And that is because how Dietrichs is made (so in princip independent of syncronization software).
There could be another method:
We have a ftp-server. We could use GoodSync to make automatic upload and download of files, on file change level. This - I think - should make it possible to work in the same project at the same time - as long as we work on different positions and different drawings.
Does anybody here, use syncronization of Dietrichs work?
Hi Joachim.
This answer - is that related to syncronization software in general? I mean - in general - as long as we work with version 7, we should not use any syncronization software to syncronize our work - at least not if part of the purpose is to be able to work in the same project at the same time (but of course not the same position or the same drawing, at the same time).
In version 8 and newer it would be possible to work for example in the same directory like "2013" - but it would (still) not be possibe to work at the same project, under "2013", at the same time??
But does it not depend on the syncronization software / method, if it is possible or not? Or is it the Dietrichs software that limits the possibilities? Perhaps in order to limit the possibility of lost work? Some syncronization software syncronizes on file level. So if one has a syncronized folder with excel files and one person works at one excel file and another person works on another excel file - that works fine - also in Sugarsync. That's why I thought we could use Sugarsync, because if I work in one position of a project and my assistent work in another position in the same project - then we work in different files (or not?). Or if I work in .plf file number 10 and my assistent works in .plf file number 11 - these are two different files - so this should be possible? - Or not, because Dietrichs sets the limitation on directory (v.7) level or on project (v.8 ff) level?
Hi.
Let's see. I made a SugarSync account, sometime earlier this year - I don't remember exactly when, maybe near the end of last year. In general it works nice. Now we have tried to sync the folder of 2013 drawing project works - between me who are located in Denmark and my assistent(s) located in Lithuania. So - if I in my drawing program (Dietrichs) go to this synced folder and if my assistent in Lithuania is working on a project in this folder (directory) then I am asked to release the directory or not. If I press "ok", nothing happens and I cannot access the project or open the drawing program with that project.
So my question will be: Is it possible or not, with Sugarsync to work more than one person at the same time, within the same synced folder? It would not be the same project position or the same drawings that we open and work on.
Does anybody here use Sugarsync? Does anybody use syncronization of Dietrichs work folders among different workers - and how / what programs you use.
For local backup, I use GoodSync - and maybe GoodSync also has syncronization functions that could work between computers - but the main reason why I didn't choose GoodSync, is that it is not free.
Best regards, Thorvald.
Ok - I succeeded to import it with the text, but there are other things, that doesn't import, some circles and some hatches.
Maybe I'll have to import it as a image file and add my drawing on top of that. Not the best and most accurate - but maybe it have to be ok. I will see.
Hi.
Oh - ok. The reason why I first made a PDF, is because the model space in the original .dwg, is very strange. Strange in that way that if I use the command zoom - all, then the actual drawing almost vanish - I can barely see it as a dot. I tried to erase the big areas around it, in case there was a point or a line somewhere. But with no success. Therefore I went to the layout, made a PDF print and converted that PDF print to dxf - in order to get somewhere at least.
Ok - I can try to explode the text. I tried to explode all items on the drawing before. What do you mean with "explode the text multiple". Do you mean that I should do it not just once, but several times?
Perhaps not. But remember that I am still on version 7.3. So that .dwg import works in newer versions, is something I cannot use to anything.... 
Hi.
I got a .dwg file that I am supposed to use in a drawing. This .dwg was a bit strange because with "zoom all" in model space, the drawing was almost just a dot. I tried to erase big areas around it, in case there should be a point or small line somewhere. But with no success.
Then I printed the layout drawing to PDF, converted this to dxf, scaled it to 1:1 and saved it as .dxf. (Ark 1). I also tried to explode all and save it as another dxf (Ark 2). I also tried to save both variants as dxf 2000 variants.
The PDF and the dxf's are fine and contains the original text. But when I want to import these dxf into D-Cad 2D, then this text is not there.
I could perhaps write the text, but I am quite sure I am not allowed to change anything on the original drawing.
How to get everything with me to the Dietrichs drawing program? Or is it simply not possible?
