File Archiving
File Archiving
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File Archiving
How do people store old drawing files when a plan is revised? Say you are revising a site plan and it is being resubmitted, do you save the old drawing and how do you do it?
How do people store old drawing files when a plan is revised? Say you are revising a site plan and it is being resubmitted, do you save the old drawing and how do you do it?





RE: File Archiving
THIS DOCUMENT ORIGINALLY ISSUED AND SEALED BY name, REGISTRATION NO. number ON date. THIS MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A CERTIFIED DOCUMENT
At the end of the project, I copy everything to a CD-R.
RE: File Archiving
Put the original objects on a new layer with a date, then freeze the layer. Your history is right there.
Plot to pdf after each submission, putting all the job drawings in one pdf file.
Save the drawing with "rev 1" appended to the name.
Make a folder for each revision level.
Use CD ROM for backup. Not CD RW. Use high quality brand name media. Wait a while until DVD becomes settled and standardized.
Use CompareDWG at www.furix.com to compare drawings.
Use BeyondCompare at http://www.scootersoftware.com/ to compare folders and drives.
Use SecondCopy at www.centered.com to schedule backups and archives on multiple drives.
RE: File Archiving
thank you
Frank