--- Back before the cloud was an option, Jeremiah and I were speaking about a system that would allow us to share a cloud location for project data files, but would allow us to filter by the first four numbers of the project number. Is this still being considered? If not, is some other system being devised to allow us to share project files between offices without having to navigate through thousands of project files and still have confidence that our LFX files are not being corrupted? - I know that the wizards are at work, but are they on this yet? - Or are we the only ones having to deal with this?
Yes. Yes. Yes. If the *.lfx file is in the same folder, AutoCAD we’ll find it and you won’t even to assign anything. If custom blocks were used, you may have to use the LandFX copy property button, but yes. It can save a significant amount of time. ?
But in all those cases, the giant issue is one of security. The ideal seems to be to have the source firm designate a project as such, and perhaps assign some unique access number to it. Then that number could be distributed to the necessary people. But it still behooves us to engineer it in a fashion so that that everybody involved feels it is an entirely secure system, so that the very sensitive data is locked down from any accidental or malicious access.
That giant additional requirement, in terms of both engineering and monitoring, as well as the companion needs for a robust server as well as sharing a common detail library, means that all this will probably necessitate an additional paid service.
We are still getting the Cloud Data ready to move beyond Beta test phase. But very soon after, we absolutely intend on doing this. Should have something up and running this December.
--J
Bob
Hello ,
I have a question with a similar background :
Is it possible to use .lfx file as a part of design made by other company ? One company made the first iteration (obviously with Land f/x software) and I need to do next iteration. If i received their .lfx file would I be able to upload it and assign it to .dwg , and from that point to go on with the changes? This would save a lot of time...
Thank you,
Nemanya
Yes. Yes. Yes. If the *.lfx file is in the same folder, AutoCAD we’ll find it and you won’t even to assign anything. If custom blocks were used, you may have to use the LandFX copy property button, but yes. It can save a significant amount of time. ?
Nemanya,
You can definitely do this, but first the .lfx project needs to be restored into your Project List. When you have the cad design file open, the system will jump directly to where that file is saved which is where that .lfx file should be, making it easy to restore. Please take a look at the link below for more on this process.
Back Up and Restore Projects, Templates, and Preference Sets
Once you do have the project listed and assigned to that dwg, Seaweed is right, you will have access to everything the other company set up and all items previously placed will be recognized for what they are.
Thank you Jake,
Hopefully they will share .lfx ;). It is an international project , so sometimes information flow is the biggest issue...
BR
Nemanya
Indeed! There is a difference between being open to sharing the info, but not knowing how to send all that is needed vs. not wanting to give you more than they think you might need.
Luck for you (and them), if they are using Land F/X, our Tech Support tool makes it easy to make sure you have all you need by bundling everything up in a nice little zip file they can send. There are also further things you can do to bring items into your project if needed. Just reach out to us in a tech support ticket and we can give you the additional support you might need.
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