I created a bunch of electrical symbols, which included attributes such as stock #, cost, etc. I then created several CAD drawings including these symbols.
Now, I want to move the symbols from my computer to our server for centralized access for multiple users. The problem is that the absolute path to each symbol seems to be stored in each instance of each symbol placed in each drawing. If I want to change, say, the cost of a certain part, this is impossible unless I manually replace each symbol in the drawing with identical symbols from their new location on the server!
My question is, is there a way to "reassociate" the symbols automatically? All I really need to do is change the path that each symbol entity thinks points to the main Symbols directory (i.e. from "C:\Program Files\Datacad\Symbols\" to "G:\DataCAD 11 Symbol Files\"). I tried changing the default path to the symbols directory in the "Tools -> Program Preferences -> Pathnames" interface, but this didn't have any effect on the "orphaned" symbols (I am determining the effect by running a report on the drawing to display a count of each symbol with it's associated cost and stock number).
Thanks,
Tyson
Now, I want to move the symbols from my computer to our server for centralized access for multiple users. The problem is that the absolute path to each symbol seems to be stored in each instance of each symbol placed in each drawing. If I want to change, say, the cost of a certain part, this is impossible unless I manually replace each symbol in the drawing with identical symbols from their new location on the server!
My question is, is there a way to "reassociate" the symbols automatically? All I really need to do is change the path that each symbol entity thinks points to the main Symbols directory (i.e. from "C:\Program Files\Datacad\Symbols\" to "G:\DataCAD 11 Symbol Files\"). I tried changing the default path to the symbols directory in the "Tools -> Program Preferences -> Pathnames" interface, but this didn't have any effect on the "orphaned" symbols (I am determining the effect by running a report on the drawing to display a count of each symbol with it's associated cost and stock number).
Thanks,
Tyson