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What is the difference between linking a model on the central file vs. linking a model on the local file? I have my architectural model and I want to link a topography model and a structural model into my architectural model. So I'm wondering if I should link them to the central file or to the local file. Thanks,Terealva
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Are you still looking for a reply? I'll try to an swear it the best that I can, I'm new to this. I believe that you would want to link the files to a central file if multiple users are going to be accessing it and/or you are going to be linking several files to it. The more files you link to a drawing the longer it my take to load, therefore creating a central file and working off of a link to that file means that you are working off of a drawing that only has one link to reload. If you need something like that, which it doesn't sound like, then you need to change your path links to "absolute" found in managing links option off of the file menu. If it's just one user, then your path should be set to "relative", which it is by default. I'm checking the date on your post and this seems a little late, but I hope that it helps in the long run.
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Whoa ! A central file is the shared file multiple users may all access. Each user would open the central file and create his own local file. NOBODY should ever work in the central file. Central files have nothing to do with linked files. Linking files can be done to a project if it is a single user file or a shared file (central). If a user links a file to a project through his local, that link is installed in the project central file and all users would also share that link (within the workset rules you may have established. ) Obviously, if you link a file that is localyl based to a file that is shared through a central file, the link will not load for the other users. You can not work on a linked file from within a file. You have to close (or unload) the linked file and open it seperately. Linked files are typically not used to break up a project within an office (although sometimes you may). Instead, they are most often used across disciplines as the original poster has asked about.
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Okay, I should have been a little clearer in my response. But yes, as I stated, creating a central file DOES NOT sound like something that needs to be done, nor does anyone actually work on the central file. Simply linking the two files together and working across disciplines is what I have just been learning about and posted questions on. I was only hoping to start up a friendly dialog with someone that had similar questions.
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