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teafoe5

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We are getting into using point clouds in our jobs.  I have read quite a bit about them but I am still a little stumped on where to locate them on my system.  I know ideally it should be on my personal C/ drive and not on the netwoek because of the size but if I do it that way nobody else can see the point cloud on a project, they will just get an error saying Not Found in the manage links.  I don't want it on the network because of size constraints, are they any other options out there to have worksharing enabled with point clouds besides over a network? Perhaps the cloud? I haven't tried the cloud and I'm not sure how that would work.  Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

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WWHub

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Why is it a problem on the network? 

Obviously we haven't used any yet but I don't understand where the problem would be.  Seems that it would still be a link ... in a seperate workset - so you don't have to load except when needed.

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teafoe5

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The problem with working on the network is the size of the point clouds and how long its taking our servers to backup information so I was asked if I could put it on my C/ drive locally which I can but then it loses association with other users in the office.  I have it on a separate workset (a must) so it doesn't show if not needed.

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Using point clouds in a worksharing environment: To improve performance and reduce network traffic, the recommended workflow for users who need to work with the same point cloud files is to copy the files locally. As long as the relative path to the local copies of the point cloud files is the same for each user, the link will remain valid when you synchronize with Central. The relative path is displayed as the Saved Path in the Manage Links dialog and is relative to the Point Cloud Root Path specified on the File Locations tab of the Options dialog.

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alabaster2513

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i use large point clouds on my network no problems at all

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teafoe5

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"i use large point clouds on my network no problems at all"

Personally I don't see a problem with it either but I don't have much say in the IT department

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Personally I stay way the hell away from the network when doing anything like point clouds. I find it easier to work of my machine with periodic back-ups to the server (Revit will do this automatically for you). Avoiding the network gets you out of any issues of latency. If you are in a fluid environment with plenty of interaction, this may not suit - but for stand-alone application, you shouldn't feel obliged to work via network connections. 

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