CompuServe Messages

Bill – Many of us have problems with network traffic, because AutoCAD keeps the temporary working database file in the same place as the .DWG file you're editing. It does this to ensure that you don't run out of disk space (e.g, if it were to place the workspace files on another drive, you could end up with a drawing that's too large to save back to the original drive where the .DWG file is loacated). Many of us get around the problem using the technique that Mike suggested, and some of us go even further, and use a custom front-end that transparently moves the .DWG file to the local drive, invokes AutoCAD on it, and then moves it back to the network. A front end like this could also maintain a lock on the network for the drawing that's being edited on the local drive as well, if it were designed for such. I know this doesn't solve you're problem, but it does give you some insight into how others are working around it. -TonyT.