Have we done this before?
Have we done this before?
(OP)
All,
I am wondering how the rest of you access and/or re-use your wealth of previous work, whether it be contained in solid models, AutoCAD files, MS Office documents, hard copy prints, etc. I am referring to drawings, calculations, useful spreadsheets, reports,etc.
Do you have an electronic method (like desktop search tools), or do you keep a register of previous work, with keywords, etc.
As I continue to progress through the senior engineering phase(emphasis on SENIOR), I can't recall stuff the way I used to.
Any other ideas are welcome.
tg
I am wondering how the rest of you access and/or re-use your wealth of previous work, whether it be contained in solid models, AutoCAD files, MS Office documents, hard copy prints, etc. I am referring to drawings, calculations, useful spreadsheets, reports,etc.
Do you have an electronic method (like desktop search tools), or do you keep a register of previous work, with keywords, etc.
As I continue to progress through the senior engineering phase(emphasis on SENIOR), I can't recall stuff the way I used to.
Any other ideas are welcome.
tg






RE: Have we done this before?
I actually use an Access database to track drawings w/customer names, addresses, dates, description, etc.
I keep folders with titles like:
Memos, Alerts, Safety Issues, Recalls, Typical drawings, etc., etc.
It does lead to some double entries - but I have like 4 gabillion byte hard drives available and backup servers.
RE: Have we done this before?
The desktop search programs are quite useful too, but posting my work in public forces me to document it better than I would have otherwise done.
Doug Jenkins
Interactive Design Services
http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/
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Francis
www.controldraw.co.uk
www.s88control.blogspot.com
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I use the free version at home, but at work I use the paid "Pro" version because it allows the indexing of networked drives.
RE: Have we done this before?
Can any of these tools find text contained in an AutoCAD drawing?
tg
RE: Have we done this before?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Francis
www.controldraw.co.uk
www.s88control.blogspot.com