ARCHIVING OLD FILES

[thuppayath]

I work in a small structural consulting firm and I wanted a solution to a problem that we recently faced. During a CAD design process, upon requests from clients, we have to make constant revisions to the drawings that we make. Because of this, sometimes it's hard to know which .DWG file is the latest one (meaning which one is the latest revised version of the same drawing). I was wondering whether there is a way that one can archive the older versions of the same drawing and thereby avoid serious frustration and unnecessary time-wasting in the office. Deleting the old files is easy but would not be the wisest option if a need arises to refer to those old files.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

What you need is called version control or revision control software. If you search on these terms you will find both free and paid applications you can try.

 

[thuppayath]

thanks for the insight phil...could you help me get my way around these systems; I've found some freeware but I'm not quite sure how the software operates. Thanks so much for the reply

 

[PhilFrisbie]

I am afraid that is all I can help with; I know what the name is, but I have not needed to use them on any of my projects yet. . .