#ACAD R11C2 NETWORK BUG
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Last week you found out as I said, that not all the temp files can not be
directed or renamed in this version of Autocad. Three files remain in the
drawing directory. This is not acceptable in a network enviornment. Is a
fix available? And what is it? If no fix is known, is Autodesk aware of
the problem? Is a R11c3 version release date known?
The files in question are placer files; they are designed to grow as the
drawing grows to ensure that you always have room to save your drawing.
The inital release of R11 did not have these files and you could get into a
situation where you could not save anything. Not a good situation to be
in. What are your objections to this? We are aware that this method eats
up disk space in a hurry but ~we felt that without them your drawing
database would be compromised.
-Mike
The objection is not related to disk space; on a network drive, there
should be plenty. However, when more than one user is working on drawing
files in the same directory, any files that have ANY possibility, no matter
how remote, of having the same names is no good at all. Much more likely
(and this, unfortunately, is from personal experience) is to have several
people working in the same directory, and one of them somehow exits acad
abnormally. (in this case, his machine locked up due to a memory conflict.)
Knowing just enough about how acad works, he logged back onto the network,
went to the project subdirectory, and typed "DEL *.AC$" Believe me, the
possibility of running out of disk space is less likely, and also less
damaging. Why not keep these "placer" files, or whatever, on the local disk
(or at least allow for this configuration) and if the network drive fills,
simply save the drawing on the local drive. Not all network installations
are identical–many have individual copies of acad on each node, and use
the server as only a repository for drawings. Temporary files have no
business here, nor should they contribute to network traffic. When acad
asks for the location of temporary files, it should redirect ALL temporary
files to the specified destination. Please have this corrected if
possible.
Bill:
No can do – the "spacer" files are the ones that assure you that you have
enough room left to save your current drawing. You do want to be able to
do that, dont you? <grin>
Larry
The whole idea of the "placer" (perhaps spacer files is the correct term)
files to for them to reside where ever the drawing came from, be it net or
local. You can get around this and relocate the files locally using the
prototype drawing option. For example, start a new drawing and for a name
give it something like this: c:\newdwg.dwg=h:\project\demo\olddwg.dwg. I
know this isn't the solution to your problem but it is a work around.
Thanx for your comments on the problem and I'll pass your suggestions
along.
-Mike
Bill – We are considering adding options to a future release which will let
you configure AutoCAD's file safety features, like the EXPERT system
variable. Logic dictates that the spacer files reside in the same
directory where the DWG came from, because that's where the DWG will go
when you're finished or when the fatal error handler kicks in.
Pardon me for being dense, but why don't you just explain to the people
using the network what the problem is and ask them not to do that? Erasing
files en masse from a file server doesn't sound too swift, if you follow my
drift. Time for a little training in network etiquette, eh?