Shared access to schematic/project

On 9/2/11 12:41 AM, Steve Klett wrote:

Hi,

 

I have hired a contractor to do some eagle work for me as I'm not yet up to speed enough to meet a deadline.  Anyway, so I'd still like to help and be involved in the process but I don't see how the two of us can work on the same file without creating a real mess.  I can solve the shared access issue by granting him VPN to our file server, but I highly doubt that eagle will be too happy if we both are editing the file at the same time.  THe only option I can think of is to use version control or a basic "Are you working right now?  No? OK, then I will for awhile and will email you when I'm done" type approach.

 

Anyone here who works or has worked in a multiuser scenario have any tips for me?

Frankly, my tip is to let your contractor do all the work

If you want to help and be involved, ask to review the work and make

comments on it by e-mail but do not modify the files.

Schematics/PCB's require a certain "mental picture" to be formed by the

designer, and if someone else modifies things the mental picture starts

to break down and mistakes or oversights occur. Unless, that is, you can

split up the work into well-defined parts of minimal interaction.

As a contractor that does Eagle work, I much prefer "owning" the files

until the design is done and not having changes made on me by the client.

 

Thanks for reading,

Steve

 

Andrew.

On 9/2/11 12:41 AM, Steve Klett wrote:

Hi,

 

I have hired a contractor to do some eagle work for me as I'm not yet up to speed enough to meet a deadline.  Anyway, so I'd still like to help and be involved in the process but I don't see how the two of us can work on the same file without creating a real mess.  I can solve the shared access issue by granting him VPN to our file server, but I highly doubt that eagle will be too happy if we both are editing the file at the same time.  THe only option I can think of is to use version control or a basic "Are you working right now?  No? OK, then I will for awhile and will email you when I'm done" type approach.

 

Anyone here who works or has worked in a multiuser scenario have any tips for me?

Frankly, my tip is to let your contractor do all the work

If you want to help and be involved, ask to review the work and make

comments on it by e-mail but do not modify the files.

Schematics/PCB's require a certain "mental picture" to be formed by the

designer, and if someone else modifies things the mental picture starts

to break down and mistakes or oversights occur. Unless, that is, you can

split up the work into well-defined parts of minimal interaction.

As a contractor that does Eagle work, I much prefer "owning" the files

until the design is done and not having changes made on me by the client.

 

Thanks for reading,

Steve

 

Andrew.

I think your advice is very sound and I know exactly what you mean about the mental plan.  Thanks