saving a copy of drawings that went out
saving a copy of drawings that went out
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i want to save a copy of all the drawings that went out the door. when i try to make a copy of my current folder (lets call it folder 1) which has all the drawings, it creates a copy (lets call it folder 2), but, all the drawings in folder 2 still look up the references from folder 1. what i want is after i make the copy, the drawings should now look up ALL the xrefs from folder 2 rather than the original folder 1, and i can make folder 2 as read only. by that way, i can make sure that i have a record set of what went out, and can move on with the original folder 1 and make changes again as necessary. anyone has any suggestions on how to do that?





RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
It'll allow you to create the files you'd send out without touching the original files and file structures. (We actually only send out the PDF's- yes they can be back-stripped but so what ?) THEN those "ETransmit" files can be collected together to the folder you use to archive what you sent. THOSE remain untouched as what you sent out, and yet you have the 1st original files with all their X-Refs etc relationships still intact for further editing. We use this approach to collect our formal archived drawing set, and set the folder to read-only for archival purposes, yet gives us a way to keep a snapshot of where we were on a particular date, and yet continue to move ahead with the active file set. That date can be the date we sent the intermediate project for interim review, etc. Really works pretty well.
Good Luck !
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out
RE: saving a copy of drawings that went out