It's ok - I got it to work quite fine, with the method of making the texture image file 512x256. I just don't understand the difference between textur, vollbild and volldbild_grau. But as long as my textures works, it's great for me. It can be that when / if we upgrade to version 10, 11 or where ever you are now, I'll have to change the texture files. But that thing to that time.
What is the difference between til bmp files: textur, vollbild and volldbild_grau??
Here is another related question, but this time it is for work. Well I was thinking to make some tiles with a specific texture, but the tiles are 30x60 cm - not square. But the texture images are square 512x512 pixels. So should I just make my tile image 256x512???? Then to get the mortar / tile glue lines between the tiles, I could either crop my tile image, so that there is a thin white edge all around the tile - or I could actually lay the tiles and make a panel that illustrates the tile glue between the tiles. The latter option has the advantage that one can change the color of the material between the tiles, white, grey or what match the tiles.
How would you do it?
Aaha - shift + right mouse - works great! Nice. Thanks for the answer.
Hi.
Sometimes my mouse's middle button, don't want to open the measure dialog. I need a new mouse also for other reasons, but until then, I was thinking how to customize the tool bars, so that one could get the measure dialog as a button on the tool bar???
Oh and this question is for the construction program. Maybe the same can be done also in the D-Cad program.
I figured out a solution, so instead of making the holes with intersecting volumes, I just cut the arrows 0,5 mm longer than the thickness of the target, so it looks like holes. See the result here:
Hi.
I am working for some small projects for the biggest archery shop in Denmark. He would like to get some 3D images of foam targets and how these foam targets gets worn over time as the arrows are shot into the target.
In the beginning I didn't make the actual arrow holes, beause Dietrichs had problems with it. I just put the arrows in and made 2D views without actually cutting the holes. See example here:
[Blockierte Grafik: http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/Thorvald73/Archery/MicroDominoTargetpic7.jpg]
But now he is specifically asking if I can make these views in 3D also - and of course I can. At least I would like to. So I made new arrows, where the circular shape is made with less segments. But still I have some problems and I don't understand why. Because in the middle foam center, it cuts some of the holes, but not all. See picture below where the foam is activated and the arrows not. So you can see some holes are cut and some not. I just don't get why??
[Blockierte Grafik: http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/Thorvald73/Archery/Cuttingarrowwearintarget.jpg]
See also attached position. How to do this in the future so, I can do it in one operation without problems?? What causes the operation to not work properly?
Thank you for the help. Yes, sometimes intersecting volumes drives me crazy - but it is not allways when it come to "round" shapes.
But then I better understand why I could not make an arrow cut a hole in the paper face target, that I had made 0,5 mm thick and the arrow is of course round and with quite a lot of segments and only 7 mm i diameter. In the foam target, I could cut some holes with the arrows, but if I tried with a group of arrows, it didn't cut all holes.
Ok, I will look at to change the beams, and maybe use less segments, when cutting the holes. But if the model works now, I will let it be for now I think - and just try to remember it till next time.
Aaaah now I understand what you mean that you just copied the beams - not mirrored them. Doh - why I did not think of that solution........
Hi.
Thank you very much.
I don't know what you mean "in a normal way"? I made the wood beam. For the round cuts I made a material - profiled beam in material database that could make the round cuts. And then I used that with intersecting volumes, to get the roundings.
I don't understand the part "the raw length of a beam is much shorter than it's real length."
Is something fixed in the position you attach? I can see you managed to do the copy. I am thinking about one thing, that maybe could create a too short edge: If you zoom very much in at the area, where the rounding goes over to the straight part, it looks like the rounding does not fit the width of the wood beam perfectly, because the circle is made in segments. Maybe if I used one or two less number of segments, for this rounding, it would not happen?
No body has some clue to what I could do to fix it? I cannot finish this small project, before I can continue with it.
Hi.
Version 7.03.
Hi.
I have this very small simple project. I want to make wall 3 as a mirrored copy of wall 2. So I put wall 2 in wall macro and in wall 3 I want to insert it mirrored. But program crashes with "float underflow". This also happens if I in D-cam try to mirror the items of wall 2.
What goes wrong?
Well - I found out that it works fine with 512x512. If I make 1:1 size, then the 3D model will become a little more heavy and picture quality is about the same. Maybe if you blow it up very big, you would see more poor picture quality.
