2172 folder name length big problem
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2006-02-14
07:27 PM
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2023-05-25
06:19 PM
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Rubia Torres
The network is a 100 mb Ehternet with G4 and G5s on OS 10.3 and 10.4. The server is OS 10.3.9 using AFP over IP and the data is stored on an xRAID [whatever all of that means].
Anybody else had this big problem?
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2006-03-01 05:44 AM
Not to be down on anyone...I don't think the problem is for us and since I grew up using DOS 8.3 limit I don't have a problem with keeping it short but a lot of CAD "users" since Win95 got used to the idea of loooooong filenames.
Imagine my surprise when I couldn't import a dwg file from a consultant because he had written an "essay" for the file name. No error in AC just couldn't select the file for import, I was lucky to "guess" at the problem since AutoCAD could open the file without problems as did SketchUp, Illustrator and Vectorworks...
As for Windows to be unaffected it is not an excuse, what would happen if you would have to share a project between platforms. As I sometimes have to do.
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2006-03-01 04:56 PM
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2006-03-01 05:22 PM
All the hotlinks libraries etc. seem to work fine also. I don't understand how or why this is supposed to work or not, but it does seem to work.
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2006-03-01 05:26 PM
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2006-03-01 09:53 PM
henrypootel wrote:once you've typed the office/job no./project name/date/thereisnoroomleftforadescription.isthere?
Not to be down on anyone, but don't you think that a file/folder with 27+ is a bit much?
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2006-03-01 09:56 PM
henrypootel wrote:No, apparently you'll use Archicad-Talk
If i want to write an essay, i'll use Word

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2006-03-01 10:01 PM
ejrolon wrote:.... or if the next build does it to Windows people as well....
As for Windows to be unaffected it is not an excuse, what would happen if you would have to share a project between platforms. As I sometimes have to do.

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2006-03-01 10:29 PM
Of couse, I am not an architect so maybe there is some unwritten rule among the Secret Brethren of Architects(tm) which explicitly forbids this.
In that case, forgive me for my blasphemy and please do not visit your terrible wrath upon me!
p.s. This post was written in Word and therefore only contains words and concepts officially sanctioned by Microsoft Inc Co Ltd.
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2006-03-01 10:34 PM
henrypootel wrote:ah! you're the sort of bloke who'd have a billion job folders all with "floor plan.pdf" files in them?
I would have thought that office, job number, and project name would all be folders.

the unwritten rule amongst the secret brethren-of-people-who-want-to-find-anything-again in the future is
i'd have you hung, drawn, quartered and your head hoisted up the flag pole if you did that here . . .

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2006-03-01 10:37 PM
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