Newforma

AutoCAD Searches

2008-11-20T15:14:18-05:00

Hello,

Is it possible to have the search tool scan the file properties of cad files?

Thanks,
Dean

Logging email notifications and retrying failed sends

2008-11-11T16:08:33-05:00

Is there a log kept somewhere on the NPCS or NIX servers that logs the email transfers associated with Info Exchange transfers?

Also, if a NIX notification email needs to be sent and the SMTP server is temporarily unavailable when the transfer is initiated, will the system retry the notification email send? If so, how long is the delay before the retry? If there is a permanent failure in the notification email being sent, will the person with initiated the NIX transfer receive an email telling them the transfer failed?

Thanks,
Matt

Automatic Email Filing Failing

2008-10-27T09:39:47-05:00

We are having a periodic problem...Newforma seems to be losing the “connection” to the Newforma Exchange folders. The only way to solve it is to re-add the projects to “My Projects” and then click the File Items button in Outlook. We’re using NPCS 5.0.2239 and Outlook 2003 SP3. Users get the message:

File Items completed with errors at 10/26/2008 5:07:30 AM

Could not locate project “07047.00 - Project Name” with project code “aGaUN”.

Filing completed in 00:00.0

...showing all of their projects as unlocatable.

Dynamic Blocks—Indexing, Viewing, and Searching

2008-11-14T10:38:53-05:00

Attached is a zipped DWG illustrating a typical dynamic block with 3 insertions.

Both the block name and the Visibility State property should be indexed; the attached DWG has text beneach each insertion showing the correct values for these fields.

Viewer’s search functionality should also be updated to correctly find blocks based on those fields.

In addition to search, Viewer displays these blocks incorrectly. When opening this DWG in the Viewer (NPC build 5.0.2562.0):

* The wipeouts are blacked out—a known issue
* The attributes in the two right-most blocks are rotated (see the PDF in the attached .zip for how Viewer displays on my installation) Those attributes are not rotated.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,
Dan Glassman

Cannot Batch Import from Vision - Project Number Manipulation Needed

2008-11-13T14:12:26-05:00

The Project Numbers entered by our accounting department in Vision are entered as ‘1234.00:001’. Newforma considers the ‘:’ an invalid character. I do not think I can batch import from Vision, nor use the Vision workflow listed in Help, without manipulation of the project number.
I was thinking this query would do what I want:
left(’[:PR.WBS1]’,4)+substring(’[:PR.WBS1]’,6,2)

(Resulting in ‘123400’ per my example above)

Is this possible and where would one put these queries? I gather that I need to override the project number? What is the best way to do so?

Saving copy of email attachments when filing email as a new action item

2008-05-16T10:50:56-05:00

Within the Outlook add-in, when I select the “File in Project” button I am presented with an option to “Save copy of attachments separately” as part of the filing action. However, if i choose to “File as | New Action Item” from the Outlook add-in, the option to save the attachments separately is not there and I have to save the attachments manually from within Project Center.

Would it make more sense to have the save attachments option be available through both of the filing actions mentioned above?

dealing with duplicates

2008-08-25T14:05:58-05:00

I need some clarification on how to handle duplicate e-mails. Somehow in the migration process we managed to migrate duplicate e-mails and now we need to clean them up. When I look at the project files, right click and choose Find duplicates on the top level e-mail folder I get a list of messages that are duplicated but for some reason they appear in different sub folders that newforma created by month. what is confusing is if the message is a duplicate why would it be stored in a different month folder? If you look at the attachment you can see that this message is in four different folders, 2007-06, 07, 10, and 01. Next when I pick one from the lower window and right click delete it does not delete, how do I remove duplicate messages?

thanks

-k

Earn AIA CEUs for Newforma Project Center training

2008-11-18T10:09:44-05:00

Newforma Services Program Manager Renee VanDyne has posted a summary of Newforma Project Center training sessions that qualify for continuing education units (CEUs) through the American Institute of Architects. It’s in the Learn section of newformant.com, under “How To,” here:

http://www.newformant.com/index.php/site/postdetail/earn_aia_continuing_education_units/

or, if that link is broken -

http://tinyurl.com/6gmxcj

Shorcut key to delete next word in text input boxes

2008-11-14T10:03:48-05:00

I just had a report from a user that a shortcut key is not working as expected in text input boxes within the Project Center client. Here’s a brief description of the behavior:

- In Microsoft Word, hitting “ctrl-delete” deletes text to the end of the current word
- In Microsoft Notepad, hitting “ctrl-delete” deletes text to the end of the current line
- In the Project Center client, hitting “ctrl-delete” deletes text to the end of the current line

The workaround that I’ve recommended is to hit “ctrl-shift-rightarrow” to select to the end of the current word and then hit the “delete” key after it is selected. Obviously, that’s not quite as convenient.

Seeing as the text boxes are already using MS Word for their spell checking functionality, is it possible to more closely match shortcut key behavior to MS Word instead of Notepad?

Thanks,
Matt

Creating Timeline Template

2008-11-14T15:09:49-05:00

Having setup Newforma Timeline for a project with “standard” project events, is it then possible to export that information as a template for importing into Timeline for other like projects? If not, how can that concept be achieved. I understand that .xls files can be imported, not too sure how I would setup the file with the events/dates.