Getting Started

Follow these steps after you have installed Drawing Sync.

To load the Drawing Sync Ribbon

Follow this step if the Drawing Sync panel is not loaded in the ribbon (Add-ins tab or Collaboration tab).

• Start AutoCAD and enter DXRIBBON in the Command line.

DRAWING SYNC RIBBON

To create a DWP drawing patch for your current session

A DWP drawing patch is a text document that shows you what was updated, deleted, or added to a drawing.

1. Open an existing drawing file.
2. Make some edits. For example, draw a line and change the color of a layer.
3. Do one of the following:
   • In the Exchange panel select Patch.
   • Enter DXSESSION in the Command line.

DWP DRAWING PATCH

The patch above shows one update and one append to the drawing. Under update, you can see the color number (group 62) of a layer changed from 3 (green) to 7 (white).
Under append, a line is added to the drawing. Patch data are drawing exchange group codes and values.

Like the system variable, an even value for dbmod in the patch indicates the object database was not modified.

To create a DWP drawing patch for your previously saved drawing

1. Open an existing drawing file that has been saved at least twice, which means the drawing has a .bak file.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In the Exchange panel click the down arrow and select Patch Last.
   • Enter DXPATCH in the Command line.

If you do not have a BAK file after saving your drawing file more than once, set the ISAVBAK system variable to 1.

To import a DWP drawing patch

1. Start AutoCAD and do one of the following:
   • In the Drawing Sync panel click Import.
   • Enter DXIMPORT in the Command line.
2. Select a DWP drawing patch file. Choose a file you created or use the installed sample: C:\Program Files\Code Truck\Drawing Sync\Agent\Drawing\sample.dwp
3. Zoom extents.

SAMPLE.DWP CREATED FROM WRIGHT CLASSIC SAMPLE DRAWING

When importing a DWP drawing patch, tables and entities that are appended in the patch are added to the current drawing.

To track cloud files in a local repository (version control).

After setting up a local repository, you can use Sync Central before publishing your work or after updating from others.

• If you are using Autodesk desktop connector, follow the steps to set up a local repository here: Manage Projects.

Drawing file conflicts and Merging
Version history is required to merge drawing file conflicts. See Merging Drawings for detail.

Next steps

• Watch the getting started videos at Drawing Sync on YouTube.
• See the Drawing Sync Help on this site.

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