paid subscription, you can simply transfer/move files or entire projects from one team account to another.

Of course, that assumes that both participants/teams have a paid subscription.

 

For contract work, I think it can be assumed that both parties have a paid subscription.


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picadilly
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Maybe I should show, what I am doing. In the meantime I got my design pretty robust. But it got slow. And there are still lots of adapters to be added. So, I created a MasterFile, which contains Male, Female and Hose adapters. You set parameters for the desired diameters, etc. The adapters will change automatically including embossment. Then you save the file and open one "client file" and update the derived adapters. There are serveral client files, containing adapters for pipe, konus and all kind of tools (Bosch, Makita, Hitachi, Festo). All works pretty well now.

 

But I am stuck with the problem, how to pass it on to the community.

 

I attach the master and one client-file for demonstration.

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TrippyLighting
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Right!

So you export a client file and it creates a .f3z file, which includes the client file and the master file.

To my knowledge, there is no file export mechanism that includes the master file and also all the dependent client files.

You get the trunk and one branch/leaf, but none of the other branches/leaves.


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