Autocad Phone App

[Danny Hosford]

Ihave discusses this with the A360 people and the results haven't been conclusive. However, it seems to be related to accessing the cloud and the file or link somehow becoming corrupted, probably due to accessibility via 4G.

When I take my device on site, I rarely have access to a wi-fi network. This means I have to connect via my phone. This then means I need to have full 4g coverage for the system to work. This is not the case in the UK. Even in London, there are dead-spots. And what if I am carrying out work in a basement? These are, obviously, notoriously poor places for phone signals.

Ideally, I would like to save my drawing directly to my device as a .DWG that I can then transfer directly and always have a copy of my work somewhere relatively safe. I have looked for such a file on my device but cannot find one. Is there somewhere I can retrieve this on the device where I've missed or is this purposely hidden from customers?

Not always, but regularly, something occurs which means when I try and download from A360 Drive, I get an error message. Likewise, I generally share a drawing, via the app, to myself as a back-up. The download link then leads to a separate error message.

I will use that in the future, but I think the problem remains. The drawing I was working on last week has become compromised and I can't download it from the site you've provided. I've tried downloading an older drawing which worked fine.

I periodically exit from a drawing I am working on to ensure it saves and when I did this the other day, there was limited 4G reception. I am sure this is what 'broke' my file (I did manage to download it from the old version of A360 after much trial and error last week, thankfully).

I am baffled that Autodesk don't think it necessary to allow us to autosave and have access to our work direct from our devices. Cloud-based access is fine if you have wi-fi connection at all times. Which, in my field of work, is not possible.

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I think having the ability to edit my plans on the spot in the field with my tablet or phone would be really handy especially because then the contractor can give their opinion and even help with revisions on the drawing, I saw you guys already created an AutoCAD mobile why not make a Civil 3D mobile. Phones and tablets these days are just as powerful as computers in my opinion.

Civil 3D has plenty of room to improve in terms of, usability, stability, bug fixes, enhancement/fixes of exiting features/process and new features. Progress on these issues is slow, due to complexity, lack of dedicated Autodesk resources/funding and the need for the AutoCAD team to support the Autodesk commitment to cloud/interoperability.

Based on this situation, I do not support further fragmenting the efforts of the Civil 3d Team. If Autodesk were to choose to invest new funds into Civil3d Mobile, without decreasing the investment in Civil 3 itself, I might change my opinion; most likely, my opinion would still be that the new funds should go directly to Civil 3d development/maintenance.

There certainly are smart phones and tablets powerful enough to run stripped down versions of MS Office, Photoshop competitors and AutoCAD Mobile. There are Windows based tablets, capable of running the full versions. Without enough memory, these program will limp, not run.

AutoCAD (AC) requires better hardware than MS Office. Civil 3d (C3D) requires better hardware that AutoCAD. Infraworks (IWX) requires better hardware than Civil 3d. (It is perilous for C3D users ignore IWX.)

The hard drive foot print for full AC and C3D is large. C3D wants 8MB ram (16 preferred) . Some high end smart phones have 8MB ram. I do not know of any Windows tablets or "2 in 1"s that support more than 16MB.

I have seen Autodesk C3D seminars/demos/classes run on MS Surface computers, so a mobile solutions already exists. There are many OEM offshoots of the Surface computers that are more affordable. The 8MB version of the new MS Surface Go might be worth consideration.

This is the Ideas forum, so pretty much any idea is valid. I am not saying that C3DM is not technically feasible or that it should not be created. My opinion is that the required resources to do so would be better invested in Civil 3d.

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