work from home on files present in the company

[Paolo82]

Good morning, I have to work on a project already in part present on the server of the company, I have the possibility to modify or create the various parts, assemblies and tables, directly from the company workstation but also to work from home. The problem I'm facing is that I can't work from home directly on the files on the company server because the connection is too slow. so I cover the files on my pc and then I work on it. once finished I fill the files on the company server, but... Here comes the problem. a .idw file, for example, no longer finds the connection with the file of the part because it searches it in the folder of my pc, the same goes for the files together. How could you overcome this inconvenience?

 

[PIETRO2002]

I'm not sure, but probably using vault you fix everything.
or you have to create on your pc the same architecture that is there on the company server, and that you have to do it all the way to the content center ( screws, nuts, etc.).
Maybe you should be advised by an autodesk installer. .

 

[Paolo82]

I'm not sure, but probably using vault you fix everything.
or you have to create on your pc the same architecture that is there on the company server, and that you have to do it all the way to the content center ( screws, nuts, etc.).
Maybe you should be advised by an autodesk installer. .

Unfortunately vault is not available in company

 

[reb_bl]

without pdm (vault) is a problem, thickThe risk of damage is around the corner!
definitely you have to recreate the same tree that you have on the company server to be able to save without problems, even with vault.
but a piece of advice I can give you is definitely a pdm (in the case of vault is "free" the basic version).

 

[antimetro]

Hi.
I confirm that having the vault is a good indeed good thing for several reasons and is free as it says @reb_bl but doing the job you want is very feasible, as long as you are using the same center libraries contained and using the same project as inventor. inventor does not look for files in an absolute path like "c:\folder 1\other" but searches for files in the path related to the ipj project.
The thing you have to be careful about is quite another. How many are you working on the same documents? if you are just you no problem but if there are also others you must be careful when you copy your files modified from home to the server because you risk overwriting other users' changes. to fix this you can use commands from the windows (cmd) prompt of the robocopy that only copies of the latest documents.

 

[cacciatorino]

Unfortunately vault is not available in company

I am working with remote collaborators using onedrive of microsoft (but other systems are good too).
basically the folder you are working on is copied to the cloud and then reloaded to your pc at home, and vice versa. If onedrive clients (or other) are running simultaneously on both the company server and your pc, you don't have to do anything at all, it deals with the whole system: upload files modified by you to the server and update the files modified by colleagues on your PC.
Onedrive, compared to other systems, allows you to sync folders even outside its root using so-called symlinks.
in practice you should copy in the cloud all folders where there are files present in your current project: so the commercials, the model cart, the boards, etc. then automagicly you should find replicated the folder in your home computer.
The system is very interesting, but I understand that convincing an it manager to put business projects on the cloud is an unlikely effort! I only carry a small subaxime of what I need to pass, not all the business archive.

 

[antimetro]

@cacciatorino I do this for small things using dropbox which is prossoche the same onedrive thing, the problem of Öpaolo82 is the connection speed otherwise would have used a vpn which is much better. I have customers working in vpn, one torino seat and the other to wedge and also use the vault without problems, the fact is that it takes a lot of speed and possibly a hdsl line (balanced).
if you Öpaolo82 should use a sync system like onedrive, dropbox etc would affect the line causing problems to all. if it has a normal adsl line with a 0.5 kb upload it puts us a life to upload and already only who has to send email would struggle.
That's not what you say.

 

[cacciatorino]

@cacciatorino I do this for small things using dropbox which is prossoche the same onedrive thing, the problem of Öpaolo82 is the connection speed otherwise would have used a vpn which is much better. I have customers working in vpn, one torino seat and the other to wedge and also use the vault without problems, the fact is that it takes a lot of speed and possibly a hdsl line (balanced).
if you Öpaolo82 should use a sync system like onedrive, dropbox etc would affect the line causing problems to all. if it has a normal adsl line with a 0.5 kb upload it puts us a life to upload and already only who has to send email would struggle.
That's not what you say.

some clarifications:
1) dropbox supports diferential uploads, meaning that even if you overwrite a 100 mega file, he is able to find the 2 kb edited and send back only those. of converse does not admit synchronization of folders outside its root.

2) Onedrive allows you to sync folders out of its root through the use of symlinks. also onedrive performs differential uploads but only for some file types. microsoft promised to extend this to all file types by the end of 2019, but now the thing was postponed to the first quarter of 2020.

3) google drive does not support in differential uploads and symlinks.

currently the fact that wedge clients need to upload the torino files can create server-side upload issues. if the loading happens locally perhaps the problem would be minimized.

about saturating the upload band: It's true, but it depends on the size of the file. in 3d files to saves what you send to the server are only the modified files, so maybe the modified files in the assembly are only three or four to each save, with a common adsl can be a matter of a few ten seconds. I said that, onedrive, I'm gonna let him go at night just to avoid the problem you're talking about, I hope that with sync's coming, this problem is gone.

 

[Paolo82]

I try to respond a bit to everyone, while thank you for the answers.
- use already a vpn
-I have a fastweb connection that in theory should be fast, but so it is not.
-We are only in two to work on the files, for now there is no problem to overwrite the modified files because my colleague if he accesses it tells me.
-download files and then reload them on the server is a bit slow but not unbearable
- the problem is that the files I edited, lose the connection with the files below once reloaded on the server (this because the connection was created or reopened with files that are no longer present on the server when I work there, but present in the folder of my pc.) inventor when you reuse it in the company, no longer search for the file connected in the company server but in my pc, it is as if there was a memory of where the connected file is allocated. the same thing happens if you move a file to a different folder in your pc.

 

[cacciatorino]

I try to respond a bit to everyone, while thank you for the answers.
- use already a vpn
-I have a fastweb connection that in theory should be fast, but so it is not.
-We are only in two to work on the files, for now there is no problem to overwrite the modified files because my colleague if he accesses it tells me.
-download files and then reload them on the server is a bit slow but not unbearable
- the problem is that the files I edited, lose the connection with the files below once reloaded on the server (this because the connection was created or reopened with files that are no longer present on the server when I work there, but present in the folder of my pc.) inventor when you reuse it in the company, no longer search for the file connected in the company server but in my pc, it is as if there was a memory of where the connected file is allocated. the same thing happens if you move a file to a different folder in your pc.

I don't know inventor, but did you try to replicate the same folder structure on your computer on the server?

 

[antimetro]

@cacciatorino I assure you that if the project is set correctly this problem does not exist, I worked for years with a guy who carried the drawings home as he came to the company only 2 times a week and we never had problems. is only the question of setting ipj projects and libraries correctly

 

[GiGa]

I agree... In my opinion you can fix it correctly by setting project files and folder trees (by replicating the same structure locally)... at most it is a question of synchronizing any tot any corporate libraries/models if they have to change.
then, if the axieme points to files scattered in dozens of different projects, then I think the problem is upstream. .

 

[+forte]

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