Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Enabling Worksharing
The emphasis on this first dialog box cannot be stressed enough. It
warns that you are in the process of enabling worksharing. This does
require careful planning and management. In other words, once you
have enabled worksharing for a project, it will always be enabled. Thus,
the file will always behave as a central file—that is, of course, unless you
open the central file by using the Detach option and follow it up with
Discard Worksets. The significance of this warning is that if you do not
need multiple users working on the file at the same time, then enabling
worksharing is not necessary. At this point, there are several points of
view regarding how to proceed. One is that all project files, regardless
of how many people are working on the project, should be enabled for
worksharing. This method means that all projects can be accessed in
the same way and users always work on a local file. The benefits of this
are as follows:
• The user has a separate place to design prior to sharing the file with
the project team.
• There is less network traffic.
• There is more than one location for backup files.
• Users, especially those who are new to the software, have less to
think about.
• There is less reliance on users renaming files.
