Texture Transfer

[SteveWuo]

Hi, I am having an issue with texture and image transfer. I create a new materials in my user catalog using a JPG image. these materials would include for example, a custom tile backsplash or flooring. or a custom paver selection from a manufacturers website. When a coworker opens the plan file on their computer, all the new materials that I have created do NOT show up on the file. I would like to know if there is a way to lock a new material into a plan file because that would save us a lot of time and effort to make our plans look great!

this also applies when i send/receive a plan file from a designer that is not in our network

any tips or input would be greatly appreciated! 

Thanks in advance!

image linked is the error message depicting all the missing files.

[DBCooper]

3 words:  backup entire plan.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-layout-tool-to-send-files-to-another-user.html

 

[Kbird1]

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

3 words:  backup entire plan.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-layout-tool-to-send-files-to-another-user.html

 

 

I agree with DB, this is the easiest / best way to share files and ensure All materials are included, it's how I work with my Clients via a shared Google Drive Folder usually.

 

M.

[Renerabbitt]

3 hours ago, SteveWuo said:

Hi, I am having an issue with texture and image transfer. I create a new materials in my user catalog using a JPG image. these materials would include for example, a custom tile backsplash or flooring. or a custom paver selection from a manufacturers website. When a coworker opens the plan file on their computer, all the new materials that I have created do NOT show up on the file. I would like to know if there is a way to lock a new material into a plan file because that would save us a lot of time and effort to make our plans look great!

this also applies when i send/receive a plan file from a designer that is not in our network

any tips or input would be greatly appreciated! 

Thanks in advance!

image linked is the error message depicting all the missing files.

Chief architect looks in 2 places for missing texture files. 

1. Your Textures Folder
   
2. Or in the same folder that the plan file exists in.

What DB is suggesting is you make a backup of the plan and include textures so that your coworked can extract the zip file and have all of the textures in the same directory as the plan file
Alternatively you could transfer all of the files in your texture directory into their machines texture directory.
PLEASE NOTE, never a good idea to have your core data files be syncing to a cloud being accessed by multiple machines, so if you do plan on managing resources via the cloud each machine should have a unique short url, robs computer/documents/chief../textures etc.

[SteveWuo]

Awesome! The backup entire plan option was exactly what i was looking for. Thank you all!