working at home with diffrent files location

[Anonymous]

hi, I need help with something

I often work at home and I need to set up my autocad accordingly

at work everything is on a server (template, tool palettes etc..)

what I want to do is be able to work at home and have all the same file

I just don't know how to do it

I can copy every file on my laptop by how does it work to have 2 type of setting

type 1 is for when I'm at work and everything point to the server and type 2 where everything point on a location on my laptop and being able to switch easily between the two

do I create 2 profile with different files location, will that work for the tool palette, do I need to create CUI files??

if someone could point me in the right direction..

[Ranjit_Singh]

Your IT staff should be able to assist you.

[SeeMSixty7]

create yourself a dropbox account, then download the dropbox program to your work computer and your home computer. Put your AutoCAD customization files that are specific to your work configuration in one of the folders, then set it to replicate that same path on you home computer. This will require your dropbox location to be in your acad path.

Good luck,

[dgorsman]

Not certain exactly how you are trying to set this up, by laptop or by a "home computer".

Using a laptop, go to the various network-located support folders and use the Windows Offline files function.  This will create a local "mirror" of these on your computer just as if you were connected to the network.  In some cases this will reference the files by UNC location rather than drive mapping, so you would need to map appropriate drive letters while offline.

Using a home computer (as opposed to a laptop) requires a bit more set-up.  You could partition a hard drive to the same drive letters in use, then copy files to exactly the same locations.  Or you could set up a "local equivalent" folder structure and set up the search paths to match; however if you have automated set-up for search paths that's not going to work.

In both cases if you are using third-party add-ons/plug-ins you will need to consider all of their needs as well.

And there's the third option: leave work at work.  Once you start taking things home there's going to an expectation of you being available, any time, any day, every day.  Might sound OK now but when you want a long weekend or some holiday time, that's just not going to happen.

[john.uhden]

It's so easy (presuming you are running a Windows OS).

Just use "Net Use."  Say your network location at work is N:\.

On your home computer, create a new folder, say C:\WORK, or if your company acronym is ABC, then C:\ABC.

Then get to a system command prompt and enter "net use N: C:\ABC" (without the quotes).

Then just copy all the appropriate folder/files from the N: work drive to your N: home drive (same as C:\ABC)

Now your home setup will look exactly the same as work.

[roland.r71]

Follow John Udens solution and you are on your way. (except if UNC paths are used, instead of drive mappings)

...but: I would follow the other advise as well, if I where you.

Being:

- Contact your companies IT support. They can help you and probably have some procedure to follow.

- NEVER put work related files coming from a network on your machine (laptop or PC).

The reasons for that: Updates. If you create a drive mapping to mimic a network drive, forgetting to remove it, will result in you using those local copies, even if the ones on the network are changed/updated. & the second reason being that it's a security risk.

- Companies rarely are fine with you putting drawings on your laptop or PC, at home. (again: it's a security risk)

- License: You will need a license for AutoCAD. If you can not 'borrow' it (again: ask your IT support) you are without license. (& thus illegal))

So, what you should really do is speak to your IT guys, before doing anything else.

Most likely you will need to connect to your companies network by VPN -OR- it's simply not allowed to do what you want to do.

-IF there's no VPN connection option & you are allowed to do it, THEN follow John Udens solution to mimic the network drive.

ELSE you better do nothing (at home)

[john.uhden]

Screw the security.  Anyone willing to take work home with them deserves a little lattitude.  I worked for an international company who held security as a top priority.  But when I said I wanted to do some work at home, the E.V.P. handed me a flash drive.  But there is a measure of trust involved.  We tried the VPN for a while also, but it was too slow.

[roland.r71]

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@john.uhden wrote:

Screw the security.  Anyone willing to take work home with them deserves a little lattitude.  I worked for an international company who held security as a top priority.  But when I said I wanted to do some work at home, the E.V.P. handed me a flash drive.  But there is a measure of trust involved.  We tried the VPN for a while also, but it was too slow.

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I couldn't agree more (especially the VPN, man that's annoying stuff. Even dangerous to database driven applications like Eplan or Elcad. If the VPN drops, while writing to the DB, it gets corrupted...) ... but when it comes to telling people what they should do, i just can't say they should do something without warning them for possible risks. (to their job's)

When it comes to transfering files, all you need is webmail. No flash drives, or anything. Just create a new mail, attach all you need, save the 'concept'.

@ home, open the concept, download the files. That's how i transfer my Lisp's 😉 Which i allways claim to be copyleft by me, if i spend my free time to create them, so no company can ever claim any rights or ownership of those files. Just in case.

[john.uhden]

Interesting point about the ownership of intellectual property, though I don't think that I agree with you.  If the time you spent was "on the books" then it's theirs, I think.  When I was released (in all of about 1.5 hours) I left a lot of source code behind.  At least I'm sure that no one will ever recover it, as the sanitation team follows super quickly.  Then again, I don't have it to even give it away (I had dropped my flash drive down a sewer manhole).  That's why you see pretty much only old stuff from me.

[Scottu2]

Mike686,

I have a few questions.

1. Are there two computers, one a work and one (the laptop) at home?

or one laptop that is used between work and home?

2. Where you able to create the tool palette like the one at work on the laptop?

3. Was the tool palette created by using the Design Manger - Create Tool Palette, or created by using the Customize Tool palette - Import Tool Palette option?

4. On the Laptop, are the tool palettes inserting the block when selected?

Scott